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Stinger · 06-28-2010, 05:50 PM

Yes, you should.
I've been using a general rule of thumb that if I won't be reading for at least an hour or two, I turn mine off.

There are some issuse with the Kobo's 'sleep' mode that causes it drain more battery then intended. Basically, when the Kobo is ON and no button is pressed for about 10seconds-ish, the Kobo is suppose to suspend/sleep, I think. But this sleep mode isn't as power efficient as people would expect. They say this has been addressed in the upcoming firmware update (this week), but I'd still go by the above rule-of-thumb. (in fact, I think they put in a new timer of 30mins for auto-shutdown in the new firmware)

06-28-2010, 05:50 PM	#2
Stinger Asha'man Posts: 335 Karma: 844 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kobo	Yes, you should. I've been using a general rule of thumb that if I won't be reading for at least an hour or two, I turn mine off. There are some issuse with the Kobo's 'sleep' mode that causes it drain more battery then intended. Basically, when the Kobo is ON and no button is pressed for about 10seconds-ish, the Kobo is suppose to suspend/sleep, I think. But this sleep mode isn't as power efficient as people would expect. They say this has been addressed in the upcoming firmware update (this week), but I'd still go by the above rule-of-thumb. (in fact, I think they put in a new timer of 30mins for auto-shutdown in the new firmware) Last edited by Stinger; 06-28-2010 at 05:53 PM.