[dotancohen]

I use a Boox Note Air Plus 2, a colleague uses a Boox Note Air 3. My device is black and white, hers is in colour. The black and white device is excellent, I cannot remember the last time I turned on the backlight. The color device is so dark that it is unusable without the back light in normal office conditions. I have not seen it outdoors, however.

[EA-3167]

I also have the Note Air 2, and really don't feel a need for color at this point. It's my go-to e-reader, I have a little remote and a stand for it so I can just kick back in a chair or in bed and read. I couldn't be happier with it, the battery life is still amazing even after a LOT of use too.

If I need color for some reason I have a phone, tablet, laptop etc that do the job better than e-ink presently can.

[dotancohen]

Which remote do you use?

[EA-3167]

Just their standard one: https://shop.boox.com/products/onyx-boox-b-t-remoter?variant...

It's great for page flips, turning the backlight on and off, opening the top menu. Sadly it doesn't work for turning power off and on, but I suspect that can be fixed.

[dotancohen]

Can that device scroll a web browser?

[EA-3167]

Yes it can, but not in a way I'd ever want to do... it's very slow and halting. I would stick to using this remote primarily as a way to read books without needing hands on the device, for web browsing I suspect there are better options I'm unaware of.

[dotancohen]

Thank you.

[wakeupcall]

If that matches my experience, outdoors helps a bit, but not much. Overall you get better contrast and brightness, but the fact that the background is "gray" and not white becomes even more obvious.

That being said the rm3 is usable without backlight indoors if the place is decently lit (for example, in most offices), but requires some backlight otherwise. The rm2 is usable also in poorly lit conditions.