Kindle Oasis – With 7” display and page turn buttons

I have been a fan of the Kindle line of products since they first came out in 2007, and in my opinion, the Oasis is THE best device out of all of them, hands down. The battery life is great, I charge mine about once a month and it has never run out. The design is easy to hold, and I greatly appreciate the physical buttons on the side to turn pages; these are a must-have. The screen quality is perfect, there is no glare, and you can read in a dark room or in the glaring sunlight and your reading experience won't be compromised. The feature I love the most is that it is waterproof, so I don't worry about dropping it at the pool or at the beach, where I do a good bit of reading. I don't have to worry about keeping it in my purse with a water container and worry if it leaks onto the kindle. It's just great. The new Kindles coming out with the color, sure, they look nice, but the design and feel of the Oasis is simply premium on all accounts. I will be crushed if anything happens to my Oasis, to the point where I may purchase a backup one at some point as insurance. It's that good.

I read many of the Reviews after I ordered my Oasis. It's just something I do. I read Reviews before I order, and while I am awaiting a product's arrival, I read more Reviews. Silly? Perhaps it is, but it's Harmless. Quite a few of the Reviews complained about the Battery Life, and so I was watchful of that. I have had my Oasis for over a week now, and still have 30% of the power left. I read for at least 4 hours a day. I know that it is touted to hold 6 weeks to a charge, and that it will have to be charged before that time. But I STILL just compare it to the battery life on my laptop and my cell phone, and find myself pleased with the battery life of my Oasis! It's just Not that difficult to plug it in for a few hours every week and a half or so! It is comfortable to hold...I have an Ayotu Skin Touch Feeling Case, which I bought here on Amazon when I bought my Kindle. With my Case, the Oasis is lightweight, and of good proportions; it fits my hands well. The lighting is excellent, and the e-ink is clear and easy to read. I already have a Kindle Paperwhite, but wanted the Oasis for the warmly lit option, which my older Paperwhite does not have. I find that the amber is very restful. I think that people are too often quick to complain about things, and too slow to praise them. My new Kindle Oasis is praiseworthy, and I LOVE it! I ordered it during the last 15 minutes of Prime Day, and so got an amazing bargain! But, even at its full price, it would be worth Every Single Cent it costs!!! UPDATE I finally charged my Oasis, though I still had 14% left on my battery. Then I Finally did some math. Ok. The Oasis is touted to last for 6 weeks of use...being used for 15 minutes of reading for a day. Since I read for at least four Hours a day, that makes my days worth 16 days each! 4 hours is 16 x 15 minutes! I think that people are thinking that they can read all they want for the 6 Weeks...perhaps they should read the description of the Oasis more carefully! I ended up getting an even Longer Battery Life than the Oasis Promised! I do wish people would quit denigrating a fine product, because their expectations don't match their Perceptions...instead of the Facts!

UPDATE...... As I've used my new Oasis I've found a few things that could be different......... As many reviewers have found, battery life is not up to the older Kindles, but.....since I'm dumping books in manually every few days this is not important to me since it's being recharged often. I've found an oddity with how books are displayed......Some are shown with author first, title second, some are title first, author second. I've found no reason for this, and it's just "different". Since I get books from Amazon and my public library and other sources I'm not sure what's going on with this. Again, I'd like to see the actual book cover, not an icon. I've found that when reading with one hand I occasionally hit SOMETHING on the touch screen and things can change....... Font can change, size of the page can be expanded, and the location in the book can disappear from the bottom of the display. Fortunately, the Oasis offers a screen lock function. My KOBO Libra offered the option of displaying the actual page number. This would be nice to have in the Oasis. The Oasis showing the percentage read is not very useful to me, and page numbers make it much easier to find something. As others have stated, the advertising of Amazon on the ad supported Kindle's is getting totally out of hand. MOST of the home screen is nothing but ads, with the library only showing a few books on the top of the home page. True, you see only your books on the library and list view, but give us a break on the excessive ads. Removing books from the Oasis is "snakey". I accidentally erased all my Amazon books off my Amazon account when I removed old books I wanted to keep, but didn't want cluttering up my new Oasis library. I'm going to have to figure this one out, since I don't want to store much on my Oasis but would like to have them secure on my account if I need them again. I know there's a way to securely store my books on the Amazon cloud, but I don't want to use that. When finishing a book a screen is displayed asking for a review. There's no way to opt out other then to go to the home page. Again, this is just aggravating, but not a major issue. Still like......... The quality of the Oasis is obvious and top of the line. It feels like and is a piece of quality equipment. Display of text is excellent. Non-smudging screen is great. Lighting is excellent, but will deplete the battery faster if set too high. To save the battery I turned mine down to the middle, but decided that I'd rather have an easy to read screen then a little less charge life. The bundled "fabric" Amazon cover works perfectly and so far seems to be standing up to a lot of handling. Speed of getting back to a book as absolutely great. Open the cover and swipe and I'm back. This is where Amazon has it all over the other readers like the KOBO, that seem to take forever to power up and get back to the book. So, I still give the Oasis 5 stars. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I still have a Kindle keyboard reader that's going strong after 11 years. Last year I decided it would eventually fail and I'd certainly gotten my money's worth from it, so I bought a new KOBO Libra. KOBO is the most popular e-reader in the rest of the world, Amazon is most sold in America and I thought I'd give it a try. That was a disappointment...... it takes forever to get back to the book I'm reading, since it shuts completely down after a set time, even if it's in sleep mode. This requires a lengthy start up, then you have to re-select the book you were reading and re-start that. It has has no way to magnify or expand pictures or maps., and most of those are so tiny they're unusable. The screen shows finger prints badly. I put that down to a bad buy so I just bought a new Kindle Oasis......It's just great and the high cost is worth it for a heavy reader like me.....I read books like most people eat peanuts, at least 3 to 4 hours a night. I bought the bundle of the Oasis, a wall plug, and a waterproof fabric cover. The plug I probably won't use, but the cover is excellent and you get it far cheaper then if you buy the cover separate. The plug is basically free with the bundle. The new Oasis is everything I'd want in an e-reader and offers everything I want in function. I just got it so I haven't fully road tested it yet but what I see so far, I really like. Battery life seems to be good, but since I dump books into e-readers every few days it's recharging often. The screen shows no finger prints and unlike the KOBO I'm not constantly having to use a cloth to clean it off. The page turn buttons work very well with just the right feel. Screen brightness can be set easily and the e-ink display is very readable. The only complaints are that the owner's manual is slightly different from my new Oasis. Directions don't match up with what I see on the new model and I wish Amazon had updated the manual to avoid confusion and having to hunt for features. Some features in the manual are not available on my new Oasis. Another issue is how the books are displayed on the library view. For some odd reason my library shows only icons of the book but NOT a picture of the book cover...... except for reasons I can't figure out, ONE book does show as a cover. I'm a visual person and I'd like to see book covers. I'll try to trouble shoot this issue. So, until I fully wring the new Oasis out, I'm giving it top ratings.