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Originally Posted by barryem
A waterproof Kindle kind of makes sense for a few people but for most people waterproofing has no real value. Most people read at home most of the time. People reading out and about mostly use phones. Reading in the tub is perfectly safe if you put your ereader in a baggy or in a waterproof case. The vast majority of readers will have no use whatever for waterproofing.
I have no use for waterproofing but if an ereader could be bought with or without it and waterproofing only raised the price a little I'd probably get it just to feel good about it. But not if it cost much more.
Barry
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I mostly agree, but I would say that putting my reader in a plastic bag* worked better when most readers had buttons. Touchscreens don't work very well through plastic.
*I was talking to a 25-year-old co-worker the other day about "baggies". She didn't know that there was actually a brand-name version of a lunch- or quart-sized plastic called "Baggies". Mentioning the "alligator skin" texture didn't ring any bells for her. Yet another word/phrase from my lifetime that young people have no idea where it came from.
ETA: Who knew? I haven't seen these in stores for years (and years), but when I hit Google to see if I can find a picture, I came across an option to purchase Baggies from
soap.com! I'm tempted to order them for old-times' sake, but I don't know if I want to pay shipping for nostalgia.
