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Originally Posted by shamanNS
My e-reader ownership history looks like this: Kindle 3 (aka Kindle Keyboard) > Kindle PW1 > Kindle PW3 > 3x Kindle PW5.
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I have never used a Paperwhite, because buttons are a must for me. No Keyboard either (I started my ereading journey in 2011; my first ereaders were cheap, basic Kindles, whose battery life was not particularly good. Then I had the Voyage (don't remember how long its battery lasted, as I didn't use it for long), then all 3 Oases, again with not so good battery life, a Nook (used little, as I hated the software) and then Kobos - Libra 1, Sage and Libra 2. The Sage has extremely poor battery life (still acceptable to me), the Libras were/are better than the Sage and the Oases, so I'm fine with them).
So you could say I've never had an ereader with a truly outstanding battery life, because other factors are and have always been far more important to me.
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Battery life is only one of the things that I dislike on this Kobo device. Availability, quality and bulkyness of 3rd party cases (no way I would ever pay 40€ for the official sleep case, I bought a 3rd parry "origami style" one for 11€) is another letdown. It can even be reliably used to wake up and put the device to sleep.
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I have not used covers with my ereaders since the Oasis 2 in 2017. They make the devices bulky and heavy, so I use them without a cover and put them in a box or a sleeve when not in use. I only read at home, mostly on my sofa, so dropping them is not an issue (and I have never dropped one in 12 years).