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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
The NC doesn't need to be "tethered" to an outlet, unless you really do read for 12 hours at a stretch... most people I know do not.
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I regularly read for 4 hours at a stretch, and often without easy access to an outlet before the next stretch.
Some days, it's:
Read 1.5 hours before work.
Read .5 hours on train.
Read .5 hours at lunch.
Read .5 hours on train home.
Read 2.0 hours at home; have dinner;
Read 2.0 more hours.
Would it be safe to plug in all night while I'm sleeping? Some devices aren't happy with 8 hours of battery charging; they need to be pulled off when the battery's full.
Even if it can't be plugged in all night, I could work around that... find a way to recharge at work, or be careful to recharge during meals, or something like that. But that requires careful scheduling and attention; if I forget, I risk having the device stop in mid-chapter and tell me it's done until I give it an hour on the charger.
I switched to e-ink so my evenings wouldn't be interrupted by "must stop reading now to recharge device" problems.