MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Covers Redux, or: You Don’t Really Need One

DrNefario · 05-22-2022, 05:18 AM

I only use covers/cases for transportation, myself. All of my devices are uncovered the rest of the time.

I’d prefer a slipcase for that, but it’s almost impossible to tell, when buying online, how much protection a slip case gives. They all claim to protect the screen, and then a floppy neoprene sock turns up. So I have a pretty bad flip cover for my kobo and paperwhite - it does actually fit both - although I tend to put them in it face down because of the stupid pocket on the inside of the front cover.

I don’t use an e-reader out and about, so I don’t need a cover for that. I’ll use my phone if I’m that desperate to read something.

(I used to use the proper official moulded cover for my phone. It was a pretty good cover, but it eventually started to fall apart. My phone was pretty old by then, so I decided to do without. I couldn’t get over how thin and light my phone actually was.)

The leather slipcase for my old kindle keyboard is probably the last case I actually liked.

I’m late to this thread because I kind of assumed it was about book covers rather than e-reader covers.

05-22-2022, 05:18 AM	#35
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,107 Karma: 11315768 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	I only use covers/cases for transportation, myself. All of my devices are uncovered the rest of the time. I’d prefer a slipcase for that, but it’s almost impossible to tell, when buying online, how much protection a slip case gives. They all claim to protect the screen, and then a floppy neoprene sock turns up. So I have a pretty bad flip cover for my kobo and paperwhite - it does actually fit both - although I tend to put them in it face down because of the stupid pocket on the inside of the front cover. I don’t use an e-reader out and about, so I don’t need a cover for that. I’ll use my phone if I’m that desperate to read something. (I used to use the proper official moulded cover for my phone. It was a pretty good cover, but it eventually started to fall apart. My phone was pretty old by then, so I decided to do without. I couldn’t get over how thin and light my phone actually was.) The leather slipcase for my old kindle keyboard is probably the last case I actually liked. I’m late to this thread because I kind of assumed it was about book covers rather than e-reader covers.