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Originally Posted by lestatar
^ wow. What a great great idea! Assume you used one of those food sealer thingies?
Only thing I wonder about with these kind of ideas is buildup of heat from the devices within the sealed area, in your case very tightly vacuum sealed. Do you notice the device getting warm at all? Do you only seal it up when you need it?
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Yep, I used a FoodSaver vacuum sealer. The funny thing is, that one side of their heat seal roll is textured, so you even have a little extra grip.
I thought about the heat build up, but the reader produces close to zero heat, and the tiny LED's produced such a tiny amount, that it was always cooler than my bathwater. The only way it would get hot enough to notice is if I kept it submerged in the hot bath water, otherwise it heats up about as much as my watch, which is only warm because it's on my wrist.
I only seal it when I want to take it in the bath. I like to soak in a dimly lit, relaxing atmosphere, so having a reader that has built in front lighting is more than I'd ever expect. The other great thing about using the ereader is that it's close to impossible not to soak your book while bathing. Every time you want to change the page you have to, darn near, completely dry your hand so you don't soak the book, and you just end up soaking the towel making it ineffective for drying your hand enough to turn a page. With the reader, I only dry off when I get out of the bath. My soaking wet hand just swipes the page, water dripping and all.
The things to know is that you need to turn on the reader and the light because once sealed, it's impossible to move the switches at the top and bottom. The other thing is to stop sealing once it's snug, or some of the buttons on the front may get depressed. I haven't been able to vacuum seal my Kindle because of all the buttons. Either it's loose in the bag, like a Ziploc one button or anther is depressed in the front.
I suppose the ideal would be to get a permanent bag that I can seal the air out of and re-use, but so far, this is the most pleasant as far as not noticing that it's wrapped in water tight protection.