[Kobo] $20 off Kobo Clara BW | $149.99

Kobo Clara BW, featuring a glare-free E Ink Carta 1300 HD screen and full waterproof¹ protection. Bring your entire library anywhere with 16GB² of storage. Try Dark Mode or ComfortLight PRO to adjust brightness and reduce blue light.

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Review from TechCrunch, June 2024:

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/02/kobos … exception/

as for the Clara BW, this is essentially the new default recommendation I’ll be giving — not because it significantly outdoes my go-to reader, the Clara 2E, but because it offers modest improvements for $10 less.

The new version of this very straightforward form factor includes a lightly updated screen, the Carta 1300 series, which boasts slightly better contrast and page-turning speeds. Tested against the 2E, I found it to be noticeably faster when tapping quickly through pages, but not noticeable in ordinary use. And as far as the clarity and contrast, they were about equal to my eye, with a slight advantage going to the new device. My favorite feature is that it doesn’t crash when I plug it into my computer half the time, a Clara 2E habit I’d given up on fixing.

So really, you get what I think is the most practical e-reader on the market for most people, only for $130 rather than $140. No ads, sideload your own fonts and documents, built-in library app, plenty of room to play around and hack. However, if you own a Clara 2E, or even a Clara HD, I don’t think the upgrade is necessarily worth it. Type quality hasn’t improved that much in the last few years.

Statistics: Posted by balaca — Jun 13th, 2025 8:40 am