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Originally Posted by MGlitch
I used to handle people’s ereaders as part of a former job. So for several years I’d get numerous ones a day which all saw a variety of care, from a variety of age groups, etc. I can say with confidence that while substrate breaks are the number one causes of eink devices dying it’s got way more to do with the overall care, people putting them in backpacks and tossing the backpack around, people having them in jacket pockets and falling, and so on.
I’m not saying people shouldn’t use cases, nor that cases aren’t without benefits. However Jon has a history of insisting that they are absolutely required or you will break if you don’t use them.
I’ve also been a fan of Decalgirl skins to make the various readers I’ve owned a bit more grippy but also to hide the branding. Which is something Kobo does fairly well compared to other companies in terms of making it subtle. I just don’t want any branding to be visible on my devices. If I like the product I’ll gladly sing its praises on my own.
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The old PRS 600 was pretty bad, thanks to the aluminum back, which is why I fit it into the clip on book cover which slotted right into the frame. I still have it, and except for the freezing issue would still probably be using it.
I've yet to meet a design as well thought out since - the current Kobo ones (since the Aura H20) fit into the cover in such a way that they do nothing for shock. They're there to keep the screen from being poked and broken that way. And that is what cases are for preventing - the substrate may break in any fall, but getting jabbed by a sharp corner WILL break it, period.
As for branding? That was always the worst in the Kindles - Kobo has he logo on the front, and that's been it for the most part, save the one on the back of the Aura HD. My main reason to use DG skins went away when the Glo introduced the soft touch coating to the line, however. But with the low smooth plastic texture of the Libra not being sufficiently countered by the dots, I'm starting to think about another DG skin. That vinyl doesn't add a LOT of grip, but it did add enough.