The Day Planner Dilemma

I am the type of person who is highly reliant on a day planner to stay organized and am unable to use digital agendas to fulfill this need.
As a result I've become a bit day planner obsessed over the years.

For the past 4 years I have been using the Moleskin lined week on two pages agenda in red.
It has served me well but I feel that I need to step up my day planner game, which has lead me to my dilemma.

All summer I have been extensively researching day planners and hemming and hawing over which day planner I should invest in. I discovered the 6-ring planner system and fallen in love because it allows you move pages around just like a binder.
There are multiple companies that offer a product like this, but the most well known is Filofax.

In addition to the different brands that are available there are also multiple sizes.
The two sizes I have been debating over is the Personal size (3.7" x 6.7") and the A5 (5.8" x 8.3").

I have for the most part settled on the Personal but am still slightly unsure.

The solution seemed to fall into my lap when I discovered a company called Color Crush that makes 6 ring planners that are quite cheap in comparison to Filofax! I could buy the personal Color Crush planner and try it out for a semester. If the pages were too small or if I just hated the 6 ring binder system in general I wouldn't have to feel guilty about spending $100+ on something I disliked.

A few days ago I had purchased the sky blue Color Crush, however I was emailed today by the company I was ordering through that their stock is damaged and they have sent me a refund. While I'm glad I didn't receive a damaged product, I am now back to square one.

On another website that sells Color Crush planners I can buy a slightly flawed planner for a discounted rate. Unfortunately the discount is somewhat negligible when you factor in shipping, but I would still be able to try out the 6 ring binder system for relatively inexpensively and get a feel for the size.

One thing I am slightly worried about is just how flawed this planner will be. The site says that it is slightly dented and there are pictures that show a rather minimal imprint on the strap that closes the planner however it does note that there are multiple damaged planners and that the damages could vary. So I could get a planner that is far more damaged that I anticipated based on the photos. However if the intention of the planner is just to test it out and with the intention of upgrading in the near future, does it really matter that much?

That brings me to my second option. It's from an Australia company called Kikki K and they too put out cute 6 ring planners.

I personally like the simplicity of the black planner and they are high quality planners made of leather, so they in theory should last awhile.

The Kikki is more expensive and therefore would be more of a permanent purchase rather than a test run. I like the layout more than anything currently available from Filofax and it is cheaper than the leather planners from Filofax.

If I buy the Kikki planner I am committing to the Personal size as well as the 6 ring binder system in general. I don't believe that is problematic but like any major purchase, I wish that I could see the product in person before hand, which is the cause of such hesitation.

So that's the dilemma, and I was hoping that you would perhaps weigh in on the situation.

Should I buy the flawed Color Crush to test out the planner and the flaws are irrelevant because I already intend to upgrade anyway.

OR

Should I buy the Kikki K planner because I will likely buy it eventually and the Color Crush is simply an unnecessary and potentially bothersome purchase because of the flawed strap.

OR

Should I forget about the 6 ring system entirely and continue to use the moleskin agendas because they've gotten me this far.

Please let me know in the comments, I would really appreciate a second (and third) opinion.