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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Just curious, why didn't you keep the Glowlight 3, but decided to get an older model instead? Price difference?
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The Glowlight 3 was sent to me by accident (I had bought a Paperwhite 2 from Shop Goodwill and they sent the Glowlight 3 instead). It took them about a week to get a return label emailed to me (I think it was the over the weekend and the link to the return label didn't get included in the first email somehow). Meanwhile I read a book (or two?) on it to try it out.
The thing that I didn't like about it (at the time) was trying to get the Comfort Light (or whatever they call it on a Nook) adjusted right. I kept tweaking it and not quite "getting it." I've learned more about these comfort lights, using the Tolino Vision 4, so I think if I tried the GL 3 again I would probably be able to make it work. I didn't have any stability issues with it that others have mentioned (admittedly very light usage).
As for the Glowlight Plus (6") I was curious about these partly because ZodWallop likes his so much. The other thing I liked about it was the flush screen. One came up on Shop Goodwill at a reasonable price, so I bid on it. When I got it, I was very impressed with the first really white screen I've seen on an eReader. Very sharp display. (The Glowlight 3 was sharp also.) I've come to realize (at least I think I have with my limited experience) that the warm comfort light readers don't have the same level of "whiteness" available as the non-warm light readers. It's not a bad thing, just different. Night reading is better with the "warm" screen, but only just a little — again, in my opinion. For day reading I think I like the "whiter" white. I've been using the Glowlight Plus (6") almost exclusively for about ten days and I'm impressed. (Of course I ususally like whatever reader I happen to be using anyhow, so take this with a grain of salt.)
These Nooks are well-built (both the Glowlight Plus (2015) and the Glowlight 3).