Onyx BOOX
Note Air 5 C
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Any tips for Textbooks and Scientific Papers?
Honestly, this is probably not the device for image-heavy PDF files, in my opinion. You may be better served with a larger e-ink device. I have used some of the larger color e-ink devices from Onyx Boox for this purpose. They are not cheap, but provide a much nicer experience.
Aggressive-Abies-652 in r/xteinkereader
May 11, 2026 8:36 PM
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I decided I wanted a new eBook reader for reading .pdf files. I wanted it to be high-quality, with a fast refresh rate, a color display, the ability to use a stylus for note-taking and a large screen. After a long search I finally have mine it’s the Boox Note Air 5C. It works great with pdf files
Boox Note Air series just keeps getting better and better. By bar the best ereader I’ve ever used feature wise and overall build quality.
paperbackpiles in r/Onyx_Boox
May 6, 2026 3:02 PM
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Boox Go 7 new user: Tips and Tricks?
Install a dictionary. This is the single most useful thing to do. I'm not going to lookup, say, ukase, when reading from a regular book. Now I know what it means via a single click. They integrate perfectly into Neoreader. I installed Oxford and Merriam-Webster's using this threads instructions (fyi
...AdminsLoveGenocide in r/Onyx_Boox
May 8, 2026 7:15 PM
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I decided I wanted a new eBook reader for reading .pdf files. I wanted it to be high-quality, with a fast refresh rate, a color display, the ability to use a stylus for note-taking and a large screen. After a long search I finally have mine it’s the Boox Note Air 5C. It works great with pdf files
To be honest, the battery life of the Boox Note Air 5C is not great but I found that reading books in a dark room with the brightness set to 10 is fine and it saves a lot of battery. For reading in a well-lit room you can turn off the brightness completely, which saves even more battery.
Delicious_Maize9656 in r/Onyx_Boox
May 5, 2026 3:19 PM
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Replacement ereader+notebook for remarkable 2
Best notebook replacement: Supernote MantaBest if you need a backlight and EMR stylus is a must: Note Air 5CBest if you need a baklight, don't want the downsides of color and can live without EMR: Boox Go 10.3 Lumi
Specialist_Leopard1 in r/eink
April 24, 2026 12:52 PM
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Amazon dropping some Kimdle Support
I love my Onyx Boox, I can read kindle books and also any other book format
Fun-Satisfaction-284 in r/LibbyApp
April 9, 2026 9:05 AM
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Boox Air 5c or new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft?
More like and a bit better (IMHO) than the Scribe in writing. Although, I haven’t tried the latest one. Not sure what your “reading apps” are, but it’s the only e-ink device that realistically does anything more than just Kindle and epub formats for reading. For me, note taking was super important a
...aguyfromcalifornia in r/Onyx_Boox
March 8, 2026 9:35 PM
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Palma Pro 2 Screen Is Too Dim (Should I Buy ViWoods Instead?)
I went through this myself. I ponied up for a boox note air 5c (my first color eink tablet since a kindle 10 years ago). My use case was to use it as a portable screen for my keyboard. I have an iPad Pro so the comparisons were inevitable—and the boox screen was dim, grainy and slow. At the end of t
...writesandbikes in r/Onyx_Boox
April 29, 2026 11:30 PM
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First-time buyer, looking for ereader recs
I unfortunately don’t know what e-reader could be best for you but just to be aware, (almost) every e-reader that has been released nowadays has frontlight—which is different than backlight—which you can turn off by putting it to 0% if you don’t want that. E-ink displays are expensive. The boox note
...Ok-World-4822 in r/ereader
May 6, 2026 11:06 AM
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Ipad vs e-reader for reading and note-taking, after spending time using both devices I can safely say that the e-reader, BOOX Note Air 5C is better in almost every way. It feels more like paper, causes no eye fatigue, has far fewer distractions and offers much longer battery life
The boox XC does nit have a textured paper feel - just fyi. The Note air 5c has a better texture feel for sure. And I thought I needed or wanted the much larger screen of the XC but I'm starting to question it...I'm starting to think the Note Air 5C for my function is more practical and was just eno
...LostInMyADD in r/Onyx_Boox
May 8, 2026 4:58 PM
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