Looking to upgrade from my Kobo Libra 2, want B&W - options please?

[forster01]

Originally Posted by Quoth

The Elipsa does do everything other Kobos do but I found it too heavy for prolonged reading compared to a Sage. I never went back to using the Libra or Libra 2 after I got the Sage...

Thank you very much. You told me everything i need to know.

Sage it is...

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by forster01

Hi all,
I have Kobo One which needs to be upgraded, as the battery is somewhat dead.
As i'm a kobo user since 2010. i'm thinking of buying Kobo once again.
Which one would you please recommend?
Im using it just for epub or kepub books, not very interested in color display but i need a screen of about 7"+

Im thinkig of:
1. Kobo Sage
2. Kobo libra 2 (i dont care much about buttons)
3(?). Kobo elipsa - not so sure about this one but if it is sutable for reading ebooks (no PDF's) may be...

Thhank you in advance!

The Kobo Libra 2 is for the most part gone. Kobo has not replaced it with another BW Reader. The next up is the Kobo Sage with an 8" scree but a poor (IMHO) battery.

[Quoth]

Poorer battery on Sage, but still excellent if you don't use front light.
Note 8" is nearly twice the screen area of 6" so same brightness of front light will use twice the battery.

[pypeke]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Poorer battery on Sage, but still excellent if you don't use front light.
Note 8" is nearly twice the screen area of 6" so same brightness of front light will use twice the battery.

I am thinking about getting a Sage. I could deal with Libra Color if I had to, but prefer a B&W.

On Kobo's website, I saw that only the 3 newest Kobos are DIY repairable. Fix-It, or something like that, has videos.

Do you know if the Sage's battery can changed? Even if Kobo comes up with a Sage 2, and a larger battery, the bigger battery will not work in the original Sage. Am I right?

[Aleron Ives]

It's possible, but you need to work carefully to remove the glue blobs used for waterproofing before you can unplug the battery.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by pypeke

Do you know if the Sage's battery can changed? Even if Kobo comes up with a Sage 2, and a larger battery, the bigger battery will not work in the original Sage. Am I right?

A friend of mine who is very talented at killing batteries mostly due to a bad habit of tossing devices on to a charger in between uses and I replaced the battery in their Sage. Due to the size of the battery area, the only batteries we could find that fitted were all 1200mAH.

As a comparison for the effect of the user on battery usage, we both have iPhone 14 Pro phones. His battery has a reported maximum capacity of 82% while mine has a reported maximum capacity of 96% though mine is about 2 months older than his.

[Aleron Ives]

How hard is it to deal with the waterproofing so you can actually get the battery unplugged, and is it possible to add your own waterproofing coat to the new battery's connector?

[Renate]

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

How hard is it to deal with the waterproofing so you can actually get the battery unplugged, and is it possible to add your own waterproofing coat to the new battery's connector?

I'm sure that any adhesive near the battery connector is not for waterproofing but to mechanically secure the connector. The actual waterproofing has to be on the case.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

How hard is it to deal with the waterproofing so you can actually get the battery unplugged, and is it possible to add your own waterproofing coat to the new battery's connector?

Trivial.
Yes.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Renate

I'm sure that any adhesive near the battery connector is not for waterproofing but to mechanically secure the connector. The actual waterproofing has to be on the case.

The only Kobo ereader that had a waterproof case was the Kobo Aura H2O (the one with the protective cover over the USB and µSD card ports). All other Kobo water resistant models use a HZO coating on the electronics