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[speedlever]

Originally Posted by wyndslash

indeed. but i've looked it up on the net and other users seem fine D: i mean, it would be hard to believe if it continued to consume battery even when not in use, and even when the kindle is in sleep mode.

That is interesting. I use my K3 a lot.. but in bits and spurts. So I'm constantly sliding the power switch to wake the Kindle. Sometimes I slide the switch to put it to sleep, other times I just let it time out. I rarely if ever turn it off. I get about 9 or 10 days between recharging cycles from where it gets low, but hasn't given an alert yet. I have the lighted cover and rarely use the light. I tend to turn wireless on when I need it but otherwise leave it off.

[wyndslash]

Originally Posted by speedlever

That is interesting. I use my K3 a lot.. but in bits and spurts. So I'm constantly sliding the power switch to wake the Kindle. Sometimes I slide the switch to put it to sleep, other times I just let it time out. I rarely if ever turn it off. I get about 9 or 10 days between recharging cycles from where it gets low, but hasn't given an alert yet. I have the lighted cover and rarely use the light. I tend to turn wireless on when I need it but otherwise leave it off.

i've read somewhere on the net that it's better to let the kindle sleep instead of shutting it down all the time.

hmm really? that's good, then...but somehow, with all the stuff i've read, it seems that it's hit and miss. i sure hope i get lucky, especially since i live so far away, it would be difficult to send the kindle or cover back if anything went wrong.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by wyndslash

indeed. but i've looked it up on the net and other users seem fine D: i mean, it would be hard to believe if it continued to consume battery even when not in use, and even when the kindle is in sleep mode.

It would be hard to believe they'd make a NON-lighted cover that caused the kindle to reset, but.....

[wyndslash]

Originally Posted by ApK

It would be hard to believe they'd make a NON-lighted cover that caused the kindle to reset, but.....

haha, yeah..i read about that, too.

[speedlever]

This looks like a decent replacement for the unlighted Kindle cover.

[wyndslash]

It definitely looks like a moleskine and kinda like the black version of amazon's lighted cover. But it's really the convenient light that gets me

[speedlever]

Same here. I tried other covers and lights. In the end, I stayed with the lighted K3 cover.

[wyndslash]

I guess I'll just have to risk it then. Amazon's CS is pretty good anyway.

[Kenneth_irl]

I brought a silicone skin just to check that sorta product out.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ef=oss_product

Of all the silicone skins I could find on Amazon, non of them has their thickness stated. The one I brought is less than a 1 mm thick, but it's not really surprising considering the price of 1 pound.

Anyone here have any experience with other silicone products ? What about their thickness ?

[Kenneth_irl]

I found out that I like a more simplistic cover so I sold my Tuff-luv and ordered a M-Edge Trip Kindle Jacket - black.

[kranu]

Originally Posted by Kenneth_irl

I brought a silicone skin just to check that sorta product out.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ef=oss_product

Of all the silicone skins I could find on Amazon, non of them has their thickness stated. The one I brought is less than a 1 mm thick, but it's not really surprising considering the price of 1 pound.

Anyone here have any experience with other silicone products ? What about their thickness ?

I got the Marware Sportsgrip.

I wrote about it here.

I feel that it sufficiently protects my Kindle. According to the Marware site, it is 2mm thick (but since it wraps around the Kindle, it adds a total thickness of 4mm). It's quite a bit more expensive than the item you linked, but it is quite nice, and is much cheaper than the average cover.

[Kenneth_irl]

Originally Posted by kranu

I got the Marware Sportsgrip.

I wrote about it here.

I feel that it sufficiently protects my Kindle. According to the Marware site, it is 2mm thick (but since it wraps around the Kindle, it adds a total thickness of 4mm). It's quite a bit more expensive than the item you linked, but it is quite nice, and is much cheaper than the average cover.

Yeah, that doesn't look too shappy, though it is expensive, as you pointed out. Still 2 mm of silicone probably doesn't offer the best protection from drops from 1+ meters. Still much better than no extra protection at all, obviously.

I wonder why they don't make some with 4+ mm (silicone/gel). Yes, it would be a bit more bulky, but it wouldn't be a problem, for me at least. And it would probably offer very good protection, at least if it landed on a corner. In case of a faceplant the materiale would have to be exstremely soft since it lands on such a large sufface area. That would cancel out much of the absorption capability of the skin.

Bobbles counter that:



Maybe they could put some bubbles on the font and back of my 4+ mm fantasy skin. Hehe.

I'll just stop typing now...

[Trilby]

[Kenneth_irl]

Originally Posted by Trilby

Very sexy. It seems many of Oberon's designs have a female or medieval setting, though. If I was a girl I would probably fall in love with most of them. Hehe.

Would be cool if they made some more boyish, badass and modern designs. But I realized that it's probably a question about what their style is, of course.

Cheers

[manou]

Originally Posted by Kenneth_irl

Very sexy. It seems many of Oberon's designs have a female or medieval setting, though. If I was a girl I would probably fall in love with most of them. Hehe.

Would be cool if they made some more boyish, badass and modern designs. But I realized that it's probably a question about what their style is, of course.

Cheers

Did you have a look at the Sky Dragon or the Da Vinci design. I bought the Sky Dragon as a Christmas pressie for Mr Manou (he has a Kindle DX) and he loves it.