Rakuten Kobo Libra H2O Zwart

There are more detailed reviews out there, videos etc so I'll make this short.Excellent battery, crisp screen, lightweight and build quality is pleasing.Decent brightness, I appreciate the soft lighting feature too. Swiping up and down the side of the screen to change is also superb.Accelerometer and page turn buttons only enhance the experience.One handed or two handed is comfortable.I sideload a lot of content and import fonts, which this device handled with ease.There is also a nifty Dropbox functionality I enabled.Have been using a 2013 Paperwhite from new and tried an Oasis 2020 model last year, wasn't impressed and sent it back.This has finally retired my ageing Paperwhite after many years of good service.Would heartily recommend the Kobo Libra H20 heartily to any eReader fan!

I haven't heard about Kobo previously but when I was looking for a reader for my wife, somehow I found this brand along with others. On Amazon there was a nice discount on it so I gave it a try.I think this 7" screen size is just perfect, the most common 6" would me small. Size and design is very similar to Amazon's Oasis.This Kobo is very light, has a really nice finish and it feels solid. Display is sharp, the adjustable brightness and colour temperature is very useful. Physical page turn buttons are handy. At the beginning I thought it would be nice to have dedicated buttons for brightness as well, then realized that I can change the brightness if I swipe my finger up or down on the left side of the screen. Amazing.The reader is fast, Kobo's ebook library offers a great choice for reasonable prices, but it's also very easy to move files onto the reader with the usb cable.I'm really satisfied with this purchase.

I bought this a little over a week ago after owning a Kindle Paperwhite (2018) since May 2021. The main reason is that I wanted a slightly bigger device with Comfort Light and physical page-turn buttons.I thought about getting a Kindle Oasis but could not justify the price, so I went for a Kobo Libra H2O instead.Although the device does not feel as premium as a Kindle Oasis (Plastic vs Aluminium), it's an absolute joy to use, very light and super comfortable to hold in the hand.If you are invested in the Amazon ecosystem and have most of your e-books from them, you are likely better off with a Kindle, although there are ways to "export" your Amazon books and sideload them to Kobo (which I did). The process isn't straightforward so I wouldn't recommend it unless you are tech-savvy and like this sort of things.That said, the experience with Kobo is very similar. You have a book store with millions of e-books and you can also load your own books from elsewhere by using a computer. Any retailer that sells e-books in the Adobe Digital Edition format (i.e. not Amazon) will work with Kobo as long as you authorise your device. You also have native support for ePubs, unlike Kindle devices.The OS is also more open to tinkering and you can load custom readers (to replace the stock one) or apps if you look around the web. That said, this is not an Android device, so do not expect millions of apps or even an app store. It's main purpose is to read books on.All in all, I am very happy with the purchase and highly recommend this product.

It has everything you need to read books comfortably. The Pocket integration for articles is amazing! Slightly small for pdfs, but it's not that bad.

This is the 1st time I have bought a Kobo Libra H2O e-Reader and I am very impressed. It was easy to set up and it will take several formats of e-book so if you have books from other e-Readers you can transfer them over to your Kobo. I wanted one as I read a lot in bed and the backlight is ideal, it does adjust itself for the lighting conditions but you can alter it yourself by just sliding your finger down the left hand side of the reader without have to go into settings to adjust. The Kobo website also has free books to download and many at £0.99p. I wish I had bought this earlier!

I love reading my books on this device. Very good quality.

This is a perfect basic ereader for fiction/nonfiction. Too small for Comics or textbooks but a great alternative to Kindle locked system. No adds <3

I tried 3 of these ereaders (two from Amazon, one from another retailer) and unfortunately had to return them all as the gradient of the blue and amber light on the screen is uneven. I am surprised more reviews do not mention this, as it is a known fault online. The problem did vary between the units, but it was always there to some degree and was too offputting for me to live with. It is a shame, as the ereader is otherwise very good, comfortable to hold and had all the features I wanted and more. I ended up getting a Kindle Oasis for £40 more in the black Friday deal and it is well worth the extra £40, the screen is completely evenly lit. Sorry Kobo, I really wanted to pick your product over Amazon but unfortunately the quality just wasn't good enough :(