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View Poll Results: Do you read a lot in direct sunlight?
Yes, a lot. 71 31.84%
Just a little. 79 35.43%
Almost never. 49 21.97%
Never. 24 10.76%
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Old 09-16-2010, 05:30 PM   #46
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I live in Ireland. What is this "sunlight" thing all of you are talking about? Sounds scary....

I travel for 4 hours on a train once a week, and bought my eReader because I found reading on an LCD screen to be impossible. The light coming in the window caused terrible glare, but not on my lovely eInk screen.

Maybe the poll should be changed to "Do you read in conditions where the lighting would result in glare on an LCD/iPad screen"
don't be skeer'd...it's the same stuff out there on all those lovely golf courses ya got up there....think of it as "luminous shade".
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Old 09-16-2010, 08:45 PM   #47
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Yes I read outdoors. I take my nook when I go fishing with my husband. He fishes, I read although this is usually next to streams and not big bodies of waters. Not that we have large bodies in the US Mountain West.

When I go to the beach, I usually bring a regular book and not my nook because I wouldn't want sand to get in/on it. But, I very seldom like to just sit and do nothing. That's what books are for.
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Old 09-16-2010, 09:03 PM   #48
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I responded "a little", because about 95% of my reading is not in direct sunlight. However, I went to the beach with my family this summer, and spent about 4 hours a day for a week reading in direct sunlight (with frequent liberal doses of 50spf sunblock). I loved it! Also, while the weather is still good, I sometimes will come home from work and (after dealing with the kids) sit out on the front patio with a cigar and a beer and read. So, late afternoon sunlight. I give the e-ink screen the big thumbs up - an LED screen would have been useless.
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Old 09-16-2010, 09:08 PM   #49
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I used to take a book to the beach, but here where I live now, I walk down the beach with as little as possible (and for "secure your valuables" reasons, I wouldn't take an ereader). I am usually just going down there to catch waves and then recover and dry off by lying on the beach, eyes-shut or people-watching.

Nowadays I pretty much only read in bed (or very occasionally at the airport or on a plane).

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Old 09-16-2010, 09:52 PM   #50
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There are...bugs!...outdoors. *shudder*

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Old 09-17-2010, 09:14 AM   #51
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I would like very much to read on sunlight ... but since I bought a SONY product and their screen came faulty, I cannot accomplish this. My screen gets washed away ... even inside a car... anywhere where sunlight (or a strong enough light) touches the screen.
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Old 09-17-2010, 09:20 AM   #52
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That sounds like a problem of the screen manufacturer (Vizplex), not Sony.

I’d suggest sending it back.
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Old 09-17-2010, 11:49 AM   #53
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Old 09-17-2010, 01:56 PM   #54
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Not intentionally. Occasionally I get stuck in the car and it's parked so that I'm right in the sun. If I'm lucky, on those occasions I'll have some knitting project with me.
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On nice days, my favorite spot is out on my deck with a nice tall, cool drink and my Kindle.
I read on my patio as well....but in the shade. I never was one to do much reading sitting out in the sun.



I read outside quite a bit with my iPad

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Old 09-17-2010, 11:31 PM   #56
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"Direct sunlight" can vary a lot - I read in direct sunlight in winter but in our 40 deg (Celsius) summers I read anywhere cool and shady!
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I read in direct sunshine in winter, when there is any sun. Also on trains - it's surprising how often the sun washes out an LCD screen (maybe not technically direct sunshine, but I think the spirit is there)
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What is a difference between:

Just a little

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Almost never

If we presume that Never is 0% and Yes, a lot is 100%, where would you place the other two.
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What is a difference between:

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Almost never

If we presume that Never is 0% and Yes, a lot is 100%, where would you place the other two.
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The only time that I read outside is on my lunch breaks at work but even then I sit in my car (it's because I can't smoke in the building but even if I didn't smoke I've found it to be a great way to minimize people coming over and bugging me while I'm trying to read).

I voted "Almost never." as I park facing the sun and use a window screen to block most of the light, so I was thinking of the times where I stuck my Reader into the sun light, which have been rare (mostly to check for sun fade). I forgot that in the winter I do not bother with blocking the sun, so perhaps "Just a little." would have been more accurate.

Either way I do my best to avoid sunlight, it's too hot, and much too bright.
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