Writer/podcaster; fan of books, podcasts, hockey, baseball, curling & movies. Regional Traffic Manager for a large Canadian media group. Views & opinions are my own.

I was also diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 35, in 2019. Sometimes I talk about that.

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  • Battery life

    Maybe I simply don’t read as much on my Kobo as you do, but I find the battery life amazing. I rarely charge it. As I type that, I realize that I read quite a bit of paperback books though.

    cases

    I’m not too picky about this. I use the navy blue Kobo case designed for the Clara. It’s not the greatest thing in the world but I enjoy it.

    All in all, I don’t have much to compare it to other than a VERY old Kobo - like one of the originals I believe. It was incredibly slow and battery life on that one was horrid. Yeah, the screen was bigger than the Clara, but the Clara is leaps and bounds above that ugly thing I was using.>


  • I use a Kobo Clara HD. There’s a newer version available (it’s a Clara model, can’t recall the exact name) but the Clara HD does the job well. Of the reviews I’ve read, if you own a Clara HD, upgrading to the newest model may not be worth it for you.

    I also use my iPad Air + Google Books, and the Kindle app, for things that are either on those accounts or don’t play nice with the Clara HD. For example, PDF advance reader copies do not work very well on the Kobo, and converting them with Calibre doesn’t always work either.




  • Well, I tried introducing myself via kbin and I was going to reply to that introduction since I have now been accepted to beehaw…but I can’t find that reply in this thread. So I’ll write again!

    I work in media (behind the scenes…but I also have a few podcasts on the go and I blog), I have epilepsy, and I like to talk about all sorts of subjects. I’m doing a poor job summarizing myself so I’ll just copy/paste from my Mastodon page (with some redactions):

    Writer/podcaster; fan of books, podcasts, hockey, baseball, curling & movies. Regional Traffic Manager for [REDACTED]. Views & opinions are my own.

    I was also diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 35 (4 years ago, now). Sometimes I talk about that.