A pair days in the past I posted in regards to the Kobo Libra 2 being out there once more from Kobo, albeit refurbished, they usually even have another refurbished fashions in inventory, together with the first gen Kobo Elipsa, and the value is rather a lot decrease than ordinary, and it’s rather a lot decrease than different 10″ eNotes.
Proper now you will get a refurbished Kobo Elipsa for simply $219 from Kobo’s web site. That’s the identical value they’re promoting the smaller Kobo Sage for (refurbished) so it doesn’t actually make sense.
Nonetheless, there’s one large potential gotcha about their itemizing. It says the duvet and stylus are bought individually, and when you elect to purchase each from Kobo it’ll set you again a further $120, which is completely insane. First off, their official cowl is manner too large and hulking, and second, you should purchase a suitable stylus for lower than half the value that Kobo sells them for.
With the ability to get a ten″ eNote for $219 is a reasonably whole lot. It doesn’t have a 300ppi display screen like a number of the newer fashions, but it surely has the very same 227ppi display screen because the Kobo Elispa 2E that Kobo is promoting for $399 new.
There are only a few variations between this mannequin and the newer Elipsa 2E that changed it in 2023. They added a heat frontlight and adjusted just a few minor particulars, none of that are value paying wherever near $180 further to get.
Kobo exhibits the Elipsa as being $180 off, which is a bit disingenuous for 2 causes. First, they present the listing value as $399, they usually haven’t bought if for that top in over a 12 months, and after they did promote it for that value it included a canopy and a stylus. Because the 2E got here out they’ve been promoting the unique bundle for $349.
After you subtract the $120 for the stylus and the duvet, the value isn’t pretty much as good as it might appear, however contemplating you will get a suitable stylus for $30 the value continues to be fairly good at about $250 plus tax. Amazon additionally has Kindle Scribe refurbs on sale for $233 proper now, and they’re a greater deal contemplating a stylus is included they usually have a heat frontlight and a 300ppi display screen, however $220 is by far the bottom that Kobo has bought their eNotes for since being launched.
See my Kobo Elipsa overview to study extra in regards to the system.
