Jeff Bezos on Reading in the Bath

Gideon · 12-06-2009, 08:10 PM

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“I put my Kindle in a one-gallon Ziploc bag, and it works beautifully. It’s much better than a physical book, because obviously if you put your physical book in a Ziploc bag you can’t turn the pages. But with Kindle, you can just push the buttons.” [NY Times

SmarterWare

I've done this at the pool and at the beach, myself. Works great!

nikkie · 12-06-2009, 08:51 PM

Not sure if I'd trust a $300 item to a ziploc bag. I did like the solution someone else had of using a kitchen sealer gadget.

Crowl · 12-06-2009, 09:27 PM

I think if I switched from showers to baths then I would go for one of the aquapac case as they seems a safer option than diy options.

neilmarr · 12-06-2009, 09:34 PM

My second naughty word on any forum ... bollocks!

taglines · 12-06-2009, 09:38 PM

neilmarr, i think you are right on the money there!

badbob001 · 12-06-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by nikkie

Not sure if I'd trust a $300 item to a ziploc bag. I did like the solution someone else had of using a kitchen sealer gadget.

Too bad you can't charge by induction so you don't have to cut it out after wards.

nikkie · 12-07-2009, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by badbob001

Too bad you can't charge by induction so you don't have to cut it out after wards.

Ahh, but you can! I have a powermat.

kindlekitten · 12-07-2009, 02:18 AM

I've been doing this for awhile and actually knocked my Kindle into the tub last week

. my heart was in my throat! but it was all good and the Kindle survived the dunking!

Sparrow · 12-07-2009, 02:29 AM

I love tucking my CyBook in an Aquapac and reading in the bath; another area where e-reading is better than p-reading.

LDBoblo · 12-07-2009, 04:43 AM

I've been not reading my reader in the rain or shower. Works like a charm.

Sweetpea · 12-07-2009, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nikkie

Ahh, but you can! I have a powermat.

I have something like that for our Wiimotes

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Originally Posted by Crowl

I think if I switched from showers to baths then I would go for one of the aquapac case as they seems a safer option than diy options.

Yes, I was looking at those, I think they might be a good investment...

astra · 12-07-2009, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Gideon

SmarterWare

I've done this at the pool and at the beach, myself. Works great!

Sparrow

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I love tucking my CyBook in an Aquapac and reading in the bath

Could you give a link for the bags you are using please?

Sparrow · 12-07-2009, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

Sparrow

Could you give a link for the bags you are using please?

http://www.aquapac.net/ukstore/water...es-1647-0.html

I have a small Whanganui (no double entendre intended

).

astra · 12-07-2009, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

http://www.aquapac.net/ukstore/water...es-1647-0.html

I have a small Whanganui (no double entendre intended

).

How do you manage to fit CyBook into Small Whanganui?
accordingly to a pic on the website its width is about the same as british passport. I believe the passport is quite smaller than Sony Reader (and probably CyBook? they have a similar width?)

Sparrow · 12-07-2009, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

How do you manage to fit CyBook into Small Whanganui?
accordingly to a pic on the website its width is about the same as british passport. I believe the passport is quite smaller than Sony Reader (and probably CyBook? they have a similar width?)

Sorry, I couldn't remember the exact model, and was going by the pictures - and I must have got it wrong.

My Aquapac is 14cm wide and 27 cm long (but doesn't have the eyelets on the sides like the pictures on the website).

12-07-2009, 02:18 AM	#8
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I've been doing this for awhile and actually knocked my Kindle into the tub last week. my heart was in my throat! but it was all good and the Kindle survived the dunking!

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