MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Weather/Environmentally Sealed Reading Devices...where are they?

brecklundin · 09-05-2009, 01:06 AM

It's that simple of a question. Where are the sealed devices? And before the obvious knee-jerk "...it's too expensive..." comments consider the number of digital cameras that can be had from simple point & shoot's to DSLRS which can be had cheaply and in come P&S models able to withstand water depths of around 10-feet.

And for DSLR's, Pentax has had bodies with outstanding weather/environmentally sealing out for a number of years now. Basically it adds little to the cost of the devices. From day one electronic reading devices should have had such sealing...so where are the sealed devices I can run under the faucet like I can my dslr bodies in order to wash them off, of can drop on the beach or dusty trail/campground w/o worry of dirt/dust/grime working it's way into the device to kill it...I routinely rinse my Pentax K20D and now K7 after trips in the field and these are far more delicate and complex devices than an ereader.

It just is a glaring omission to me and long overdue...

09-05-2009, 01:06 AM	#1
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	Weather/Environmentally Sealed Reading Devices...where are they? It's that simple of a question. Where are the sealed devices? And before the obvious knee-jerk "...it's too expensive..." comments consider the number of digital cameras that can be had from simple point & shoot's to DSLRS which can be had cheaply and in come P&S models able to withstand water depths of around 10-feet. And for DSLR's, Pentax has had bodies with outstanding weather/environmentally sealing out for a number of years now. Basically it adds little to the cost of the devices. From day one electronic reading devices should have had such sealing...so where are the sealed devices I can run under the faucet like I can my dslr bodies in order to wash them off, of can drop on the beach or dusty trail/campground w/o worry of dirt/dust/grime working it's way into the device to kill it...I routinely rinse my Pentax K20D and now K7 after trips in the field and these are far more delicate and complex devices than an ereader. It just is a glaring omission to me and long overdue...