Forma New Kobo reader: The Forma/Shape

[JSWolf]

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[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Thargor

I don't trust sleep cases especially while traveling with them in a bag, several times with my Glo HD and others I opened them to find I was on a random page with half the battery gone because it had woken up in the bag or just in bed overnight, that feature gets turned off on day 1.

Either you need to be more careful how you put your Kobo in your bag or you need a better case with stronger magnets. I've had my H2O for 5 years and the case that's on it for just over 3 years. I've never once taken the H2O out of my bag and found that the case had opened.

Originally Posted by browncoat

That's a good point! But… I've yet to find a case that doesn't get in the way when I read in bed

It sounds like you need a new case. Here is a case for the Kobo Forma that won't get in the way in bed.

This is the brand case I have for my H2O but this one is for the Forma.

https://www.amazon.com/kwmobile-Case.../dp/B07NLGNYDJ
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kwmobile-Ca.../dp/B07NLGNYDJ

[Indexcard]

Oh and is the front screen made of plastic polymer, and does it scratch easily? If not then I'll probably not use a screen protector first.

[meeera]

Originally Posted by petercreasey

What you say is why I recommend always reading your ereader with it in a protective cover. It is not uncommon to drop the ereader on occasion, including while reading.

Which is great for a glass-substrate reader, but the point of a plastic substrate is to (hopefully) have a far more durable device. The Forma case adds a lot of weight, and it would be nice for some of us to do without needing it.

I'd be very interested to know if anyone has drop-tested the Forma to destruction.

[meeera]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

With these early readers such as the Sony PRS-500 or PRS-505 and the original Kindle, hardly anybody complained about the weight.

How many users were there compared to now? How many had hand arthritis or other disabilities? How many had no choice either way, so didn't think to complain to you? What do you get out of trying to gaslight people with disabilities about ereader weight, anyway? I, for one, would appreciate it if you would stop.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have a nook ST and it's terrible to hold without a case. The overly large cheap feeling rubber feels tacky.

Ahhh, the Nook Simple Touch --- one of my favorite readers because it was so comfortable to hold. The only reason I bought another nook was because they went back to a similar design. I wish Kobo would make one like that.

[Thargor]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Either you need to be more careful how you put your Kobo in your bag or you need a better case with stronger magnets. I've had my H2O for 5 years and the case that's on it for just over 3 years. I've never once taken the H2O out of my bag and found that the case had opened.



It sounds like you need a new case. Here is a case for the Kobo Forma that won't get in the way in bed.

This is the brand case I have for my H2O but this one is for the Forma.

https://www.amazon.com/kwmobile-Case.../dp/B07NLGNYDJ
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kwmobile-Ca.../dp/B07NLGNYDJ

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The problem is that it doesn't open, it just wakes up with the cover closed, then it starts turning pages at random.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by Indexcard

Would like to check with the other Forma users here as I have one on order. Is the screen fairly durable from small drops especially as it has a plastic based screen rather than a glass one?

I tend to read myself to sleep at times in a reading chair, and the device may slip off onto the floor, but not from a height of more than a foot plus.

Thanks!

I've fallen asleep and had my Forma go clattering down between my nightstand and the side rail of my bed without issue. But you never know if it might hit just right and break anyway. Then again, in a decade of using various readers nearly every day and taking them almost everywhere, I've never broken one. ::knock wood:: And I don't use covers -- they just go straight in their sleeve when I'm not reading.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The flap is annoying. That's why I won't buy a case with a flap. I also don't like cases with corner straps.

For me the flap that's annoying is the cover itself.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by meeera

I'd be very interested to know if anyone has drop-tested the Forma to destruction.

Presumably Kobo, except perhaps the to destruction part.

I remember when companies used to disclose results of such tests.

[petercreasey]

The cover I got adds negligible weight to the Forma. The cover has nothing on the back fro standing it up so it is extremely light and inconsequential.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

Ahhh, the Nook Simple Touch --- one of my favorite readers because it was so comfortable to hold. The only reason I bought another nook was because they went back to a similar design. I wish Kobo would make one like that.

The nook software is awful. So if the design. If Kobo ever went that way, they'd lose many customers.

[John F]

Originally Posted by petercreasey

The cover I got adds negligible weight to the Forma. The cover has nothing on the back fro standing it up so it is extremely light and inconsequential.

Could you provide a link?

[meeera]

Originally Posted by John F

Could you provide a link?

If it was the Ratesell Smart Case he was linked to in a Forma cover thread, it weighs 6.4 ounces, so it also would nearly double the weight of a Forma.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The nook software is awful. So if the design. If Kobo ever went that way, they'd lose many customers.

If I could put my Forma in the Nook Glowlight Plus body, that would come close to my ideal reader.

[petercreasey]

Kobo Forma ACdream case