On the market for a new ereader!

[ProDigit]

My previous Kindle Paperwhite finally gave up the ghost, and refuses to boot on battery.
I've looked at battery replacements, but Amazon gave me a hell of a difficult time trying to find the right model battery (since every generation kindle has a different model number, and they don't mention what kind of kindle it's for).

I'm planning on going with another brand this time. No more Amazon.

What brand would you suggest?

I like:
Large screen, preferably larger than the standard 6" screens.
Thin, small bezel
Light weight,
long battery life, thinking e-ink here
a back (or front) light, that preferably also can be turned completely off, or very dim.
Not too expensive

I do have a lot of books in the amazon store, so it would be nice if I could read them on other devices as well.

[sealbeater]

Personally I'm looking at the Onyx Book Magna Carta 3 AKA Kepler Pro.

[ProDigit]

Onyx ebook readers are quite expensive, and have quite fast CPUs as well, requiring more power.
I would prefer a very low profile reader, with a large display.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by ProDigit

My previous Kindle Paperwhite finally gave up the ghost, and refuses to boot on battery.
I've looked at battery replacements, but Amazon gave me a hell of a difficult time trying to find the right model battery (since every generation kindle has a different model number, and they don't mention what kind of kindle it's for).

I'm planning on going with another brand this time. No more Amazon.

What brand would you suggest?

I like:
Large screen, preferably larger than the standard 6" screens.
Thin, small bezel
Light weight,
long battery life, thinking e-ink here
a back (or front) light, that preferably also can be turned completely off, or very dim.
Not too expensive

I do have a lot of books in the amazon store, so it would be nice if I could read them on other devices as well.

Calibre and Kobo.

[ProDigit]

Yes, I'm looking at the Kobo H2O vs One.
My last ereader was stolen from me;
Now it's a question if I want to pay the premium for a one, or buy a second hand H2O?

[sealbeater]

Originally Posted by ProDigit

Onyx ebook readers are quite expensive, and have quite fast CPUs as well, requiring more power.
I would prefer a very low profile reader, with a large display.

They also come with very large batteries. I'm pretty happy with my Max, hopefully my pleasant experience will continue.

[ProDigit]

I'm thinking a new Oasis doesn't sound bad.
They increased screen size by 1 inch (to 7").
Sounds interesting, but at $300, it's still a hefty price; plus, I can't fully disable the backlight, and ~ds doesn't work anymore to use the magnet.

[barryem]

If you go to newpower99.com you can find the right battery for your model Kindle.

Barry

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by ProDigit

I'm thinking a new Oasis doesn't sound bad.
They increased screen size by 1 inch (to 7").
Sounds interesting, but at $300, it's still a hefty price; plus, I can't fully disable the backlight, and ~ds doesn't work anymore to use the magnet.

Yes, you can fully disable the frontlight on the new Oasis. I just tried. It goes completely off.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by ProDigit

Yes, I'm looking at the Kobo H2O vs One.
My last ereader was stolen from me;
Now it's a question if I want to pay the premium for a one, or buy a second hand H2O?

If you go for Kobo over Kindle, I'd suggest an H20 over the ONE. There are just too many posts in the Kobo forum about defective Aura ONEs to be acceptable in a premium product. Those errors and flaws have continued into the brand new limited edition Aura ONE models.

I haven't noticed that level of complaints about any other Kobo model.

[robko]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

If you go for Kobo over Kindle, I'd suggest an H20 over the ONE. There are just too many posts in the Kobo forum about defective Aura ONEs to be acceptable in a premium product. Those errors and flaws have continued into the brand new limited edition Aura ONE models.

I haven't noticed that level of complaints about any other Kobo model.

To clarify this, the Comfortlight (their brand for "night" lighting) uneveness can be a problem on some Kobo Aura Ones. If you don't care about that and just want the bigger screen etc, there is no reason not to go for the KA1 (although it isn't cheap either).

I do agree with ZodWallop that they really shouldn't have Comfortlight issues on a device that expensive, but personally since I don't care about that (actually I do use just a touch of it take some of the harshness out of the lighting), I'm will to pay the price for everything else the KA1 offers (primarily that extra inch of screen).

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by barryem

If you go to newpower99.com you can find the right battery for your model Kindle.

From I can tell there are basically two battery models. The one model for the PW 1 (which is the same as the one for the Kindle Touch) and one model for both the PW 2, PW 3. But definitely double check, I could have misread.

[ProDigit]

My PW is 5th generation

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by ProDigit

My PW is 5th generation

Then you need this battery ...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Battery...YAAOSwbtVZUbzJ

[soondai]

Originally Posted by barryem

If you go to newpower99.com you can find the right battery for your model Kindle.

Barry

They use the same off brand batteries you can pick up on ebay for 10 bucks