It takes a beating and keeps on.....

Stingo · 12-10-2006, 09:21 PM

I thought that I would ask what kind of torture your reader has endured and how well it has survived. I have dropped my my unit 4 feet to a wooden floor. I have also dropped the unit a foot unto a plastic shelf on which it bounced and ten fell another 3.5 feet unto a tile floor. In both cases the unit continued to work flawlessly. I use the leather cover (the one it comes with makes me cringe like a scratch on a blackboard).

So how have you tortured your poor reader?

ThomWill · 12-10-2006, 11:09 PM

I have been known to strap it on the back of my motorcycle and ride the 20 miles to work at 28 Degrees. No problems so far.

RWood · 12-10-2006, 11:12 PM

Slipped and it fell four feet to a cement walk in the standard case. No problems.

Stingo · 12-11-2006, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThomWill

I have been known to strap it on the back of my motorcycle and ride the 20 miles to work at 28 Degrees. No problems so far.

Funny you mention that. Mine just did the South Florida Toy Run in a saddle bag without an problem. Read two short stories during the waits and afterwards at Starbucks.

William Moates · 12-11-2006, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Stingo

Funny you mention that. Mine just did the South Florida Toy Run in a saddle bag without an problem. Read two short stories during the waits and afterwards at Starbucks.

Yeah, but his was in 28 degrees Fahrenheit, and yours was probably in 28 degrees Celcius

yvanleterrible · 12-12-2006, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stingo

I thought that I would ask what kind of torture your reader has endured and how well it has survived. I have dropped my my unit 4 feet to a wooden floor. I have also dropped the unit a foot unto a plastic shelf on which it bounced and ten fell another 3.5 feet unto a tile floor. In both cases the unit continued to work flawlessly. I use the leather cover (the one it comes with makes me cringe like a scratch on a blackboard).

So how have you tortured your poor reader?

Poor thing!

I'd be ready to adopt it. It would be well fed (SD cards) and well cared for. I have a warm well lighted house for it. Hope you did'nt get it neutered!

Stingo · 12-12-2006, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Poor thing!

I'd be ready to adopt it. It would be well fed (SD cards) and well cared for. I have a warm well lighted house for it. Hope you did'nt get it neutered!

No way!!! I'm not careless. Its just rough love.

alex_d · 12-13-2006, 05:00 PM

how about people's experiences with the screen? It seems like it's immune to cracking, but what about scratches? I haven't owned mine for long enough to know, but my impression is that the annoying glaring plastic they put on it is pretty resistant. I wonder, though, if it's also replaceable...

ThomWill · 12-13-2006, 09:43 PM

The one at my local borders has a cracked screen. It looks a lot like a broken monochrome LCD, runs, drips, and errors.

alex_d · 12-13-2006, 10:12 PM

thanks, good to know! I thought lcds were glass and eink was plastic, so figured it wouldn't crack.

NatCh · 12-13-2006, 10:50 PM

iLiad's screen is a glass backplane, I believe, so I don't thing it has to be one or the other.

HarryT · 12-14-2006, 03:21 AM

I believe that all the current eInk devices have the "eInk" stuff on top of glass. Flexible plastic screens are the "next generation", from what I've read, and probably won't be with us until 2008.

NatCh · 12-14-2006, 11:38 AM

Ah, but we're talking about rigid plastic screens -- the Sony Reader is definitely a (rigid) plastic screen.

12-10-2006, 09:21 PM	#1
Stingo Fanatic Posts: 559 Karma: 1334691 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami Device: KH2O, KPW2, KDXG, KPW1, K3, S505	It takes a beating and keeps on..... I thought that I would ask what kind of torture your reader has endured and how well it has survived. I have dropped my my unit 4 feet to a wooden floor. I have also dropped the unit a foot unto a plastic shelf on which it bounced and ten fell another 3.5 feet unto a tile floor. In both cases the unit continued to work flawlessly. I use the leather cover (the one it comes with makes me cringe like a scratch on a blackboard). So how have you tortured your poor reader?

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12-10-2006, 11:09 PM	#2
ThomWill Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 68 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: PRS-500 (Sony Reader)	I have been known to strap it on the back of my motorcycle and ride the 20 miles to work at 28 Degrees. No problems so far.

12-10-2006, 11:12 PM	#3
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Slipped and it fell four feet to a cement walk in the standard case. No problems.

12-13-2006, 05:00 PM	#8
alex_d Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 187 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony Reader	how about people's experiences with the screen? It seems like it's immune to cracking, but what about scratches? I haven't owned mine for long enough to know, but my impression is that the annoying glaring plastic they put on it is pretty resistant. I wonder, though, if it's also replaceable...

12-13-2006, 09:43 PM	#9
ThomWill Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 68 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: PRS-500 (Sony Reader)	The one at my local borders has a cracked screen. It looks a lot like a broken monochrome LCD, runs, drips, and errors.

12-13-2006, 10:12 PM	#10
alex_d Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 187 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony Reader	thanks, good to know! I thought lcds were glass and eink was plastic, so figured it wouldn't crack.

12-13-2006, 10:50 PM	#11
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	iLiad's screen is a glass backplane, I believe, so I don't thing it has to be one or the other.

12-14-2006, 03:21 AM	#12
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I believe that all the current eInk devices have the "eInk" stuff on top of glass. Flexible plastic screens are the "next generation", from what I've read, and probably won't be with us until 2008.

12-14-2006, 11:38 AM	#13
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Ah, but we're talking about rigid plastic screens -- the Sony Reader is definitely a (rigid) plastic screen.

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