About twenty years back, I dipped my toes into eBooks, mostly out of curiosity. Reading on my old Handspring Visor, and later my iPhone, felt downright futuristic at the time. But as my eyes got a little older and middle age set in, I found myself leaning on eBooks more and more. The ability to bump up the font size and dim or brighten the screen just right? A lifesaver.

At first, I stuck with my phone and tablet, but after a while, I realized that staring into a screen blasting light into my eyeballs wasn’t the coziest way to enjoy a long read. That’s when I picked up a used Kindle with e-ink, and let me tell you, I never looked back. A few years later, I upgraded to a Kindle Paperwhite, which has been my trusty sidekick ever since.

Now, I do like to tinker, so I tried other gadgets too. I gave the Moaan InkPalm Plus a shot because it was small enough to tuck in a pocket and cheap compared to the pricey BOOX Palma. But the slow refresh rate and the fact I couldn’t highlight passages meant it gathered more dust than it deserved. Most recently, I picked up the Kobo Clara Colour. I’m not thrilled that I only own the license to read my eBooks and not the book itself, but once Amazon locked down their platform so I can no longer download my eBooks and transfer them to whatever device I chose, I soured on them, so the Clara Colour seems the way to go. It’s smaller than my Paperwhite, which is nice, and I appreciate that Kobo lets me upload different file types. Still, the recessed screen and smaller book catalog have kept it from overtaking my Paperwhite.

So here’s where I stand: Paperwhite on top, Kobo Clara a close second, InkPalm just hanging around for quick toss-in-the-bag moments. If Apple ever decides to make an e-ink reader, I’d be first in line, though I bet it’d cost a small fortune. Maybe I should get a BOOX Palma after all?

What about you? What’s your go-to eBook device, and what makes it your favorite?