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Originally Posted by khalleron
I just ordered a Kobo Aura H2O as my birthday present to myself.
I loved my T1 but it's getting old and glitchy, and the H2O looks too good to pass up - plus, I can take it with me to the beach! (I live 4 blocks from the ocean).
A clearer, bigger screen with IR and dictionaries - that's nice! I don't really need the frontlight, but pretty much all the newer readers have them, so I'll adjust.
This is my first non-Sony reader since my old Franklin EBookman. I would love to have the ergononomics of side buttons (which is why I was tempted by the Boyue T62) but decided long battery life and a nice white screen were more important.
Perhaps someday someone will make an ereader that's everything I want.
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The Kindle Voyage has side buttons, although it isn't waterproof.
Like all E-ink devices, it has a nice long battery life. Although opinion seems to be split on the niceness of the screen. Some KVs are good, some have weird color flaws, not everyone can agree which is which.
But a number of people are happy with their KV, and others had Amazon replace them with a new KV because of the screen, and liked the new one. Some people simply weren't happy at all, and returned them.
Something to think about and decide if you want to try it -- but it is worth noting the PW1 had the same issues at first, and eventually settled down and had no more issues.
At a guess, there were, and are again, Quality Control issues. At worst, I would still think if you ordered one in a couple months it would be guaranteed perfect.
I believe there are even companies that will waterproof and sell you Kindles. Like
http://waterfi.com/ although they seem to only have the PW -- maybe they will have the KV soon. You will pay more than a Kobo H2O though.