Daylight Computer
Shares rank 19 of 29 e-readers by recommenders
Owners use it as a primary mobile device for its days of battery life and e-paper screen. Critics find the black-and-white screen limiting and dislike how it was marketed.
Owners use it as a primary mobile device for its days of battery life and e-paper screen. Critics find the black-and-white screen limiting and dislike how it was marketed.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 69%
Recommended in 10 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 1 year
Median of the 6 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 10 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Used as primary mobile device
“It's been my primary mobile device (instead of a smartphone) for all of 2025. I cannot recommend it enough.”
Comment from 14 Dec 2025 in “Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux” “I have probably used it more than any other devices I own since it arrived a year ago”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “Take Better Notes, by Hand” “It is my primary mobile device, and I am writing this very comment from it.”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Hacking on the ReMarkable 2” - Comment from 24 May 2026 in “Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers”
Strongly recommended by owners
“Between this, the Daylight computer (I know it's RLCD), and some of the flagship Boox devices, I'm very excited”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further” “It's been my primary mobile device (instead of a smartphone) for all of 2025. I cannot recommend it enough.”
Comment from 14 Dec 2025 in “Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux” Good for bright outdoor use
“the perfect tablet for blue skies and no shade”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Notes on Apple's Nano Texture” “an excellent outdoor/travel e-reader already”
Comment from 25 Jul 2026 in “Boox Go 10.3 (gen II) Lumi: First impressions”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Monochrome screen limits use
“My tablet is a much more constrained experience, and the screen is monochrome”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “Writerdeck.org” “it just feels like a silly Android tablet with a black and white screen that I don't really have a use for”
Comment from 8 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: What's a Purchase You Regret?”
Other e-readers people recommend
The four most recommended other e-readers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Kindle | 222 | 255 | 47% | 12 | 12 yrs37 owners | — |
| Xteink X4 | 178 | 47 | 79% | 10 | 2 mo31 owners | Approved |
| Kobo e-reader | 154 | 53 | 74% | 12 | 7 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| reMarkable 2 | 93 | 45 | 67% | 12 | 5 yrs13 owners | Approved |
| Daylight ComputerThis page | 9 | 4 | 69% | 10 | 1 yr6 owners | — |
What people said
19 of the 24 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the tech isn't good enough to generalize or be cheap”
“Which as a device I recommend, but unfortunately the company backs anti-vax efforts”
“an excellent outdoor/travel e-reader already”
“Between this, the Daylight computer (I know it's RLCD), and some of the flagship Boox devices, I'm very excited”
“doesn't remember the last opened books when the date isn't correct”
“It's been my primary mobile device over a year now”
“they conspicuously omit the thickness from the FAQ”
“I have probably used it more than any other devices I own since it arrived a year ago”
“Easily worth the money for me. Days of battery life, buttery smooth animations, reflective e-paper display”
“where attaching a keyboard and most mostly gets me what I want”
“This is great because it runs Android so it doubles as my book reader too”
“dark themes always look terrible on it”
“the perfect tablet for blue skies and no shade”
“my modern equivalent(I needed last year for surfing”
“It's been my primary mobile device (instead of a smartphone) for all of 2025. I cannot recommend it enough.”
“I really hated how they marketed that tablet.”
“It is my primary mobile device, and I am writing this very comment from it.”
“My tablet is a much more constrained experience, and the screen is monochrome”
“it just feels like a silly Android tablet with a black and white screen that I don't really have a use for”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.