Why I Bought A Second Oasis 1

[sirdave]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What most don’t realize is that with the smaller capacity battery in the KO1, it will die sooner then the battery of the PW3 or Voyage because it needs to be charged more often. That means you have to replace the battery if possible or buy a new Reader sooner than you should have to.

Or most realize more than you may think. Perhaps the ability of the smaller battery of the main unit to hold a charge may decrease faster than the PW3 or Voyage, but even if that happens (and there's no evidence that the main unit batteries are wearing out quickly yet), the cover battery -almost the size of that of the iPhone 4 & 5- doesn't require recharging nearly as often as the typical iPhone so it's very likely to last a long time. As long as it does, you can use the main unit with the cover and it still will be smaller than a PW3 or Voyage.

[bob_obo]

Originally Posted by Barbara1955

How much Reading Hours did you get over the 4 days?

I charge mine once a week and read 1.5 - 2 hours a day, so I'm not quite sure what people are doing to drain their batteries. Do these people wwalk down the road and street lights dim as they pass?

[trekk]

Originally Posted by bob_obo

Do these people wwalk down the road and street lights dim as they pass?

These people read and want more than the 10-12 hours you seem to be comfortable with

[bob_obo]

Originally Posted by trekk

These people read and want more than the 10-12 hours you seem to be comfortable with

Apologies for sounding like the sort of person who would say "these people"...

[trekk]

Originally Posted by bob_obo

Apologies for sounding like the sort of person who would say "these people"...

No offense taken

[crossi]

I'm not sure about this obsession with ever lighter and thinner ereaders. I would easily trade a slightly thicker and heavier ereader for a larger battery. Too thin objects are harder to grasp for long periods without hand fatigue anyway. A lot of people use cases for just that reason. I hope their next version is thicker not thinner.

[sirdave]

Originally Posted by crossi

I'm not sure about this obsession with ever lighter and thinner ereaders. I would easily trade a slightly thicker and heavier ereader for a larger battery. Too thin objects are harder to grasp for long periods without hand fatigue anyway. A lot of people use cases for just that reason. I hope their next version is thicker not thinner.

The Oasis 1 fills a niche preferred by some people. The nice thing is that Kindle models are available for every need including those you mention.

[Wearever]

Originally Posted by sirdave

The Oasis 1 fills a niche preferred by some people. The nice thing is that Kindle models are available for every need including those you mention.

Well almost but not quite.

[Wearever]

Originally Posted by crossi

I'm not sure about this obsession with ever lighter and thinner ereaders. I would easily trade a slightly thicker and heavier ereader for a larger battery. Too thin objects are harder to grasp for long periods without hand fatigue anyway. A lot of people use cases for just that reason. I hope their next version is thicker not thinner.

I would like to see larger batteries over ultra thin, at least for the larger devices. I think the Oasis 1 fills the niche for ultra thin.

[disconnected]

I like the basic ideas behind the Oasis 1. I’d always loved the size and shape of my original Kobo Aura and was very disappointed when Kobo abandoned the idea of a small, high-end model.

The first thing that bothered me about the Oasis was the lack of a way to charge the cover by itself. I think that was incredibly stupid.

More importantly, I’ve had issues with mine; possibly it’s just my particular device. The Oasis itself (without cover) gets anywhere from two to six hours of use (wifi off, light level 13, consistently). With the cover on, I get a lot of error messages about the cover being not connected properly. Sometimes I can fix it by just reseating the cover but sometimes it locks up completely and I have to reset it. At other times it doesn’t recognize that the cover is there at all so I often don’t realize anything is wrong until I get low battery warnings. I bought a spare cover but that didn’t act any differently (and, of course, I can’t leave my extra cover plugged in to charge by itself, which would have been convenient).

I’d hoped that the next Oasis would have incremental improvements. Add just enough size and weight to increase the onboard battery capacity to a solid ten to twelve hours (I find mine almost too thin to hold comfortably anyway). Make optional covers -- both independently-charging and non-charging versions. Strengthen the connection between ereader and covers. Add waterproofing. Bump up the storage capacity.

I was shocked that after all the effort of designing and promoting the idea of a small, high-end device they just abandoned it completely. They buried it so suddenly and thoroughly it seemed like they were trying to pretend it never existed.

Despite its flaws I still use my Oasis 1 quite a lot (alternating mostly with Kobo H2O2, original Kobo Aura, and Nook Glowlight 3). The Oasis screen is by far the best of any of my Kindles and I do like the small size. I tend to use it with the cover on; I find it easier to hold onto than the bare Kindle and it still feels small and light enough.

I tried to like the Oasis 2 but it felt way too heavy and awkward to me and the edges seemed really sharp; I returned it fairly quickly.

[NullNix]

Similarly, I've kept my Oasis 1 and not even been tempted to get a 2. It wasn't just the insurance (nearly useless, anyway: the bit you need to replace is often the charging cover, and that's not covered by the insurance and almost impossible to obtain in the UK: I had to get a friend to smuggle one in from the US!), but the lightness, the long battery life, and the fact that it's the size of a paperback and thus easily fits into many (non-bendy) pockets, all of which go to the wall with the Oasis 2 in exchange for a larger screen and waterproofing I don't need, and extra weight I'd find quite painful with my barely-under-control RSI.

I don't know why they stopped selling it. It seems to fit a quite different niche from the 2.

[crossi]

I really liked the feel and size of the Oasis 1. The only improvements I would have liked is a better internal battery instead of the case battery. The 2 just seems a little too large.