Beware of the cold or your e-reader may die - Page 2

Enraptured · 01-20-2009, 06:11 PM

Eek

I had no idea this could happen. I've been taking my PRS-505 out with me on walks in the cold; the worst I got was some ghosting. But I definitely won't be doing it anymore.

desertgrandma · 01-20-2009, 06:33 PM

Under product specs, in the "About your Kindle" Guide that I believe is the paper version you get with the Kindle, it states this.

Operating temperature 32°F to 95°F (0°C to 35°C)

and Storage Temperature

Storage temperature 14°F to 113°F (-10°C to 45°C)

It doesn't, however, state specifically that you can harm it by not following the guidelines.........

Barcey · 01-20-2009, 07:23 PM

I take mine with me almost everywhere and I do have to leave it locked in the car at times. This is my second winter with it and it's certainly not as sensitive to cold as he claims. [knocks on wood and gives offering to the gadget gods]

Of course the people up north in Wisconsin would know better then I.

DaleDe · 01-20-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Under product specs, in the "About your Kindle" Guide that I believe is the paper version you get with the Kindle, it states this.

Operating temperature 32°F to 95°F (0°C to 35°C)

and Storage Temperature

Storage temperature 14°F to 113°F (-10°C to 45°C)

It doesn't, however, state specifically that you can harm it by not following the guidelines.........

I understand that you might not think it would hurt to try and use the device below the operating temperature and expect that it might not work but no harm would be done. However, why else would you ever expect a storage temperature range to mean except harm will be done by exceeding these temperatures? That is what it always means. Otherwise there is no reason to post it. That is what it means on every device I have ever seen it listed on including batteries, electronic devices and mechanical items.

Dale

desertgrandma · 01-20-2009, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I understand that you might not think it would hurt to try and use the device below the operating temperature and expect that it might not work but no harm would be done. However, why else would you ever expect a storage temperature range to mean except harm will be done by exceeding these temperatures? That is what it always means. Otherwise there is no reason to post it. That is what it means on every device I have ever seen it listed on including batteries, electronic devices and mechanical items.

Dale

Don't shoot the messenger.

I put that last in just so I could forestall any "but it didn't say it would hurt it" posts.

Living here, I never have to worry about the cold, but I'll think twice before I take it out in summer........

slayda · 01-20-2009, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Don't shoot the messenger.

I put that last in just so I could forestall any "but it didn't say it would hurt it" posts.

Living here, I never have to worry about the cold, but I'll think twice before I take it out in summer........

I've been there in the summer. Maybe you should get an air conditioned case for it. When I was there, my parents said, "Yeah but it's a dry heat and doesn't hurt you." Ok if you only go from your ACed house to your ACed car to your ACed office, maybe it doesn't but I was working my fisrt summer of college moving house trailers. It HURTS you when work outside & it's 110 degrees F.!!

desertgrandma · 01-20-2009, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

I've been there in the summer. Maybe you should get an air conditioned case for it. When I was there, my parents said, "Yeah but it's a dry heat and doesn't hurt you." Ok if you only go from your ACed house to your ACed car to your ACed office, maybe it doesn't but I was working my fisrt summer of college moving house trailers. It HURTS you when work outside & it's 110 degrees F.!!

Hey. I lived in ARKANSAS for 12 years. There, if you go out in summer, you break out in a sweat if you BLINK. I"ll take this dry heat anytime.

Okay, I may spontaneously combust, or be petrified within 1.5 seconds, but at least I won't sweat!

I'll get a gallon baggie and keep it in an ice chest .........

TwiSteDCBloSsoM · 01-20-2009, 09:27 PM

I live in the midwest so sadly we get the negatives and the upper digits here. I would have to worry about it freezing to death or incinerating haha.

Then again.. I'm allergic to the sun and mold.. so outside = bad. Thus me and my reader only make short car trips. I think I am in the safe zone on that one.

desertgrandma · 01-20-2009, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwiSteDCBloSsoM

I live in the midwest so sadly we get the negatives and the upper digits here. I would have to worry about it freezing to death or incinerating haha.

Then again.. I'm allergic to the sun and mold.. so outside = bad. Thus me and my reader only make short car trips. I think I am in the safe zone on that one.

For someone like you, your Sony must be a special blessing.........have you tapped your library yet for books?

geraldt · 01-21-2009, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by pagansoul

I live in the south, Georgia, so temps like that don't happen to me. I do not take it out in the rain or even if it's damp. I do not take it on walks. I use it at my lunch break at work, in traffic (if it's bad I get off the road and go into some store parking lot) and at home in bed.

I totally read this out of context and almost fell of my chair. You don't take what out? Sorry. Guess I'm a piggy.

FrancisT · 01-21-2009, 06:12 AM

I've used my Cybook at temperatures around 0°c (32°F). I did note in my recent long term review that at such temperatures there seem to be occasional screen refresh issues.

I'll be more careful in future but I'd also note that the ability to read a few pages while waiting for a bus/train is one of the features of eReaders so having to be careful about temperatures is not good.

kacir · 01-21-2009, 06:22 AM

During Christmas holiday I took my Sony Reader PRS 500 for a trip. We went skiing. OK we tried to go skiing, but the skilift was not working yet, so we just had some fun riding sledges and slides, teaching little kids how to stand on skis for about three hours. I had my reader in my wooden box in a small backpack. It was -18 degrees Celsius (somewhere about 0 Fahrenheit). After about three hours I returned to hotel and switched my reader on. My battery went from 2 bars to "I need to be charged immediately before I function again" screen.
After I charged the batteries I kept reading and reading and reading ....

Jellby · 01-21-2009, 06:35 AM

I'm more worried about high temperatures than low ones. Here we rarely get below 0 °C (32 °F), and that's outdoors, winter and at night, a situation in which I'm not likely to be using an ebook reader. But in summer, at midday, it's usual to have ~40 ºC (104 °F), and I might like to be outside, under a tree, reading after lunch...

CJBarrow · 01-21-2009, 08:17 AM

I carry my cybook around most of the time, reading it on the train traveling to work. I have noticed in the cold weather of the last few months that wile standing on the platform waiting for my train the screen refresh of the book reader slows to a crawl. That's when it is about -2 C, it soon speeds up when I get on the train.
I did not not notice any effect on the battery, though now I think about it I am having to charge the book reader more often.

Chris.

balok · 01-21-2009, 11:39 AM

Cold does dreadful things not only to electronics, but to every mechanical object there is. Plastic becomes as brittle as glass, fluids refuse to circulate, viscous lubrication becomes grout, battery power is reduced to a trickle. The more complex a machine is, the more susceptible it is to cold.

My solution for cold weather: Paper books.

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01-20-2009, 06:11 PM	#16
Enraptured Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 262 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Nook Touch	Eek I had no idea this could happen. I've been taking my PRS-505 out with me on walks in the cold; the worst I got was some ghosting. But I definitely won't be doing it anymore.

01-20-2009, 06:33 PM	#17
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Under product specs, in the "About your Kindle" Guide that I believe is the paper version you get with the Kindle, it states this. Operating temperature 32°F to 95°F (0°C to 35°C) and Storage Temperature Storage temperature 14°F to 113°F (-10°C to 45°C) It doesn't, however, state specifically that you can harm it by not following the guidelines.........

01-20-2009, 07:23 PM	#18
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	I take mine with me almost everywhere and I do have to leave it locked in the car at times. This is my second winter with it and it's certainly not as sensitive to cold as he claims. [knocks on wood and gives offering to the gadget gods] Of course the people up north in Wisconsin would know better then I.

01-20-2009, 09:27 PM	#23
TwiSteDCBloSsoM Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 142 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	I live in the midwest so sadly we get the negatives and the upper digits here. I would have to worry about it freezing to death or incinerating haha. Then again.. I'm allergic to the sun and mold.. so outside = bad. Thus me and my reader only make short car trips. I think I am in the safe zone on that one.

01-21-2009, 06:12 AM	#26
FrancisT Member Posts: 23 Karma: 65 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Cybook, Toshiba NB100	I've used my Cybook at temperatures around 0°c (32°F). I did note in my recent long term review that at such temperatures there seem to be occasional screen refresh issues. I'll be more careful in future but I'd also note that the ability to read a few pages while waiting for a bus/train is one of the features of eReaders so having to be careful about temperatures is not good.

01-21-2009, 06:22 AM	#27
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,465 Karma: 10684861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	During Christmas holiday I took my Sony Reader PRS 500 for a trip. We went skiing. OK we tried to go skiing, but the skilift was not working yet, so we just had some fun riding sledges and slides, teaching little kids how to stand on skis for about three hours. I had my reader in my wooden box in a small backpack. It was -18 degrees Celsius (somewhere about 0 Fahrenheit). After about three hours I returned to hotel and switched my reader on. My battery went from 2 bars to "I need to be charged immediately before I function again" screen. After I charged the batteries I kept reading and reading and reading ....

01-21-2009, 06:35 AM	#28
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I'm more worried about high temperatures than low ones. Here we rarely get below 0 °C (32 °F), and that's outdoors, winter and at night, a situation in which I'm not likely to be using an ebook reader. But in summer, at midday, it's usual to have ~40 ºC (104 °F), and I might like to be outside, under a tree, reading after lunch...

01-21-2009, 08:17 AM	#29
CJBarrow Book worm Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Sony Reader/Cybook Gen3/Hanlin V5	I carry my cybook around most of the time, reading it on the train traveling to work. I have noticed in the cold weather of the last few months that wile standing on the platform waiting for my train the screen refresh of the book reader slows to a crawl. That's when it is about -2 C, it soon speeds up when I get on the train. I did not not notice any effect on the battery, though now I think about it I am having to charge the book reader more often. Chris.

01-21-2009, 11:39 AM	#30
balok Ugly alien Posts: 144 Karma: 225 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Québec, QC Device: tricorder	Cold does dreadful things not only to electronics, but to every mechanical object there is. Plastic becomes as brittle as glass, fluids refuse to circulate, viscous lubrication becomes grout, battery power is reduced to a trickle. The more complex a machine is, the more susceptible it is to cold. My solution for cold weather: Paper books.