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Old 10-24-2016, 08:12 AM   #1
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Advice for a reader with warm frontlight
Hello

I plan to buy a reader. My wife owns a Kobo Aura (1st edition) which is nice except:

1) the frontlight, even set at the minimum, is too bright when reading in complete dark
2) I would prefer a warmer color than the blue frontlight of her Aura

Do you have a model to recommend with a better frontlight (less bright and warmer compared to the Aura 1st gen) ? I know there is the Aura One but I think it is too large and expensive.

Thank you very much
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Old 10-24-2016, 09:17 AM   #2
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The Kobo Aura H2O has a very nice front light. It can be set too low to read by and much too bright to read by. 15% (IMHO) is the brightest I would go. I usually read at 4 or 5%.
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Old 10-24-2016, 09:42 AM   #3
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Thanks JSWolf

Do you know how the frontlight compares to the Kobo Glo HD ?

I don't really care about the waterproof / dustproof aspect of H2O.
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Thanks JSWolf

Do you know how the frontlight compares to the Kobo Glo HD ?

I don't really care about the waterproof / dustproof aspect of H2O.
I've not see the light on the Glo HD. But I do think the H2O's light is better than the PW3. I don't find the light of the H2O to be harsh. It's not warm like a 2700k light bulb, but it's not harsh or too blue.
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Reading here and there, I think indeed the H2O is what I am looking after.

Thank you so much !
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Reading here and there, I think indeed the H2O is what I am looking after.

Thank you so much !
You are very welcome. I think you will really like the H2O.
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Old 10-24-2016, 07:07 PM   #7
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Do you know how the frontlight compares to the Kobo Glo HD ?
I have both the Glo HD and the Aura H2O and I think the light on them are about the same. I also have a Glo. When I was using it, I used the minimum light level in a dark room. This was OK for me, but, as it didn't go lower, I had no choice. For both the Glo HD and the Aura H2O, it is between 5% 10% in the dark.

They are both very even. Colour is about the same, but it isn't something I've thought about.
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Old 11-07-2016, 05:40 PM   #8
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By any chance do you know if the Kobo Aura 2nd edition has the same frontlight than the H2O ?
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Sorry, I don't really know. I've only seen the Aura Edition 2 in a shop in conditions not great for testing the light. About the only thing I can say is that it worked. The main impression I had for the device is that if felt to really good to hold and that it was a shame it didn't have the higher resolution screen. And a little bit glad that it didn't as I wasn't tempted by it when compared to my Aura H2O or Glo HD.
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I have the same question for the 10 inch ebook readers like Hanvon and Onyx. Wonder which one has the warmer front light?
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Old 11-18-2016, 10:06 AM   #11
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So I tried the Aura H2O and the Aura Edition 2:

- the screen of the Aura H2O is really great
- both have similar frontlights and warmer than the Aura Edition 1

But I found the Aura H2O too big and switched back to the Aura. The screen definition is not as good but that's not a big deal. Really happy with it !
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