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Shark PowerDetect Speed: one-minute review

The Shark PowerDetect Speed is a very capable cordless stick vacuum with a great auto empty base, but like other high-powered cordless vacuums a lack of battery life means it can’t replace a main vacuum.

It did a great job picking up fine dust and larger debris in our tests on carpet and hard floors, has good edge cleaning, and can easily be moved around the house making it an ideal occasional cleaner.

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It's a premium product from an established vacuum brand, but when compared with Dyson it's significantly more affordable, making it a good choice if you want top, reliable performance without the high price.

Battery life is a major concern though, as it didn’t last 11 minutes on the highest power setting and took over five hours to recharge the battery, limiting its practicality.

Shark PowerDetect Speed: price and availability

The PowerDetect Speed launched in the US and UK in April 2026 costing US$499.99 and £499.99 for the Clean & Empty version that comes with an auto empty charging dock (although it is worth noting the US version comes with an extra Pet Multi tool that the UK version doesn’t). At the time of writing, it's not available in Australia.

This places at the premium end of the scale for vacuums, although it is significantly cheaper than the Dyson Gen5 Detect models it is competing with making it feel very good value for money when comparing spec with spec.

The build quality is good, it feels capable of handling the rough and tumble of everyday cleaning and it has a good set of features you would expect of a top of the line vacuum including floor and dirt detection. The addition of a dock that empties and charges the vacuum is a godsend and real standout at this price point.

The PowerDetect Speed is also available without the auto empty dock for $429.99 or £429.99, which come with an extra upholstery tool in the US or pet tool in the UK.

• Value score: 4/5

Shark PowerDetect Speed: specs

Weight (body only)

1.6kg

Weight (with wand and main floorhead)

3.2kg

Bin size

16oz / 470ml

Dock bin size

2.1 quarts / 2 liters

Runtime in Min mode

54m 5s

Runtime in Max mode

10m 38s

Charge time

5h 19m

Size: body, wand & floorhead (unfolded)

43 x 10 x 16 inches / 110 x 26 x 41cm

Size: body, wand & floorhead (folded)

26 10 x 12 inches / 67 x 26 x 31cm

Size: body, wand & floorhead in dock

41 x 10 x 16 inches / 105 x 26 x 40cm

Size: body only

10 x 3 x 14 inches / 26cm x 8.5cm x 36cm

Max suction

150AW

Modes

Eco, Max, Variable

Shark PowerDetect Speed: design

• Simple, functional design
• Place to store accessories
• Dirt detect feature not shown on the floorhead

While a vacuum cleaner is very much a practical product rather than a statement piece it is nice for it to look at least smart in a subtle way if you do have to have it visible and Shark has done a decent job with the PowerDetect Speed. The grey and blue metallic finish feels mostly focused on blending into the background and any out-there accents have thankfully been limited to the orange roller in the floorhead.

The auto empty dock is also unfussy but does include one of my favorite features of this entire product in the shape of two small notches at the back of the dock for storing the included accessories. This is such a small thing, but after years of trying to find where in the house the kids have hidden the crevice tool this time, it is hugely appreciated.

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The body of the vacuum is similar to the older PowerDetect model but it is slightly smaller, lighter and they have swapped the trigger button for a second button on the back of body. This is a definite improvement as it was easy to accidentally change modes with the trigger button, especially if vacuuming at different heights such as cleaning the stairs.

The PowerDetect Speed does lose 0.5kg on the previous version and comes in under Dyson’s Gen5 Detect by around 300g, but that said, this is still a bit of a chunky vacuum cleaner and may feel like a bit of a workout to push around for some, Rivals like the Dreame R20 weigh in almost a whole kilo lighter so if lightweight is top of your priority list it may be worth looking elsewhere.

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It's controlled using two buttons on the back of the body, which also has a screen to show you what mode you are in, how much battery you have left and whether the vacuum is currently detecting dirt where you are cleaning. This is done through a color coded arc around the top of the screen with a dark purple color indicating it is picking up a lot of dirt which then progressively goes paler until it goes white indicating the floor is now clean.

I will go into more detail about the PowerDetect feature later but I do have a gripe about how this is presented. In the previous PowerDetect model this color-coding was also shown in lights at the back of the floorhead so you could see cleaning performance as you cleaned without taking your eyes off where you were moving the floorhead. With it only on the back of the body of the vacuum you now have to keep moving your eyes from one to the other which is definitely a step backwards.

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The floorhead uses one roller with anti-wrap elements and a light that switches from regular white light on carpet to a blue UV light on hard floors for highlighting dirt. This works well although I’m not sure the UV light really provides a significant improvement over a regular light.

Depending where you are you will get different accessories with US customers getting a crevice tool and pet multi tool and those in the UK only getting a crevice tool, but the slightly better version that includes a sliding duster to it. The pet multi tool did OK at picking up cat hair, although no better than the regular floorhead and generally just caught them in the bristles rather than picking them up directly. Where it was most useful was as a wider cleaning path than the crevice tool when vacuuming a car.

• Design score: 4/5

Shark PowerDetect Speed: performance

• Dirt Detect works well
• Excellent fine detail and debris pick up
• Handles pet and long hair well without tangling

It is straightforward to use with only the two buttons for one and off or to change mode — which unless you are trying to maximize battery runtime, you shouldn’t need. The attachments are easy to snap into place or detach using the large buttons and the whole vacuum can fold in half for storage away from the charging dock.

It maneuvers well and while it might not be quite as smooth as the Dyson equivalent or as light as some other rivals it is easy to steer around furniture. It also is able to bend the wand so you can run the cleaner under low furniture reaching hard to clean spots. This is a nice bonus and may be ideal for some homes but I personally didn’t find myself using it day to day.

I used coffee grounds to test the vacuum's edge cleaning on carpetFutureAfter one pass on low power mode, only a little remainedFutureA second pass on high power removed the remainderFuture

Emptying the vacuum is one area where it really stands out, you simply pop it back on top of the charging dock when you are done — or more likely when it has run out of battery but more on that later — and the base sucks all the dust out into its own larger two-liter bin. This obviously will need emptying itself, but the shape (and the fact you will have to do it less often) makes it much easier to do this without making a mess.

The detect part of PowerDetect comes from the four ways it adjusts suction power to optimize cleaning by detecting the floor type, amount of dirt being sucked up, whether it is close to the edge of a room and what direction it is traveling. This means all you need to do is move the vacuum around and it will change its cleaning modes, with the dirt detection also letting you know whether certain sections are worth some more attention through the color coding display on the handle.

Rice and coffee grounds are two of our usual picks for testing vacuums on carpetFutureOne pass on low power removed all the rice and most of the coffee, though some debris was leftFutureA second pass on high power, and everything was goneFuture

When I first used this dirt detection I was a bit skeptical that it was still picking up debris where it claimed it was but the dust bin would time and again prove me wrong. At first this felt like an amazing feature, but later when combined with the battery life, having to go back and forth over the same bits of floor made me start to wonder if ignorance was bliss.

In the cleaning tests the Speed struggled a bit in low suction mode with one pass leaving quite a bit of fine dust and larger debris on both carpet and hard floors. Moving it up to full suction did much better with it picking up almost all the fine dust on the hard floor and, aside from some scattering of the rice, most of the debris on the next pass.

I also tested the vacuum with rice and coffee on a hard floorFutureThe vacuum struggled somewhat on low powerFutureHigh power was much more effective, with only a few stray coffee grounds leftFuture

Edge cleaning was a similar story at both low and high power, with it doing very well on high for hard floors. It still needed the crevice tool to get the finest material but it did as well as I have seen from a stick vacuum.

Hair pickup was also excellent handling long and pet hair well without any sign of tangling on the floorhead brush.

It’s not quiet but at around 70-75 dbs (somewhere between traffic and a busy restaurant) on maximum power it's not the loudest either. The auto empty base creates a similar level of noise as it flushes the dust from the cleaner, but this is a pretty quick process.

• Performance score: 4.5/5

Shark PowerDetect Speed: battery life

• Less than 11 minutes on boost mode
• Long recharge time
• Spare batteries not yet available

My sticking point with the PowerDetect Speed is the battery life as, when testing on full power, it only managed a paltry 10 minutes and 38 seconds. While the variable speed in dirt detect mode will allow you to get a bit more cleaning out of a charge, I often found it would last less than half an hour. Couple this with a recharge time of 5 hours and 19 minutes and it severely limits its practicality as a main vacuum for anything but a small apartment.

This is a common problem for high powered stick vacuums as they try to keep the weight of the batteries down, but it is one of the shortest run times and longest charge times I have tested making it a bit of a challenge even thoroughly vacuuming the car on a single charge.

While you can switch out the battery, I wasn’t able to find a way of buying a spare battery online with the cordless vacuum battery available through Shark’s website only compatible with older models. If one is made available expect this to come with a hefty price tag, the older model batteries cost an additional $87.99.

• Battery life score: 3/5

Should you buy the Shark Poweretect Speed?

The answer is going to depend heavily on the size of your home and how you plan to use the cleaner. If this is going to be your only vacuum it’s barely going to get through a studio apartment before it needs a recharge. If you are looking for a convenient cleaner for spot cleaning it is superb both in terms of performance and ease of emptying, all while being a step cheaper than the Dyson equivalent.

Shark PowerDetect Speed: score card

Attribute

Notes

Score

Value

It’s not cheap but feature for feature it stacks up against some of the most expensive available and delivers top performance.

4/5

Design

Well built and unfussy, it definitely leans more towards substance than style but that’s exactly what I look for in a vacuum.

4/5

Performance

Tackling fine dust and large debris equally well on hard floors and carpet, plus pretty good edge cleaning make it a top performer.

4.5/5

Battery life

Only tasting 10 and a half minutes on the highest setting and a long charge time hold it back from being a practical main vacuum.

3/5

Buy it if

Size matters

You want a portable vacuum for quick cleans when you don’t want to get out a big wired cleaner

You're on a budget

You want a Dyson but can’t bring yourself to pay those prices.

You want to keep things tidy

You hate the mess of emptying cordless vacuum cleaners, but love their light weight and convenience.

Don't buy it if

You want to clean a house in one go

You need a main vacuum cleaner that can power through big cleans and tackle multiple rooms in a single session.

You struggle with heavy vacuums

This is one of the weightier vacuums we've tested.

How I tested the Shark PowerDetect Speed

I tested the PowerDetect Speed for over a week in day-to-day use as well as specific tests picking up fine dust (tea) and larger debris (rice) on hard floors, carpet and around room edges. Battery life was tested on the highest power setting and lowest, as well as checking the time it took to fully charge from empty.

I tested the Speed in different cleaning scenarios including vacuuming stairs, a car and a variety of floor types.

First reviewed May 2026

As a convenient cleaner for short cleans the Shark PowerDetect Speed is as good as they come, especially at this price.

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reMarkable Paper Pure: Two-minute review

reMarkable’s new Paper Pure is the company’s cheapest and most accessible black-and-white handwriting tablet. Comparisons to the now-discontinued reMarkable 2 are inevitable. The Paper Pure is the reMarkable 3 — or perhaps the reMarkable 2.5 — in all but name.

Now, I absolutely adore my five-year-old reMarkable 2. I use it pretty much daily for work and play. So, I was a little dubious about this thrusting young upstart muscling in. A budget reMarkable with no frontlight, the same old 226ppi, and a plastic shell? In 2026? That’s something absolutely nobody was asking for. Unboxing the tablet, I prepared myself for disappointment.

Happily, I was wrong. The Paper Pure is a surprisingly good device, delivering a faultless writing and sketching experience that’s as close to using a pad and pen as you can get at this price point.

All reMarkable devices focus on stripping out any and all distractions. So, like its predecessors, the Paper Pure has no notifications, no apps, and no ads. Even the AI is restricted to converting handwriting into text. At a time when every other device you own is desperately trying to sway your attention, this is pure, beautiful minimalism.

It’s by no means the best digital notebook on the market. But it effortlessly lives up to the company’s distraction-free ethos. The monochrome display is easy on the eyes, and I found it lightweight and very comfortable to hold for extended periods.

The low latency means your writing appears almost instantly on the screen, as if ink really is dripping from the nib of the exceptional Marker Plus stylus. That’s especially true when using no-nonsense pen types like the fineliner and ballpoint pen, but even the stylish calligraphy pen only has a minor lag. Like its black-and-white predecessor, the battery also lasts for weeks on a single charge.

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Where it stumbles on the hardware front is the lack of those two core features that fans really wanted from this latest model: a frontlight and a 300ppi pixel density for improving the ereader experience. Bafflingly, both are absent here.

That probably won't put off most new users from getting the Paper Pure — and it really shouldn't, because beyond those omissions, the tablet's handwriting experience is superb. But the inclusion of one or the other might've sweetened the deal a little more.

As ever with reMarkable, though, the mostly excellent hardware is let down by the mixed bag on the software side. The handwriting-to-text conversion is still not perfect, requiring adjustments to your writing style to make it work. And locking key features and even templates behind a subscription paywall stings, considering the cost of the device.

If you already own a reMarkable 2, I can’t recommend the upgrade just yet. Sure, the Paper Pure is faster, with a better processor and double the memory (here you’re spoiled with a whole 2GB RAM). However, it’s otherwise largely the same experience. And for what it’s worth, I still prefer the softer writing of the older device compared to the firmer but smoother one found on the Paper Pro and Paper Pure series.

However, if the Paper Pure is your first foray into distraction-free note-taking, the price alone makes this the best place to start.

reMarkable Paper Pure: Price and availability

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• The cheapest reMarkable yet — but not a budget device
• Connect subscription is essential for business users, an unnecessary nice-to-have for everyone else

The Paper Pure is pitched as the most affordable of the reMarkable range, coming in at $359 / £359 / AU$629 for the tablet and standard Marker stylus.

You can also upgrade to the Paper Pure bundle for $399 / £399 / AU$699, which includes the tablet, colored sleeve, and the upgraded Marker Plus.

For what it’s worth, I’d always opt for the Marker Plus, which features an eraser at one end. It retains that pad-and-pencil feel, and being able to delete handwritten notes without tapping into the menu, selecting the Erase option, then manually lassoing the writing you want to remove is far better for flow.

Some notable corners have been cut to keep costs down. The Paper Pure isn’t as thin as the reMarkable 2; it’s got a plastic chassis rather than an aluminum one, a monochrome display unlike the color Paper Pro, and, disappointingly, there’s no frontlight here.

The upshot, however, is that this is one of the cheapest 10.3-inch handwriting tablets around. At under $400, it’s more or less in line with the Boox Go and Amazon’s base model Kindle Scribe (2024), although both of those tablets boast app support and 300ppi displays.

On top of the hardware costs, there’s the Connect subscription, which comes in at $3.99 / £3.99 / AU$6.99 a month. This unlocks a range of extras that some — particularly business users — will want, such as Slack and calendar integration, and AI summaries. You can see the full breakdown of Connect features by clicking here.

Without a Connect subscription, you can still convert handwriting to text, connect to third-party cloud storage services, and share your screen. So, for general users, I wouldn’t call it essential, especially if you’re ultra-focused on distraction-free writing and sketching. But you will be missing out on a lot of features.

While that subscription may sting considering the price of the Paper Pure, it’s still relatively cheap, and I can’t fault the hardware design at this price point. For my money, reMarkable still comes closest to reproducing that paper-like feel compared to competitors.

reMarkable Paper Pure pricing

reMarkable Paper Pure

reMarkable Paper Pro Move

reMarkable Paper Pro

With Marker

$359 / £359 / AU$629

$449 / £399 / AU$779

$629 / £559 / AU$929

With Marker Plus

$399 / £399 / AU$699

$499 / £439 / AU$849

$679 / £599 / AU$999

reMarkable Connect

$3.99 / £3.99 / AU$6.99

• Value score: 4 / 5

reMarkable Paper Pure: specs

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The reMarkable Paper Pure uses the same dual-core processor found in the Paper Pro Move with 32GB LPDDR4 RAM, which makes overall performance feel snappy.

At 6mm thick, the Paper Pure is thicker than both the Paper Pro (5.1mm) and the ultra-thin reMarkable 2 (4.7mm). However, it weighs just 360g, making it far lighter — and noticeably so — than the reMarkable 2 (403.5g) and the weighty Paper Pro (525g).

reMarkable Paper Pure specs

Starting price:

$359 / £359 / AU$629

Operating system (as tested):

reMarkable OS (Linux-based)

Chipset

1.7 GHz dual core Cortex-A55

Memory:

2GB LPDDR4 RAM

Storage:

32GB

Display:

10.3-inch monochrome Canvas, based on E Ink Carta 1300

Size:

228.1 x 187.1 x 6.0mm

Weight:

360g

Battery:

3,820mAh (rechargeable /replaceable)

Supported file formats:

PDF, EPUB (importing)

PDF, PNG, SVG (exporting)

Supported cloud services:

reMarkable, Google Drive, Microsoft Onedrive, Dropbox, Slack

reMarkable Paper Pure: display

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• Perfect paper feel for writing and sketching
• Black-and-white screen with no frontlight

The Paper Pure uses an E Ink display — it’s a really clever technology used by a lot of handwriting tablets and ereaders. Beneath the glass, there are millions of microcapsules that can turn black or white depending on whether they’re positively or negatively charged.

When you move the stylus — in my case, reMarkable’s Marker Plus — over the screen, the device tracks its position and sends a positive charge to those exact coordinates, pulling the negative black particles to the surface.

It’s the same principle that applies when you turn the page of an Amazon Kindle, with the system telling each microscopic ball whether to display in black or white. These microcapsules stay in that state until told otherwise, which is why the battery can last so long on these devices.

But we’re getting sidetracked here.

The result is a seamless writing experience. reMarkable says the latency between the stroke of the stylus and the words appearing on-screen is around 21 milliseconds. And while I’m not Superman and my eyes don’t operate at that speed, it feels about right.

To me, it feels pretty much instantaneous when using standard pen types like the ballpoint pen or fineliner. It’s about as close to using a pad and pen as you can get in digital form. When switching to a more stylized writing tool, such as the calligraphy pen or the pencil, I saw only a minor lag.

In terms of the feel of writing, there’s a clear distinction between the Paper Pure and its 10-inch predecessor.

Using the reMarkable 2 felt very soft, like using a thick pencil or felt tip on the first page of a new Moleskine notebook. The Paper Pro Move felt firmer but smoother, as if writing with a biro on the last few pages of a well-worn legal pad. And since the Paper Pure uses the same active stylus and textured glass cover lens display as the Pro and Pro Move, reMarkable's newest tablet falls into the latter camp.

Personally, I loved the tactile feedback of the reMarkable 2 — it’s still the best digital writing experience I’ve ever had — but after 10 minutes with the Paper Pure, I found myself enjoying this new writing style.

Saying that, there are three issues here. I wouldn’t call them deal-breakers, but it’s worth highlighting them.

There’s a clear tapping each time you lift and then lower the stylus to make your next mark on the page. It’s not especially loud — it won’t drive colleagues, friends, or the other customers at the cafe to distraction — but it is present.

And there were two big fan requests for the follow-up to the reMarkable 2: 300ppi, which is a better resolution for reading eBooks and PDF documents, and a frontlight. The reMarkable Paper Pure delivers on neither of these.

Now, for writing, I didn’t find the 226ppi to be an issue at all. Handwriting still looks sharp, the display is easy on the eyes, and the writing tools perfectly recreate the ink-on-paper style. But for reading documents, you will see a slight pixel blurring around the edges of words that’s noticeable if you’re coming from something like the Kindle Scribe.

For me, the lack of a frontlight is the biggest misstep. I can live with a lower pixel density, and I can accept the demise of the EMR stylus, but I think a frontlight is an absolute must these days. I get it — it’s all about keeping costs low — but the addition of lighting for day and night use would’ve made the Paper Pure a much more attractive proposition.

• Display score: 4 / 5

reMarkable Paper Pure: Design & build

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• The plastic case feels surprisingly durable
• It’s lightweight and feels good in the hand

Perhaps the Paper Pure’s most significant shift from its predecessor and the Paper Pro line is the switch from a metal to a plastic casing. Having grown used to the hardy aluminum frame of the reMarkable 2, I was seriously skeptical about this change. But it really works.

The rear side of the Paper Pure is oh-so-lightly textured for better grip, and the tablet as a whole is more lightweight and portable, clocking in at a svelte 360g. Overall, it feels delightfully comfortable to hold with one hand or rest on your knee as you sketch and write.

Because of the switch to plastic, the Paper Pure also feels a lot more durable than its predecessor, which I tended to handle with kid gloves while on the move.

I mean, I wouldn’t drop it off the side of a ten-story apartment block and expect it to survive. It’s not a rugged tablet by any stretch of the imagination; it’s not even waterproof. But the Paper Pure certainly feels like it could take a few knocks in your rucksack or survive a violent commute — especially when slipped inside the reinforced sleeve.

Design-wise, you’re looking at a 10.3-inch tablet that’s identical in width to, but slightly shorter than, the reMarkable 2. The thick white bezel on the left is reminiscent of the original reMarkable 1.

Flipping over the Paper Pure, I found something very interesting: ten screws allowing access to the internals. Now, whether this is just a sop to EU regulations that mandate a right to repair or whether the reMarkable intends to provide replacement batteries in the future, I don’t know. But it might make the reMarkable Paper Pure a more viable investment for IT managers maintaining a fleet of devices if nothing else.

At the top of the device, there’s the power button, and at the bottom, a USB-C port for charging. And that’s your lot. Talk about distraction-free. The Paper Pure has everything it needs and nothing it doesn’t.

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The Marker magnetically attaches to the right side of the tablet, where it’s charged. It feels good in the hand, and it's not too heavy for prolonged writing sessions.

The replaceable nibs are estimated to last about a month or two if you don’t press down too hard, and that feels about right. For what it’s worth, the one on my reMarkable Paper Pro Move lasts about that long, and they very visibly wear down at a slower rate than the reMarkable 2 pen tips.

As I’ve mentioned before, the Marker and Marker Plus are the same active styluses used by the Paper Pro range. These are proprietary tech, so don’t lose them, because they're a lot more expensive to replace than the cheaper third-party EMR stylus that worked with the reMarkable 2.

On that note, I liked the Paper Pure's new polymerweave sleeve folio — there are three available, in mist green, desert pink, and ocean blue. This flips open on one side and is vastly superior to the original reMarkable book folio, since it actually protects both tablet and stylus. Slot the device inside, and it'll automatically go to sleep, which is a nice touch for conserving battery.

• Design score: 5 / 5

reMarkable Paper Pure: Software

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• Distraction-free but not feature-free
• The AI optical character recognition can be hit-and-miss

You can tell a lot of love has gone into the Paper Pure's hardware. I’m not sure the same can be said for its software. Sure, it's functional, and it does more than you might think, but it’s nothing to (digitally) write home about.

reMarkable has always been a bit spotty when it comes to the software side of things. We tend to get marginal updates, tinkering here and there, the inclusion of this or that integration, but nothing ground-breaking. And maybe that’s fine. Maybe we just expect too much.

Still, the brand is getting better every time, adding extras like a very useful handwriting search function, the ability to draw freehand shapes, and the ability to add text blocks to notebooks, typed via the on-screen keyboard (sadly, there’s no support for an external keyboard right now). I especially enjoyed using the screen share feature, which I found works very well, letting you present or write on pages pretty much in real-time.

For absolute basics, you’re looking at a broad selection of templates like ruled paper, gridlines, and even music sheets, with more available to Connect subscribers via reMarkable Methods. I’m still not convinced templates like daily planners and calendars need to be locked behind a subscription — especially considering the price of the device — but there you go. Put up or shut up.

You can also integrate the tablet with Slack, Microsoft’s OneDrive and Outlook, Google Calendar and Google Drive, and Dropbox. While you can integrate with all the cloud services, you can only add a single calendar integration.

As I use a restrictive work account on Slack, I couldn’t test that particular feature. However, OneDrive and Google Drive both synced quickly, importing and exporting files to and from the tablet as PDFs without delay.

While the Paper Pure’s display may be monochrome, I chose different colored highlighters for annotating the PDF documents. And I was pleased to see they all rendered clearly and correctly when I picked up the file from Google Drive.

One point of interest is that reMarkable requires access to see, edit, create, and delete all of your Google Drive files, rather than at a folder level. This, I really hate, and I recommend doing what I’ve done: create a reMarkable-only Gmail account instead of using your main one. It’s probably fine, but why take the risk?

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Handwriting conversion is probably the big software highlight, transforming handwritten notes into usable text you can paste into a word processor. This is, effectively, optical character recognition in the cloud. And it’s one of the main reasons I originally bought a reMarkable. The results are... ok. With some caveats.

Firstly, you can’t just write any old squiggles that only you understand and pray the AI knows what you’re getting at (as I learned with my own spidery, illegible scrawl). If you’re anything like me, when I’m in the writing flow and my brain is working faster than my hand, you’re going to run into problems.

Secondly, I found the best results came when using the fineliner or ballpoint pen. Here, the translation was flawless, albeit oddly formatted. When I switched to the calligraphy pen, the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) struggled to make sense of the words even when I wrote ultra-neatly in all-caps.

Finally, if you’re making a list, you’ll absolutely need to add a dash before the word, otherwise the tool just lumps it all into a single line.

It’s a so-so experience that does the job if you take the time to work with the OCR tool, but it could be so much better.

• Software score: 3 / 5

reMarkable Paper Pure: Performance

• A faultless writing experience
• Faster and smoother than the reMarkable 2

Responsive is how I’d describe the reMarkable Paper Pure. Starting the device from sleep, opening notebooks, scrolling menus, pinching and zooming, swiping through documents — it all feels fast and smooth. There’s none of the lag that dogged the older reMarkable 2.

There’s also no delay when writing on the screen, which is the real high point. There’s a genuine fluidity to the Paper Pure that I appreciated, making the experience practically faultless on that score.

There’s a welcome snappiness to using this tablet. I know speed isn’t the main priority with a device like this — it’s all about how well it digitizes handwritten notes. But, for me, the performance of the Paper Pure is the killer reason anyone would want to upgrade from the reMarkable 2.

To help you visualize the difference between the two models, I compared the scrolling speed of the reMarkable Paper Pure (right) and the reMarkable 2 (left) in the video below.

• Performance score: 5 / 5

reMarkable Paper Pure: Battery

• 3,820mAh battery is an upgrade over the reMarkable 2
• Lasts for weeks on a single charge

The reMarkable Paper Pure has a built-in 3,820mAh battery. The company says it lasts up to three weeks, depending on your use. Based on my testing, that seems accurate.

I’ve been using the Paper Pure daily for hours at a time over the last couple of weeks without needing a recharge. The only reason I plugged it in during that time was out of caution, not necessity.

For comparison, the reMarkable 2 boasted a 3,000mAh battery, and I typically squeeze about three weeks out of that device already. The Paper Pro has a 5,030mAh battery but uses color E Ink and a frontlight, which drains faster than the black-and-white tablets, lasting about two weeks.

Likewise, the battery inside the Marker Plus lasts a long time. Charging is quick — you do so by attaching it to the side of the tablet — but I don’t recall it ever dropping below half during my entire review process, and you’ll see a battery meter briefly pop up each time you clip it to the side.

• Battery score: 5 / 5

Should I buy the reMarkable Paper Pure?

(Image credit: Future)reMarkable Paper Pro Move scorecard

Attribute

Notes

Score

Value

The cheapest reMarkable yet. It may lack a frontlight, but for the price, it’s a top entry-level handwriting tablet.

★★★★☆

Display

The monochrome display is perfectly sized and textured to recreate the feel of writing with a pad and pen. I found it very easy on the eyes when used indoors and outdoors.

★★★★☆

Design

The lightweight tablet is delightfully comfortable to hold for extended periods of time. It feels like it has a surprising amount of durability, too.

★★★★★

Software

It’s simple, has plenty of integrations and features (some subscriber-only). But what should be the highlight — converting handwriting to text — needs work to get accurate results.

★★★☆☆

Performance

Superb performance that’s fast and fluid, whether navigating menus or writing on the screen. There’s no discernible lag.

★★★★★

Battery

The tablet has exceptional battery life — expect it to last weeks on a single charge. The same can be said for the stylus, which rapidly charges when attached to the device.

★★★★★

Buy it if...

You're a born writer or sketcher
The Paper Pure is a pitch-perfect portable device for authors, architects, UI designers, and anyone else who needs to sketch or write at work. It perfectly recreates that pad-and-pen feel.

You’re a student
For the price, the Paper Pure is arguably the best handwriting tablet around. It feels durable enough to survive days on campus, and lets you focus on your work without being distracted by apps.

Don't buy it if...

You actually like distractions, thank you very much
If you want a standard tablet with all the bells, whistles, and essential apps with the added bonus of writing or drawing with a stylus, you’re better off with an Apple or Samsung device.

You’re an avid ebook reader
While I didn’t have any problems using the Paper Pure to read documents, the pixel density is lower than I’d recommend for a true ereader, and it doesn’t support buying Kindle books anyway.

Also consider

reMarkable Paper Pro
It’s got a larger screen, a bigger battery, and displays in color. If the Paper Pure feels too basic for your needs, this is the true upgrade device from the same stock.

Read our full reMarkable Paper Pro review

Kindle Scribe (2024)
You could go for the newer 2025 model, which excels as an ereader. But if you’re focused on writing, I find the 2024 edition of the Kindle Scribe has a superior feel and is similarly priced to the Paper Pure.

Read our full Kindle Scribe (2024) review

reMarkable Paper Pure

reMarkable Paper Pro

Amazon Kindle Scribe (2024)

Price:

$359 / £359 / AU$629

$629 / £559 / AU$929

$399.99 / £379.99 / AU$649

Price for premium edition:

$399 / £399 / AU$699 (Marker Plus)

$449 / £429 / AU$749 (Marker Plus)

$449.99 / $429.99 / AU$729 (64GB, Premium Pen)

Display:

10.3-inch, monochrome Canvas display, based on E Ink Carta 1300

11.8-inch Canvas Color, based on E Ink Gallery 3

10.2-inch E Ink Carta 1200

Supported files:

PDF, EPUB (importing) | PDF, PNG, SVG (exporting)

PDF, ePub

PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, AAX (Audible audio format)

Storage:

32GB

64GB

16GB

How I tested the reMarkable Paper Pure

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I tested the reMarkable Paper Pure for two full weeks, using it daily to make notes for work, then in the evenings, I was doodling and writing that novel I always promise myself I’ll definitely finish.

Basically, I replaced my beloved reMarkable 2 and Paper Pro Move solely with the Paper Pure during this review period.

Once I connected the device to my existing reMarkable account, I could check how quickly documents synced between the different tablets, as well as the cloud integrations. I spent time loading various PDFs onto the Paper Pure, annotating and highlighting them before importing and exporting the files across supported services.

Next, I tested the writing experience using all available pen types — officially called Writing Tools — to explore the latency differences between them. After this, I began examining other software features, such as different templates. More time than I’d like to admit was spent with the AI handwriting conversion tool here, with me attempting to see how to get the best results.

Finally, I compared the speeds of the three reMarkable tablets to gauge overall performance, from navigating menus to writing on-screen, with a stylus in each hand.

Throughout the review process, the Paper Pure was slipped inside the misty green sleeve folio for protection when not in use.

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