Top Product: Kindle Oasis with Leather Case

12/20/2020 English German

Edition # 136
San Francisco, 12-20-2020

Back to School Sold-out Christmas trees Voting in the garage Flu vaccination in the drugstore Wanderers, hunters, and gatherers Top Product: Kindle Oasis with Leather Case Baking Pretzels At Home Off to the COVID test Biden wins

Top Product: Kindle Oasis with Leather Case

Figure [1]: A warm front light is less tiring on the eyes.

Michael We have been reading books almost exclusively on electronic devices for some time now. For large-format coffee table books, I use my large iPad Pro, while for text books, various Kindle devices are used. Amazon offers the latter in several price ranges: the basic version is already quite good, the "Paperwhite" version is slightly better for about 50% more, and for the absurd price of $250, there's the millionaire edition, the "Kindle Oasis." Since it's not easy to spend one's hard-earned money during Corona times, I jumped at the chance when Amazon temporarily lowered the price to $175 on Black Friday.

Figure [2]: The device is effortlessly held by the side bezel.

Now I have already read 25% of the lengthy new Obama book on the device, and I must say that I not only appreciate the adjustable warmer front light, but also the peculiar side bezel, which allows the device to be held effortlessly with one hand, even by someone who is dead tired in bed and wants to read three more paragraphs before dozing off.

Figure [3]: The Kindle in the leather case from Drink+Hide for a cowboy look.

Where to put the device after reading so it doesn't collect dust? I always disliked classic Kindle covers because they can nearly double the device's weight, making it tiring to hold up. That's why my other Kindles are in simple sleeves, and I hold them without any cover while reading. For the Oasis, I looked for a more exclusive option and found the leather sleeve from the brand "Drink & Hide" on Amazon for $37. This thing is amazing! Extremely soft and pleasantly fragrant leather, highly tactile, and perfectly stitched. It supposedly comes from Guatemala and is only sold online in the USA. Top product!