[skolos]

Comment on "Kindle breaks easily". I have different experience. About 6 years ago I got Kindle for my birthday. Happily used it for half a year and then misplaced and couldn't find it for another half a year. Then I found it - it fell in a gap in my outside furniture and was lying outside exposed to elements for all this time. To bring it back to life all I needed is to charge it - used it for more than 5 years after that without any issues.

[derekp7]

My significant other ends up going through about 1 kindle every year or so. She uses the backlight and reads it sometimes 2 - 4 hours a day. What happens is it starts randomly crashing or locking up, or just acting wonky when it hits around the 1 year mark.

[anbende]

Same here. I got a paperwhite for Christmas 4-5 years ago. No problems. Still works well. And I use it every day.

The battery doesn't last as long as it used to, but it's still good for days.

I do keep the backlight as low as possible...

[Noos]

i've gone through multiple ones myself, the e-ink screen is the big failure point.