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Originally Posted by John F

Not quite? Doing a google, apparently the Kindle disables all other touch behaviour: menus, highlighting, .... This, to me, means that the Kobo swipe only vs Kindle disable are not exactly the same, and IMO are really fundamentally different.

And the difference in behaviour while reading? I was under the impression that the OP wanted to read in the shower.

Originally Posted by John F

I would consider a good way to get soap in an ereader would be to submerse it in soapy water, and an unlikely way would be from a shower. If I was worried about getting soap in the reader while taking a shower, I just wouldn't touch/swipe while my hands were soapy, and run it under clean water when done with my shower. You just need to think outside the box to solve these sort of issues.

Could you explain how you manage to take a shower without having water splashing the walls? What type of holder are you planning on using for your ereader that could protect it from those splashes? And how are you planning on rinsing the soapy water out of the interior of the ereader? Remember that other than the Kobo Aura H2O, ereaders are not physically sealed but use a conformal coating so water can and will enter the interior of the ereader with ease.

Originally Posted by John F

As far as conservation of water. I'm surprised you didn't mention getting a better limiter, turn down the water pressure, use a rain barrel and take a shower using rain water, ...

Around here, the water pressure entering the building is under the control of the city. Our shower heads are low flow models. The complex does collect rain water and uses it for watering the greenery and other tasks where dirty water is acceptable. To quote the CDC on rainwater:

Germs and other contaminants are found in rainwater.

To lower your risk of getting sick, consider using rainwater only for uses such as watering plants that you don’t eat or washing items that are not used for cooking or eating. Avoid using rainwater for drinking, cooking, brushing your teeth, or rinsing or watering plants that you intend to eat. Instead, use municipal tap water if it is available, or purchase bottled water for these purposes.

For the full item, see Rainwater Collection on the CDC website.