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View Poll Results: Which case should I buy?
Lighted Case 40 62.50%
Simple Case 24 37.50%
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Old 02-24-2012, 05:17 PM   #31
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Old 02-25-2012, 02:14 AM   #32
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So I can't really add my vote to the poll, because there's no third option for "Yes."
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Old 03-03-2012, 11:29 PM   #33
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I just got my hands on the basic KT cover - and I love it. It's light, unlike the old K3 cover, and doesn't add bulk or a lot of weight. I just wish the front flap folded over a tad more easily... but I can live with this.
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Old 03-04-2012, 09:44 AM   #34
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I'm using reading glasses a lot these days, and one of the best benefits of the lighted cover, even when reading in a lighted room, is the extra light improves the clarity of the eInk reader tremendously. I love the lighted case, though the price gave me second thoughts at first. Adding a light to a regular case ends up totally nearly the same as the very sleek, modern, protective lighted case sold by Amazon. I wouldn't buy anything else.

If you're a long way from reading glasses, you'd probably do great without a lighted cover (my son just loves a sleeve), and you'd have many more options for design and style.
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I just got the Oberon K-3 cover in the mail. Here's how things turned out (pretty well, I think):

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Here's the new Oberon (K-3) cover:

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Here's the Kindle Touch in it's lighted cover from Amazon:

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Here's my weapon:

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After taking the Kindle out of its cover, I cut the front cover off:

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Here's the Kindle Touch—with the Amazon lighted cover with the front portion removed—mounted in my Oberon cover. It was a tight fit, but the leather will stretch:

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It works!

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Yeah, it's a lot heavier and bulkier now:

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But is sure is pretty, and I have an Oberon cover with a light that works off the Kindle battery!
Genius! I love the Oberon covers too...but can't see laying out the extra money. I do like the sleekness and modern look of the Amazon lighted cover, but it is not the cover of my dreams. Kudos for you successful experiment!
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Old 03-04-2012, 11:30 AM   #36
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Thanks, Bookatarian.

I should stress that it was a Kindle Keyboard (K-3) Oberon cover that I bought for that experiment. A Oberon Kindle Touch cover wouldn't have worked.
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