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jj2me · 10-15-2009, 01:46 PM

Ok, bought it, installed it on my 505. Haven't used it enough to be sure whether I like it. The light output seems ample to me, better than my previous cheap lights.

Things that may take getting used to:
- heavier. Enough to notice when holding the Reader in one hand.
- light reflects off the Reader's topmost silver trim, or off the top of the e-ink screen surface, much of the time I've used it. I have to tilt it to remove that reflection, but I myself tilting it in normal use back to these bad reflecting positions.
- less comfortable left hand holding.

The first two are minor problems. The left hand holding is a problem for me so far.

The original cover had perfect left hand holding balance. Light in weight, with a balance point that has your thumb falling on the page-turning circle, and the left hand cover is controllable in the crook between your thumb and index finger (I preferred holding it like a regular book with the cover halves at about 90 or 110 degrees, but I could effortlessly tilt the left hand cover at other angles). Balanced and comfortable. Like a regular book.

But the PRSA-CL6's left hand cover is situated a good inch away from the Reader, to make room for the light. And that one-inch additional margin is also filled with the extra weight of the light. So the balance point is changed, and the cover's spine has moved leftwards an inch. To have your thumb on or near the page turning circle, situates the left hand cover way too far to the left to be controllable. Now I've got a floppy left hand cover (unless you prefer folding it back on itself).

For two-hand holding, it's fine. For one hand holding, it's fine if you fold back the cover. And it's fine if you prop it up various ways.

For one-hand holding where you don't fold back or prop up the left hand cover, it flops.

I loved the left hand holding comfort of the original cover. It was one of my favorite features of the Sony Reader. You may not have such a strong preference for that feature.

(For a reference point, my previous light was incredibly light and clipped on the leftmost side of the left hand cover. I needed to keep that left hand cover angled correctly to aim at the page, which wasn't hard given my holding habits. Its light output wasn't as good as the PRSA-CL6's.)

10-15-2009, 01:46 PM	#15
jj2me Guru Posts: 820 Karma: 8820388 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, -350; Kindle 3 3G, DX, PW 2; various tablets	Ok, bought it, installed it on my 505. Haven't used it enough to be sure whether I like it. The light output seems ample to me, better than my previous cheap lights. Things that may take getting used to: - heavier. Enough to notice when holding the Reader in one hand. - light reflects off the Reader's topmost silver trim, or off the top of the e-ink screen surface, much of the time I've used it. I have to tilt it to remove that reflection, but I myself tilting it in normal use back to these bad reflecting positions. - less comfortable left hand holding. The first two are minor problems. The left hand holding is a problem for me so far. The original cover had perfect left hand holding balance. Light in weight, with a balance point that has your thumb falling on the page-turning circle, and the left hand cover is controllable in the crook between your thumb and index finger (I preferred holding it like a regular book with the cover halves at about 90 or 110 degrees, but I could effortlessly tilt the left hand cover at other angles). Balanced and comfortable. Like a regular book. But the PRSA-CL6's left hand cover is situated a good inch away from the Reader, to make room for the light. And that one-inch additional margin is also filled with the extra weight of the light. So the balance point is changed, and the cover's spine has moved leftwards an inch. To have your thumb on or near the page turning circle, situates the left hand cover way too far to the left to be controllable. Now I've got a floppy left hand cover (unless you prefer folding it back on itself). For two-hand holding, it's fine. For one hand holding, it's fine if you fold back the cover. And it's fine if you prop it up various ways. For one-hand holding where you don't fold back or prop up the left hand cover, it flops. I loved the left hand holding comfort of the original cover. It was one of my favorite features of the Sony Reader. You may not have such a strong preference for that feature. (For a reference point, my previous light was incredibly light and clipped on the leftmost side of the left hand cover. I needed to keep that left hand cover angled correctly to aim at the page, which wasn't hard given my holding habits. Its light output wasn't as good as the PRSA-CL6's.)