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I have to agree with Harry. We will probably need to agree to differ as there simply seems to be no statistical or scientific basis to support any opinion. I own a number of Kindles and a Kobo H2O. I have never had a problem with any Kindle. They have not been badly mistreated but have been dropped occasionally, including a Paperwhite on a tiled floor once, and have survived. My H2O had a screen failure for no apparent reason and without any mishaps whatsoever. The replacement has been good so far, but I have my doubts over its durability and really do treat it with kid gloves. I may be totally wrong, but personally I believe the H2O is far more vulnerable to flexing than are the Kindles. The only thing that I can think of that could even remotely have contributed to the screen failure on my original H2O was removing it from its case which did inevitably involve some minor flexing. Which should be well within the normal parameters of use. The new one has been placed in a rigid case which is where it will stay. I would not let this stop me from buying another Kobo, but would treat it with kid gloves.
I should add that the Kobo offers much better control over fonts. I prefer reading on it, mainly because my eyesight is not getting any better with age and I have set up a nice Georgia font which I have been able to make sufficiently dark so as to be very comfortable. I note the current Teleread campaign to have Amazon introduce comparable font controls to the Kindle, and support this strongly.
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