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Originally Posted by tsam19
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I have that exact one! In a drawer.
Pros:
- cost me nearly nothing, came in a package with skins and hard cover and screen protectors, all for $10.
- has a neat push button that opens and positions the light and turns it on.
Cons:
- uses 3x AG13 button batteries. Stock up.
- How ya gonna hang it? This is one of the most important considerations in choosing a light.
a) directly on the Kindle
-- The attachment is tenuous, just a little of the clip is in use.
-- The metal clip will scratch your Kindle
-- The light is a full 4 inches vertically (i.e., measured straight up in the plane of the screen) above the top of the screen. Try getting the light so it doesn't shine in your eyes. I can't. The light can't be positioned much at all from where it automatically pops up.
b) attached to the cover, so the clip clamps fully down (but the light is still over 2" vertically from the top of the screen).
-- In the rare cover (maybe the Kindle lighted cover?) that allows space between the back cover and the Kindle, you can clip it on the back cover. But it'll scratch the back of your Kindle, unless you wrap the metal clip in something soft.
-- In most covers, which have no space between the back cover and the Kindle, it can't be attached there. The picture in your eBay link shows a case with no space between e-reader and back cover, but the clip is attached fully down. Guess where it must be attached? On the front cover, folded around to the back, because that's the only way you can have that 3/8" gap. Positioned so, the metal clip will scratch the back cover (not a big deal). Positioned so, when you want to close the cover, you need to ensure you take off the light first; otherwise, the whole apparatus comes flying forward and slams into your screen.
I like the
Kandle directly attached to an e-reader. If you have your Kindle in a case, then the case plus Kindle are probably too thick for the Kandle to be positioned optimally. In that case, I'd go with something with a large clamp and the light on a longish flexible neck.
My favorite light is a different one ($10, bought in a bookstore, sorry, can't find a link), and has a similar clip attachment as the one you linked to, so I can't use it on my Kindle (I use it on a Sony's back cover which can swing away from the Sony, and I wrap the clip with duct tape so it doesn't scratch the back of the Sony). The light is stronger and can be positioned well, and it uses three AAA batteries.
Whew, TMI. Or at least too much
written information. This needed a video.