Kobo Libra H20 Review｜Is It Actually Good?

[@MaximillianTiberius]

I had my kobo for the past 15 days after heavy research in ereader market. It's the most well rounded ereader in midrange pricing point and can easily compete with high end/price models.
Pros:
-battery lasts 2 weeks with heavy use and wifi off, and over 4 weeks with light use.
-reads multiple formats of ebooks, not only limited to .mobi as kindle.
-automatic ambient light
-waterproof (kinda silly to me as I don't imagine someone reading in the water or while showering, but thats just me)
-connects to pocket and overdrive
-price for all the features
Cons:
-uneven screen light (because the LEDs are on one side of the screen where the handle is, it makes a visible difference when reading at night or with higher grade of back light, where the screen away from the handle appears more dimmer (not a deal breaker , hardly noticeable at first but once you notice you won't be able to un-notice it)).
-kobo library is not nearly as massive as kindles (overdrive connection should mitigate that)
-plastic body (but pro is that it doesn't overheat as oasis)
Hope this helps.
Cheers

[@hazalberilcatalak5701]

Thank you so much! Well put!

[@hazalberilcatalak5701]

@TSA1 That was the model on my mind! Thank you for the recommendation :) I'll buy it, it's official :D

[@arm8636]

Sadly agree on the uneven lightning
However i gotta say,i love love the plastic back build and back.
In fact,this is were i want the corners to be cut.good hardware and sw,just less polished and premium material.
Btw I'd pay more for plastic than metal, simply because it's more comfortable imho

[@bookwormboy292]

Can you answer my question 🙋

[@cyen_13]

i read a lot in the shower so it’s really good for me 💓

[@davidtaylar8870]

Honestly the grip is my favorite part, especially since the power button is nowhere near the page turn buttons. I was lucky in that I only had less than 5 Kindle books so not terribly invested in Amazon's ecosystem yet. So far I'm enjoying the Kobo side of things.

[@mrtalky460]

Hey David, what is your experience with battery life?

[@c.3]

@The Caring Adolf Hitler Yes but you need a program called CALIBRE to convert (azw3) Amazons eBook format to (Epub) Kobo format

[@Seolhwaneul]

@@c.3 hi! Can you also email books to a Kobo? That’s what I love most about Kindle but I’m scared it’s not gonna work with this one

[@denysriabchuk6400]

Put Color display Caleido 2gen in it, faster CPU and bigger battery and that'll do for the e-reader of my dream

[@katyareads221]

I own a Barns and Noble Nook Glowlight 3, Kindle Basic and a Kobo Libra H2O. My favorite is the Nook, but that could be because I've owned one the longest. Kobo is a close secod. Love the buttons and easy, intuitive navigation. Very infrequently do I not find a book on Kobo or B&N that I want to read....maybe some indie authors.

[@lucylei601]

You can download your kindle books to a computer, and then sideload them into a Kobo e-reader.

[@ibrahimylmaz5590]

Which of the three do you think I should choose Kobo libra h2o, onyx boox poke 3, onyx 2 color?

[@stephm2009]

I got the upgraded Libra 2 earlier this year and the page turn buttons the upgraded page like screen and the orange light is a game changer. You can never go back to just the white light again

[@PC_Hero]

can i transfer files on to it ?

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

yes you can - you can 'side load' from a variety of sources and styles of document. Kindles are the worst for this !!

[@PC_Hero]

@@honeychurchgipsy6 Thanks for the reply !

[@danieldiniz9195]

Is it a good option to read PDF?

[@bhoqeem1975]

I had this, for about a week, before selling it back up for having no Cloud/Wifi transfer options whatsoever for sideloading and no audiobook capability, while the Kindle has ALL those, even on their cheapest offering--now even complete with backlight capability. Especially after I found out that only the Sage version offers Cloud/Wifi transfer for sideloading and audiobook. Which is ridiculous.

[@black101velvet]

Well as smaller company kobo has some insufficiencies that kindle alredy solved but users have already made updates with koreader program which now enables all kobo devices to use wifi transfer.

[@edbrains9742]

Nice review!

[@ennvee1989]

I have a Kobo Glow. Is the upgrade worth it?

[@PauliePizza]

Thanks for the review do you know if I can get Google books on the kobo?

[@arnie7975]

Yes, you have to go through Adobe Digital Editions to be able to transfer your books from Google to the Kobo Ereader.

[@PauliePizza]

@@arnie7975 thanks

[@ahmadmayahi]

PocketBook still my favorite

[@singaporeghostclub]

I am moving away from Amazon, and so my question is: where can I buy ebooks for Kobo e-readers?

[@PinoyAbnoy]

@@ola0915 are there alot of e-readers who download from the internet too instead of buying?
(im still clueless/noob about e-readers)

[@PinoyAbnoy]

@@ola0915 i see. thanks. ive been researching and thinking of getting kobo instead of kindle.

[@PinoyAbnoy]

@@ola0915 if its ok to ask you again.. i torrented some ebooks (epub) and i noticed some of them had few pages.
ex: its supposed to be 200 pages but the ebook only had 150 pages.

[@ola0915]

@@PinoyAbnoy hi, usually the number of pages in an ebook doesn’t really matter bcs you can simply change the font and its size which will change the number of total pages. Just verify that the entirety of the chapters is there and you should be good

[@PinoyAbnoy]

​@@ola0915 so this type of stuff where it looks like theres missing pages (error or corrupted files) rarely happen? i see.
the rings of saturn book has 296 pages. but the ebook has page 1 of 167. or wittgenstein's nephew has 101 pages and the ebook 1 of 72 pages.

[@OnlyTeardrops84]

Great review. Bought mine 2 months ago. Love it ao much

[@FutounMImad]

Do u have any difficulty in downloading? Can you underline anything you like while reading?

[@OnlyTeardrops84]

@@FutounMImad No,i have kobo plus and just use the website itself. No issues at all. I like the light adjustment while reading. The buttons are a gamechanger for me. It is very light to hold,i can read for hours on this

[@gabrielleolson4756]

Does it do infinite scroll?

[@OnlyTeardrops84]

@@gabrielleolson4756 No,unfortunatly not. Only thing what i miss compared to kindle app

[@OnlyTeardrops84]

@@gabrielleolson4756 But the side buttons are handy and pages swap really fast

[@saram530]

Thanks!

[@Sai-hq3fj]

I want to know the built in dictionary.

[@shariquejaved2934]

Can i read pdf files? how much is storage?

[@michals1108]

yes you can read EPUB, EPUB3, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR

[@OhCadinho]

8GB

[@esrat2508]

thank you for the review. I've never used e-reader before but planning to buy one. Can I use audible and google play books on kobo libra H2O?

[@raskarl]

You cannot listen to audiobooks on any of the Kobo line.

[@hanna0528]

Yes!!!!

[@nhuhuong4202]

I used to enjoy reading...

[@loonynightrider6120]

Hello. Great review. I do have a question.
Can you search up words on the dictionary without being connected to the wifi?

[@enzopied3015]

Yes you can

[@loonynightrider6120]

Bought one now. You definitely can.

[@FutounMImad]

@@loonynightrider6120 can you underline any favourite words or sentences while reading?

[@jamesbondaygee]

is it very responsive? I got a slow touch and i gotta waiti milliseconds for page to turn or scrolling down through a pdf.

[@bienlu]

Yeah... because it’s a pdf. Ereaders always have a hard time reading pdf files

[@devvarier]

Country of origin of Kobo Libra H20?
Any Chinese connexion it has?

[@kstephenson9465]

Why does that matter?

[@David-ou7kf]

It is a Canadian company, and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate rakuten

[@edstar83]

@@kstephenson9465 Because the Chinese communist party is becoming a treat to the world.

[@RamLaska]

Does it really (easily) stand up on its own, or are you guys using a stand?

[@arnie7975]

No, you have to buy a separate cover that has a foldable stand.

[@RamLaska]

@@arnie7975
Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the info! 😃

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

@@RamLaska - the official Kobo covers are a lot of money - around $50 - but on Ebay you can now get copies - that look exactly the same and come in a wider range of colours - for less than $10.

[@arm8636]

@@honeychurchgipsy6 you can.actually found official cover for *cheap*.on amazon for example,for 27€ or so

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

@@arm8636 - thanks - it's £32 on Amazon in UK - and I don't call that cheap!! A cheap cover is around a tenner - lol!!

[@KlausBioMadsen]

Wow, those fake flowers are beautiful.

[@sandk]

No they aren’t

[@limitless1692]

Like

[@Baxtexx]

No USB-C is dealbreaker imo

[@mrt6349]

Fook Amazon :)