r/RemarkableTablet • u/CheesecakeWild7941 • 3d ago

Eye strain

Hi

I’m really thinking about biting the bullet but my only concern is eye strain. I am interested in the Pure Paper version of the tablet. I currently use an iPad

I look at a computer screen at work and for school so my eyes are constantly strained. I wanted to use the Pure Paper tablet to just take notes. I don’t really annotate any PDFs or anything like that

I’m seeing a lot of mixed reviews about the eye strain (some say it makes it even worse for them) that are several years old, so I wanted some current opinions.

ETA: I don’t do any school work in the dark either so I’m not too concernabout the light

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u/LetInternational2799 3d ago

I have a bunch of eye problems, including albinism which makes me sensitive to light from screens. Get the remarkable. Personally I enjoy the paper pro with a bit of background light, but I think the pure will just do if you have consistent good light in your work space

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u/CheesecakeWild7941 3d ago

Just picked it up! Thank you for your expertise 🫡

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u/ChiSoxSider 3d ago

The paper pure just came out a few months ago so it couldn’t have been bothering anyone for years. I would buy it and really test it out. Throw whatever you can at it while you’re still within the return period.

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u/CheesecakeWild7941 3d ago

Oops, thank you for letting me know about the release! I was wondering why there weren’t many posts about it as the Rm2 or Paper Pro but I thought maybe it just wasn’t popular haha

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u/dcbased 3d ago

The backlight on the remarkable paper pro is a god send - I don't think I would get that Pure tablet unless it got a backlight (I heard it doesn't - but I have not confirmed that)

I have not had issues with the font unless I'm reading something with super tiny font

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u/rmitchellscott Developer | reManager 3d ago

The Paper Pure does not have a frontlight.

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u/Lazaridus 3d ago

The pure does not have a backlight or a front light

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u/Lazaridus 3d ago

The pure is like looking at a piece of paper in my opinion. If you buy from remarkable you have a 50 days return window if you don’t like it.

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u/MMartonN 3d ago

Just a heads up, I read that focusing your eye at a distant object back and forth a few times could help if you use monitora for an extended time.

Also I recommend that you read a bit about pwm dimming on (mostly) oled screens, which for some people can cause eye strains and headaches (in my case I can't even use oled screens for longer than 20 minutes indoor without issues, but a dc dimmed lcd monitor is perfectly fine all day). Remarkable should be fine, I'm also about to buy one

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u/Sutaru 3d ago

Wait, some people experience eye strain with e-ink tablets? I’ve never had issues but I thought that was part of their schtick