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Originally Posted by Captain Slocum
The brightness problem that others have noted, here and elsewhere, with the Glo - the brightness doesn't go low enough - must have been fixed by a software update because I have very sensitive eyes, cannot bear anything too bright, and in a completely dark room the Glo at 1% is very dim. You probably couldn't read it if it was less bright.
[...] don't be put off by the posts that say the Glo is too bright [...]
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I think that this post, and in particular the last line I've quoted above, is misleading enough to deserve a response.
I don't have "very sensitive eyes", just normal ones. I also have a Glo with the current (2.8.1) firmware, and set to its lowest brightness setting (1%), I'm able to use it as a torch to guide me to bed after I've switched off all the lights. Maybe your Glo's LEDs are failing, or perhaps your idea of a "completely dark room" is one where the sun shines into your face from a slightly offset angle... but my Glo (still at 1%!) lights up my completely dark room like a decent-wattage lightbulb. It's *way* too bright for reading in the dark.
If you're wanting a reader with a light that works better in the dark, I'd suggest either of Kobo's Aura or Aura HD models, or Amazon's Paperwhite.