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christianbk · 06-30-2021, 11:14 PM

I'm an Amazon person. Have multiple echo dots and shows in my house. Use Goodreads for reading tracking.

I prefer the Forma over the Warm Oasis.

I like the bump in screen size. I LOVE the gesture to change lighting intensity. I find the form factor nicer - I personally never liked the metal feeling of the Oasis.

I also had to get a Sleepcover for the Forma, despite having used all of my devices without them. The area near my Forma's power button has had so much button pressure that if I press it, it has an audible creak noise. Very annoying. Should have gotten a sleepcover day 1.

What puts the Forma over the top are three personal things:

1) Number of page flips for each chapter. I do NOT like the "x minutes until chapter end" the Oasis has. I LOVE how Kobo devices give me "x of y pages in chapter".

2) The bottom line visual representation. I prefer this kind of view vs. "time left in book"

3) Visual representations of chapters. Allows me to think, "How much longer is the next chapter? Can I fit it in?" when I'm reading and thinking about going to bed or needing to do something else.

I've given advice to several friends. The first thing I always tell them is that there isn't a perfect ereader. You'll have to have a couple of cons with any device you have. But to me, the Forma has more pros than the Oasis.

06-30-2021, 11:14 PM	#18
christianbk Zealot Posts: 102 Karma: 2179144 Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Washington State Device: At least one of each brand	I'm an Amazon person. Have multiple echo dots and shows in my house. Use Goodreads for reading tracking. I prefer the Forma over the Warm Oasis. I like the bump in screen size. I LOVE the gesture to change lighting intensity. I find the form factor nicer - I personally never liked the metal feeling of the Oasis. I also had to get a Sleepcover for the Forma, despite having used all of my devices without them. The area near my Forma's power button has had so much button pressure that if I press it, it has an audible creak noise. Very annoying. Should have gotten a sleepcover day 1. What puts the Forma over the top are three personal things: 1) Number of page flips for each chapter. I do NOT like the "x minutes until chapter end" the Oasis has. I LOVE how Kobo devices give me "x of y pages in chapter". 2) The bottom line visual representation. I prefer this kind of view vs. "time left in book" 3) Visual representations of chapters. Allows me to think, "How much longer is the next chapter? Can I fit it in?" when I'm reading and thinking about going to bed or needing to do something else. I've given advice to several friends. The first thing I always tell them is that there isn't a perfect ereader. You'll have to have a couple of cons with any device you have. But to me, the Forma has more pros than the Oasis.