Product image supplied by the brand
In this guide
The Rocketbook Core Next Gen is a reusable notebook: 32 dot-grid pages of synthetic paper that you write on with a Pilot FriXion pen, scan with Rocketbook's phone app, then wipe clean with a damp cloth. The black dot-grid version sold on Amazon Australia is the US letter size, 8.5 by 11 inches or about 21.6 by 27.9 cm, which is a little wider and shorter than A4.
Rocketbook does not sell it here directly. Its FAQ says its own store ships only within the contiguous United States and points everyone else to their local Amazon store, and on Amazon Australia the listing is sold and shipped by Amazon US through the Global Store, at A$52.78 when checked on 2026-11-05. That import route, the FriXion-only pages and Rocketbook's defect-only replacement policy are what the price actually buys.
Our verdict
Buy it at about A$52.78 if you draft by hand every day and will write only with FriXion pens; skip it for records that must survive a hot car or for anyone who wants a local warranty.
- A good fit for
- Students and office workers who burn through draft pages, want scans in the cloud instead of stacks of pads, and are happy to stock FriXion pens.
- We would skip it if
- You are attached to a favourite non-FriXion pen, you need archival notes, or you want a product backed by a local distributor rather than a US import.
Reasons to consider it
- 32 letter-size dot-grid pages erase with a damp cloth and can be reused, so one notebook replaces a run of paper pads
- One Pilot FriXion pen and a microfibre cloth come in the box, so it works on day one
- Amazon US ships it to Australia through the Global Store, and Amazon Australia lists change-of-mind returns for it
The compromises
- Only FriXion ink erases, so every replacement pen has to be a FriXion; the 3-pack offered beside it was A$27.21 from a third-party seller
- FriXion ink is heat-sensitive: Pilot warns that pages left near a heater or in a hot car can lose their writing
- Rocketbook offers no warranty, only defect and shipping-damage replacements, and the Global Store page says the manufacturer warranty may not apply
What we have not verified: The Global Store page shows delivery cost and the final total only at checkout, so the landed cost to a given postcode is not confirmed here. Rocketbook publishes no weight, and neither page says whether its defect replacement covers notebooks bought outside the US.
The things in this guide
A closer look at the products, who they may suit, and what to check before buying.
Core (Next Gen) · Letter, Dot Grid, Black
At A$52.78 from Amazon US through the Global Store, it gives 32 letter-size dot-grid pages that wipe clean with water and scan to the cloud, with one FriXion pen and a microfibre cloth in the box.
Before you buy: Only Pilot FriXion ink wipes off, heat can make that ink vanish, and the Global Store page warns that the manufacturer warranty may not apply to the import.
Price checked 5 November 2026. Retailer prices can change.Letter size, 32 pages, one pen and a cloth
The listing on Amazon Australia is the Next Gen Core in black, letter size with dotted pages. Rocketbook's spec block gives 8.5 by 11 inches and 32 pages, about 21.6 by 27.9 cm, so an A4 sheet laid on top overhangs at the bottom and falls just short at the sides. The smaller Executive size, 6 by 8.8 inches with 36 pages, appeared beside it from Amazon US at A$51.63 in lined form.
Rocketbook's own contents line is short: "Includes 1 Pilot FriXion pen and 1 microfiber towel. Spray bottle not included." The pages erase with "a towel & a bit of water," in Rocketbook's words. The routine is write, scan the page with the app, then wipe it, so the notebook is built for drafts that live in the cloud once scanned.
Bought here, it is a US import
Rocketbook's FAQ is explicit that its online store ships only within the contiguous United States and that buyers elsewhere should use their local Amazon. On Amazon Australia that means Amazon US as both shipper and seller through the Global Store, at A$52.78 on 2026-11-05, with four new offers starting at that price. Delivery cost and the order total appear only at checkout, so the shelf price is not necessarily the landed cost.
The Global Store notice matters for anything that goes wrong later: imported products "may differ from local products," and the "manufacturer warranty may not apply but you may have other rights under law." In practice the first port of call for a faulty notebook is Amazon's own returns process, not Rocketbook.
FriXion ink is both the feature and the limit
Rocketbook's FAQ says other pens "will not wipe off the page," while any FriXion pen, marker or highlighter works. A ballpoint or gel pen leaves permanent marks on a notebook whose whole point is reuse, so every later pen is a FriXion. The one 3-pack Amazon offered beside the notebook, Pilot's FriXion Clicker 31467, was A$27.21 from a third-party seller, so it is worth pricing pens before the first one runs dry.
The ink's second property is the one that decides whether the Core suits you. Pilot describes FriXion as thermo-sensitive: friction heats it past 60°C and it turns invisible, and it reappears below -10°C. Pilot's own FAQ warns that notebooks left near heaters or in a car on a hot day can lose their writing. In an Australian summer a notebook left on a dashboard is a real risk, which makes the Core a drafting tool, not an archive.
No warranty, a defect policy, and Amazon in between
Rocketbook's FAQ answers the warranty question directly: "We do not offer any warranties, nor do we offer replacements for wear and tear or damage from standard use." It does replace manufacturer defects and items damaged in shipment, "as determined by our support team." By that wording, pages that write less cleanly after many wipes count as wear and tear.
For an Australian buyer, Amazon sits between you and that policy. The listing offers change-of-mind returns, and Amazon notes that a damaged or defective item may be entitled to a remedy after that window. Neither Rocketbook nor the listing says whether Rocketbook's support replaces defective notebooks bought outside the US, so keep the Amazon order record.
When to skip it
Skip the Core if you have a pen you will not give up, because nothing but FriXion ink erases from these pages. Skip it for anything you need to keep: Pilot's warning about heaters and hot cars means a page can go blank without anyone touching it. And skip it if a local warranty matters to you, since the only route in is an import with a manufacturer warranty that may not apply. For lecture drafts, meeting notes and to-do lists that get scanned and wiped, those limits are easy to live with.
How we put this together
Built from the product pages and listings below, without test scores or results we have not measured. Specifications and prices change, so check the original page for the exact model, current price, delivery, and returns.
- Amazon Australia: Rocketbook New Core, Letter, Black, dotted pages (ASIN B0DP3JMP14) (opens in a new tab)
- Rocketbook: FAQs (opens in a new tab)
- Rocketbook: New Rocketbook Core product page (opens in a new tab)
- Pilot Corporation of Europe: FriXion product page and FAQ (opens in a new tab)
