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View Poll Results: Have you ever dropped an ereader in the bath?
Once 2 1.63%
More than once 5 4.07%
Never, and I read in bath 29 23.58%
Never, but I never read in the bath 87 70.73%
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Old 12-12-2020, 03:15 PM   #31
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I don't have a bath... So that kinda prevents the issue...
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Old 12-12-2020, 04:02 PM   #32
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Modern tubs aren't worth even trying to relax in. Too short to lay down in. Too shallow at the end you sit in to avoid all the faucets poking you in the back so the water barely covers your thighs. The only tubs that you can really take a nice soak in up to your shoulders are the old fashioned claw foot tubs. But who has those any more? Who designed those awful modern tubs anyway and why did so many builders buy them?

I've tried to relax in tubs but sitting in a shallow puddle just doesn't cut it.
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Old 12-14-2020, 05:21 PM   #33
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Old 12-14-2020, 07:10 PM   #34
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Modern tubs aren't worth even trying to relax in. Too short to lay down in. Too shallow at the end you sit in to avoid all the faucets poking you in the back so the water barely covers your thighs. The only tubs that you can really take a nice soak in up to your shoulders are the old fashioned claw foot tubs. But who has those any more? Who designed those awful modern tubs anyway and why did so many builders buy them?

I've tried to relax in tubs but sitting in a shallow puddle just doesn't cut it.
The last bath I took was in a big enough tub to get covered enough and lay in pretty well. But then it was not my bath. It was the one in the townhouse we were renting. And we didn't pay any extra for water or heat. So I was able to have a bath for no extra $.
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Old 12-16-2020, 12:38 PM   #35
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I have a shower and no tub. However, I did throw a kobo on my hammock while out camping and it rained. Bricked the KOBO.
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Old 12-17-2020, 01:11 PM   #36
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Reading in the bath must be a thing, Amazon never fails to mention this use case in their product descriptions for Oasis and Paperwhite. But it is not my thing.
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Old 12-18-2020, 12:56 AM   #37
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I do know one person who reads in the bath. She loves using bath salts/bath bombs/etc. Sadly when her Oasis 3 fell into the tub, it died horribly. She found out the hard way that that when Amazon stated "Waterproof (IPX8), tested to withstand immersion in 2 meters of fresh water for 60 minutes", they meant it. Her bath water with a bath bomb and a cup or so of Epson salts did not qualify as fresh water and her warranty was voided though they did offer a $50 Cdn credit/gift card towards her next ereader purchase.
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Old 12-18-2020, 01:23 AM   #38
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I also only take showers.
Same here. I had to take about 10 baths when I hurt my knee about 14 years ago. That's the last I've taken a bath — and I hadn't taken one before that for (probably) 35 years. Always showers.
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Old 12-18-2020, 02:58 AM   #39
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But my wife did throw my Jetbook Mini into the sea - neither it nor the SD card had survived the experience when I recovered it at low tide.

It was an accident - I forgave her at once. But it's far too good a story to forget.
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Old 12-18-2020, 06:10 AM   #40
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Reading in the bath must be a thing, Amazon never fails to mention this use case in their product descriptions for Oasis and Paperwhite. But it is not my thing.
It makes a nice marketing item.

Read by candle light in the tub, no need for bright lights with the paperlight frontlight.

Read by the pool, at the beach, sitting in the shade under a big oak tree, ...
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Old 12-18-2020, 08:15 AM   #41
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I think the key is to turn the device off immediately, so it's worth knowing how to do that. On a laptop/PC, one presses and holds the power button. Not sure how to do that on an ereader.

Edit: on my Onyx, it's press and hold. It then offers three choices or reboot, shut down etc. Hopefully I can hit that OFF and the screen works when its wet

A friend of mine's cat spilled coffee on her laptop. Wisely, she shut it down. Unwisely, her husband decided later to try turning it on. Bzzzzzz.
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Edit: on my Onyx, it's press and hold. It then offers three choices or reboot, shut down etc. Hopefully I can hit that OFF and the screen works when its wet
The device shuts down directly when the power button is pressed for about 10-15 seconds
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I do know one person who reads in the bath. She loves using bath salts/bath bombs/etc. Sadly when her Oasis 3 fell into the tub, it died horribly. She found out the hard way that that when Amazon stated "Waterproof (IPX8), tested to withstand immersion in 2 meters of fresh water for 60 minutes", they meant it. Her bath water with a bath bomb and a cup or so of Epson salts did not qualify as fresh water and her warranty was voided though they did offer a $50 Cdn credit/gift card towards her next ereader purchase.
And the heat/steam is also not good for a Reader. Does anyone know if heat/steam can damage the waterproofing?
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