Beware of the cold or your e-reader may die - Page 3

ddavtian · 01-21-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by geraldt

You don't take what out? Sorry. Guess I'm a piggy.

May be you're a Seinfeld fan.

New meaning for "He took it out". Was it about a reader?

Sydney's Mom · 01-21-2009, 11:22 PM

I used my kindle last week here in Chicago. I read outside when it was -20 while waiting for the train, and then put it in the outside pocket of my briefcase. No problems. I guess I am just lucky!

HappyMartin · 01-22-2009, 12:36 AM

If the temperature ever falls below -10C I will deem it an emergency fully justifying setting my reader on fire in order to generate some warmth in order to survive.

pshrynk · 01-22-2009, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HappyMartin

If the temperature ever falls below -10C I will deem it an emergency fully justifying setting my reader on fire in order to generate some warmth in order to survive.

Some people just live in wimpy climates.

HappyMartin · 01-22-2009, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Some people just live in wimpy climates.

I think you are correct. When I see the weather in different parts of the world on TV and then read serious threads at MR on how to avoid damaging readers in extreme cold I am filled with both admiration and feeling of inadequacy.

pitcher23 · 01-22-2009, 12:12 PM

I have always kept my Kindle at around room temp, but it wasn't until after reading this story that I forgot it in my car last night where it was around 19F. I brought it inside to warm up and it works the same as it did the day it arrived from Amazon.

Sydney's Mom · 01-22-2009, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HappyMartin

If the temperature ever falls below -10C I will deem it an emergency fully justifying setting my reader on fire in order to generate some warmth in order to survive.

What a wimp!!

I was talking F, but we have gotten a lot lower than that! -40 with -70 windchills on Superbowl Sunday, 1984.

kazbates · 01-22-2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

What a wimp!!

I was talking F, but we have gotten a lot lower than that! -40 with -70 windchills on Superbowl Sunday, 1984.

Ahh! Chicago in the winter! You gotta love it!!

Not to mention the brutal summers of well over 100 F (and no it is definitely NOT a dry heat).

I am so thankful for this thread! I am very careful with my readers, PDA, etc. but leave my GPS device in a locked compartment in my car. Thankfully, our winters don't get too terribly cold here, but I am taking it out of the car right away!
Kaz

Sydney's Mom · 01-22-2009, 08:11 PM

Yes, but our President lived here!

lilac_jive · 01-22-2009, 08:15 PM

You know, the more I read this thread the more I think that this guy had a defective unit.

TwiSteDCBloSsoM · 01-23-2009, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

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

Our local library might as well be non existent. Now if I could get a card for the Johnson county library I would so be set. That place is gigantic. You're lucky if you can find anything that's a year old at our library. Mostly older titles and even then they never have what you want.

I've done good online though with finding books and finding a lot of the books I already owned free online so I have all but two books of my collection on my reader. I just don't have the spare money to get the other two just yet.

Though I agree that it's a blessing more so for my paper books that me. I mainly got it because I read the same things over and over again. I have a bad memory so it doesn't bother me at all. My paper books however suffer greatly from that. The spines are wearing out on most of them. I give it about a year or so before the page turn button starts to wear on my 505 =^.^=

June · 01-23-2009, 01:19 PM

I've carried and used my reader in -15C or thereabouts, also left it in the car at -20C for hours. Page turning was slower, and I made sure I put it in a bag before going indoors (to avoid condensation, letting it warm up bagged out in the cold) . And I guess battery was drained more quickly. But my 505 is still alive

Also my gps lives in the car (coldest so far this winter has been around -25C) and it is fine.

John Brewster · 01-24-2009, 08:31 PM

I live in the Northeast Ohio Snow Belt. Have carried my Sony PRS-500 for 2 ½ years most everywhere, including, when I walk my dogs and when cross county skiing, (preferably I leave it in my van in case I fall). I do keep it in a plastic bag for protection from wet, & to some extent, cold. So far no problems, knock on wood

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01-21-2009, 11:22 PM	#32
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	I used my kindle last week here in Chicago. I read outside when it was -20 while waiting for the train, and then put it in the outside pocket of my briefcase. No problems. I guess I am just lucky!

01-22-2009, 12:36 AM	#33
HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	If the temperature ever falls below -10C I will deem it an emergency fully justifying setting my reader on fire in order to generate some warmth in order to survive.

01-22-2009, 12:12 PM	#36
pitcher23 Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 12 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York USA	I have always kept my Kindle at around room temp, but it wasn't until after reading this story that I forgot it in my car last night where it was around 19F. I brought it inside to warm up and it works the same as it did the day it arrived from Amazon.

01-22-2009, 08:11 PM	#39
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Yes, but our President lived here!

01-22-2009, 08:15 PM	#40
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	You know, the more I read this thread the more I think that this guy had a defective unit.

01-23-2009, 01:19 PM	#42
June Addict Posts: 306 Karma: 4508151 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Scandinavia Device: Kobo Libra, Oasis 1&2 and others	I've carried and used my reader in -15C or thereabouts, also left it in the car at -20C for hours. Page turning was slower, and I made sure I put it in a bag before going indoors (to avoid condensation, letting it warm up bagged out in the cold) . And I guess battery was drained more quickly. But my 505 is still alive Also my gps lives in the car (coldest so far this winter has been around -25C) and it is fine.

01-24-2009, 08:31 PM	#43
John Brewster Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500	I live in the Northeast Ohio Snow Belt. Have carried my Sony PRS-500 for 2 ½ years most everywhere, including, when I walk my dogs and when cross county skiing, (preferably I leave it in my van in case I fall). I do keep it in a plastic bag for protection from wet, & to some extent, cold. So far no problems, knock on wood

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