Do you use a cover? - Page 7

Sweetpea · 04-28-2016, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Katie1

I just saw a YouTube Video this guy named Ken was unpacking the Oasis. That Cover Offers No Protection! Its thin looks like covered card board...the part you hold has Nothing at all to protect it. It may protect the front from scuffs & scratches but the most people I've seen fold the cover back. So really No Protection just an over priced battery.

That's the only reason I have a cover: to protect the screen from scuffs and scratches. Naturally I fold the cover back, otherwise I couldn't see the screen! Thinking that a book-like cover, or even a sleeve, will protect the device is a recipe for dissaster. For that, you'll need a hard case with a soft interior. Which will stop you from twisting the device and which will take the energy that releases when hitting a hard surface after a longer fall.

7hir7een · 04-28-2016, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Katie1

Heck of a way to treat a Gift!

I actually bought it during the Kobo Mini debacle of November (info here: http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/1...a-bait-switch/) and got a full refund because the device was not as advertised

alecE · 04-30-2016, 12:17 PM

I have Tuff-Luv covers on both readers and will be buying a cover for the Kobo I just ordered. I find a cover easier to hold than a nude ereader, looks nicer and gives protection.

faithbw · 05-01-2016, 09:45 AM

I always buy a cover for all of my portable gadgets, PW2 included. I don't tend to drop my PW but I drop my phone quite a bit.

michaeltoye · 05-08-2016, 03:59 AM

My PW3 lives in a Dussell sleeve, but I read with a naked Kindle. covers add weight and bulk.

HarryT · 05-08-2016, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by michaeltoye

My PW3 lives in a Dussell sleeve, but I read with a naked Kindle. covers add weight and bulk.

They also add protection. The only times I've ever dropped devices are when I've been using them! I need the protection when I'm using the device rather than when I'm not.

JSWolf · 05-08-2016, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by 7hir7een

I always do and always have used a cover with my ereaders, with one exception--the Kobo Mini I got for free. I use it as my always-in-my-purse ereader and just use a sleeve to take up less space. With no investment on my part, I feel more comfortable taking a few chances with it.

With expensive devices, I feel obligated to take steps to protect the investment. I've never used my iPhones, iPad or MacBook naked. My ereaders are no different to me.

Don't think of the cost of the device, think of the REPLACEMENT cost. You cannot buy a Kobo Mini now. So if it was to break, you would not have one. You have to treat your devices with care and a sleeve is not caring for your Mini. You take the Mini out of the sleeve, and there is no protection.

JSWolf · 05-08-2016, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

They also add protection. The only times I've ever dropped devices are when I've been using them! I need the protection when I'm using the device rather than when I'm not.

I agree 100%. When I bought my H2O, I did not buy a cover with it. When I took it out of the house once (before I got the cover), I put it in the box for protection.

I did get a cover fairly quickly once I found one I liked. But I still carted around my T1 when I went out because it had a cover and the H2O not. I treated the H2O extra careful until it was in a cover.

philb · 05-08-2016, 12:57 PM

I use a sleeve for my PW. I don't like adding bulk when I'm reading, so the sleeve just protects it when it's in my laptop bag.

I can't see me dropping my kindle when I'm sitting down reading. I think most accidental drops are when people are putting them in, or pulling them out of their bag.

taosaur · 05-12-2016, 04:13 AM

The weight and bulk consideration is very relative to the weight and bulk of the mammal using the device. For me, the added "weight and bulk" of a case is not just negligible, but positive. A case softens the edges of a hard plastic rectangle and adds the option of not holding it up in the first place, while also offering more ways to grip the device. For someone 60% my mass and build who rarely exerts themselves against anything more resistant than a car door or a keyboard, the equation is probably different.

JSWolf · 05-12-2016, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by philb

I use a sleeve for my PW. I don't like adding bulk when I'm reading, so the sleeve just protects it when it's in my laptop bag.

I can't see me dropping my kindle when I'm sitting down reading. I think most accidental drops are when people are putting them in, or pulling them out of their bag.

I've never dropped a Reader putting it in or out of my bag. Most drops occur outside of putting in or out of a bag. So you are risking your PW more without a cover. Also, if you want to take your PW with you, chances are you'll be reading in places that do not have carpeting like on pavement. Plus, a cover can make the Reader easier to hold so less chance of dropping.

HarryT · 05-12-2016, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by philb

I can't see me dropping my kindle when I'm sitting down reading. I think most accidental drops are when people are putting them in, or pulling them out of their bag.

My most recent one was when I was sitting out in the garden, and put my Kindle on the arm of the chair to answer the phone. I knocked it off the chair when I was putting my phone back in my pocket, and it fell approximately 3' onto a concrete surface, which would in all probability have broken the screen had it not been in a case. As I said, the protection is needed when you're using the device far more than when you're not using it.

rcentros · 05-12-2016, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by John F

In general, do you use a cover on your eink ereader?

Yes. I recently found a used Kindle Touch. Testing and reading with it drove me nuts until the cover arrived from eBay. I'm always afraid I'm going to drop the eReader and break it when I've got no cover on it.

philb · 05-13-2016, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by taosaur

The weight and bulk consideration is very relative to the weight and bulk of the mammal using the device...

Answers like this is why I don't post much on internet forums.

You're trying to sound clever. It's not working.

When I go out with my kindle, I'll carry it in my inside coat pocket. Therefore, I take weight and bulk into consideration.

I'd like a Kobo Mini for this very reason.

JSWolf · 05-13-2016, 08:52 AM

I have never dropped my Reader when I wasn't using it. So if any think you can be really careful and not drop it when you are using it without a cover, think again. There's more chance of dropping it when you have it out without a cover than you do when it's in a sleeve.

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04-30-2016, 12:17 PM	#93
alecE Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 546196 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK canal boat Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses	I have Tuff-Luv covers on both readers and will be buying a cover for the Kobo I just ordered. I find a cover easier to hold than a nude ereader, looks nicer and gives protection.

05-01-2016, 09:45 AM	#94
faithbw Guru Posts: 618 Karma: 1526148 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: A place where the sun always shines Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Mini 2	I always buy a cover for all of my portable gadgets, PW2 included. I don't tend to drop my PW but I drop my phone quite a bit.

05-08-2016, 03:59 AM	#95
michaeltoye Member Posts: 14 Karma: 2070566 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: kindle Oasis	My PW3 lives in a Dussell sleeve, but I read with a naked Kindle. covers add weight and bulk.

05-08-2016, 12:57 PM	#99
philb Member Posts: 11 Karma: 8510 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2015	I use a sleeve for my PW. I don't like adding bulk when I'm reading, so the sleeve just protects it when it's in my laptop bag. I can't see me dropping my kindle when I'm sitting down reading. I think most accidental drops are when people are putting them in, or pulling them out of their bag.

05-12-2016, 04:13 AM	#100
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	The weight and bulk consideration is very relative to the weight and bulk of the mammal using the device. For me, the added "weight and bulk" of a case is not just negligible, but positive. A case softens the edges of a hard plastic rectangle and adds the option of not holding it up in the first place, while also offering more ways to grip the device. For someone 60% my mass and build who rarely exerts themselves against anything more resistant than a car door or a keyboard, the equation is probably different.

05-13-2016, 08:52 AM	#105
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,771 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I have never dropped my Reader when I wasn't using it. So if any think you can be really careful and not drop it when you are using it without a cover, think again. There's more chance of dropping it when you have it out without a cover than you do when it's in a sleeve.

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