Elipsa 2E | eReader | 10.3” Glare-Free Touchscreen with ComfortLight PRO | Includes Kobo Stylus 2 | Adjustable Brightness | Wi-Fi | Carta E Ink Technology | 32GB of Storage

I purchased this Elipsa 2e primarily for reading, not note taking, and find it an excellent device for that purpose. I like the 10.3” screen size which allows for larger text sizes. And there is plenty of room for using Gestures and QuickMenus while using KOReader. And it arrived very quickly which I appreciated.

I am very happy with this Kobo reader. I've owned kindles over the years, but the screens were too small and it was annoying to get books from outside the amazon ecosystem installed. The Kobo has its own ecosystem/web store, which seems fine. I am more interested in reading public domain and other non-copy protected books. For that, I find that the built in web browser is great; you just point it at the Epub site you are using, and download directly. For academic papers (JSTOR), this would be an OUTSTANDING reader, since it handles PDFs very nicely. The 10 inch screen is a must for PDFs. The pen and note taking abilities are a great bonus as well. I find that the pen keeps up amazingly well with rapid handwriting; no irritating lag at all. Very well executed firmware and UI, in my opinion.

This is my first e-reader, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. When I got the box, I was impressed by its slim design and great packaging. When I read the dimensions on the site, I questioned that this may be a bit large for what I want, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the size is perfect. It’s large enough that I can either 1) fit an awful lot of text on the page or 2) make the letters really big. The text is crisp and easy to read, even when the lighting isn’t perfect. The backlight is easily adjustable so that I can keep it dark when the lights are out. The stylus has a good feel to it, but I had to disable the setting where a simple touch would turn the page in order to use the stylus effectively. It would change the page before the stylus could begin writing. That’s a simple fix, and I was glad to do it. The screen, as a side note, has a lovely paper like feeling to it. It feels like a high quality paper that you would get in a hard back. It is a bit heavy for what it is. Think of it as the same as hardback book. This doesn’t detract from the experience. The menus are easy to navigate and it has plenty of features if you want more than just a basic e-reader. The note taking is smooth and easy, and it’s lovely that it can sync with several different online services for backup and transfer. The reading app itself is easy to use and syncs flawlessly with my phone, so I can read on the go whenever I want to. It never loses my place. I’ve been reading with it for over a week now and haven’t had to recharge it, and it charged fast the first time. Those are the pros. There’s really only the one con, but it’s a biggy. The Kobo app’s search feature is terrible. A friend of mine is an author with works on Kobo. His Author name is “Eric Dakota”, and when I went to search for him, I got one of his books on the first page, the rest was each and every book with Dakota or Eric anywhere in the description, title, or author name. It taps out at 39 pages, and it only had one of his books listed. However, all of his books are on Kobo. On the e-reader, there is no way to force it to limit its searches to Author, Series, or Title. On the phone app, it has them, but it doesn’t work very well. I was at least able to find all of Eric’s books that way with a little poking around. While I don’t regret my purchase, it’s nuts that they want me to buy all of my books from them, then make them hard to find. In addition, their prices are much higher than they ought to be. Be prepared to shell out a lot of money for the books. I do want to point out that more of the money gets to the author, which is why I’ll swallow the pill and pay it, but that’s something that you need to be aware of when you buy the reader. This is a great way of supporting the author, but if budget is an issue, you’ll need to buy your books on a different site and transfer them over. This all breaks down to this: the ereader is awesome. It does what you want it to do. My complaints all center on the software and should be fixable with an update. I’ll update this when they do.

I've been using the Kobo Elipsa 2E for about three months, and it’s very good. The 10.3-inch screen is a nice upgrade from my previous 7-inch reader, especially for PDFs—no more struggling with navigation as the whole page fits well. It’s great for bedtime reading, with a comfortable light and very good screen quality. That said, the" Elipsa 2E Black Sleepcover" is quite expensive at around $70 in the US (but I've got one, and still recommend it, because of good quality) . While the cover is good, I feel it should be bundled with the eReader at a reduced price. Another drawback is with the Notebook software; when using the stylus, it gets confused by input from the bottom of the palm (near the wrist) while writing. It would be great to have an option to disable touch input for that part of the hand and accept stylus-only input, but I couldn’t find this setting.

Excelente producto y muy bien empacado

Erg blij met de aankoop. Fijn dat de Kobo Plus boeken te lezen zijn. En fijn dat ik vanuit Google Drive (en Dropbox) epubs kan lezen.

Grande page (superficie). Zoom In, Zoom out. Caractète comme liire sur papier. Lumière aussi.

Great Kobo! The larger screen is perfect. Love the fact it comes with a pen and extra stylise.

Excelente eReader. La pantalla es grande, nítida y muy cómoda para leer y tomar notas. El Stylus funciona perfectamente y hace que la experiencia sea muy natural. La batería dura mucho y el brillo ajustable es ideal para cualquier ambiente. Sin duda, una compra totalmente recomendable.