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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I always find it strange to see people talking about a bigger e-reader as 'big' or 'heavy'.
Held any good hard covers lately? Compared to some, the KA1 is tiny and light as a feather.
I understand that for some people every gram can count if you need to hold the book or device, but when comparing to my (few remaining) hard covers, I cannot, by any means, call the KA1 'big', 'heavy', or 'unwieldy'. Or unergonomic for that matter.
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I have small, very arthritic hands, and I definitely have problems with even trade paperbacks: I find it painful to hold them open (or break the spine). For my hands, the most comfortable (reading one handed) is the Glo HD, and the next one is the One (much better than the H2O, not for the 3g, but for the balance and the grip), all this of course without covers. With covers, I find them heavy when I can't lean them on something. Since I have the One, the Glo HD is relegated to spare wheel status, and I wouldn't like to go back to 6" screens.
I find the One quite comfortable reading standing in the métro with one hand gripping a pole, but I have short trips. I know it is a risk without a cover but I've had readers since 2011, with quite a number of falls, at home and abroad, with no consequence, and should I have a problem once, the cost of a new reader would be covered with all I've saved buying books.
I only use covers when hiking (no protection in the rucksack), flying (for going through security) and the occasional handbag without adequate separate pocket - adequate meaning no torsion or scratch risk.