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Originally Posted by Cpt.Jack
Hey there everyone,
so I’m obviously looking for a new e-reader.
My Kindle Touch, which has been with me for about 6 years, died of water damage. At least the display did and now I can’t unlock it.
My reading habits are probably a bit on the unusual side: - Reading for hours on end, sometimes the whole day (even while eating)
- Reading while walking anywhere (snow, rain, sun, dark)
- On the Touch I didn’t use a cover only for transport I had it wrapped in a washcloth
- Reading for hours on end, sometimes the whole day (even while eating)
- Reading while walking anywhere (snow, rain, sun, dark)
- On the Touch I didn’t use a cover only for transport I had it wrapped in a washcloth
Features I'd like to have or must have: - Waterproof (for obvious reasons, as well as reading in the rain or on the beach)
- Being portable (somewhere around the size of the Touch would be awesome since it fit the back or front pockets of some of my pants)
- Being able to sideload ebooks through calibre
- Being comfortable to hold for long periods
- Some kind of back light
- E-ink screen
I don’t really care about the price since I had the Touch for so long and I will probably only upgrade, if a color e-ink reader should become available or some other mayor development happens. I would actually like to do some hands-on testing but since I’m in Germany there is no easy way to get my hands on most of the devices without ordering them online.
The ones I’m considering at the moment are:
- Kindle Oasis (+ nice design maybe, + buttons, - aluminium is probable not very nice to the hand without a case).
- Kobo H2O2 (+ nice backside is probably good for holding over a long time, + smaller size, + epub)
But i'm always open to new suggestions. |
Here's a YouTube link of folks reading/writing while walking.
https://youtu.be/aHkVZ-4n_DY
I was quite young when my mother told me to get out of the rain.
My experiences with beaches is that they're dry and sandy. My sister likes to read in a swimming pool, not by a swimming pool, and in the bathtub. She uses a waterproof case on those occasions.
No e-ink device has a backlight. Those are for the brilliant LCD screens that you can't read on the beach. E-ink devices are lighted from the front.
My Kindle of choice is the Paperwhite. In it's Amazon case it still fits in my front pants pocket or a bottom pocket on my Guayabera shirt. I can't imagine carrying an e-ink reader or a phone in a hip pocket. I know people who have sat on their phones or had it disappear either by accident or theft.
The Oasis, without a case, doesn't fit in any of my pockets. And, I can buy two Paperwhites for the cost of one Oasis.
My Paperwhite in it's case is easier to hold than a paperback book.
I don't sideload books but many do.
Enjoy reading.