# Modos Flow

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Modos Flow and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend the Modos Flow as a polished, clean e-ink monitor for reading and focused work. Main caveat: it is expensive, at about 600 dollars.

## Why people recommend it

- Clean, polished e-ink design (2 comments): "The UI/UX seems already very polished for the alpha version according to some reviews" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48320871)) "See the modos for what a clean sheet eink design would look like." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49249611))
- Strong e-ink display engineering (2 comments): "This guy is the king of driving e-ink displays" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49429935)) "This is such an impressive project" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48495355))
- Buyers want to purchase it (2 comments): "I really want to buy it so I searched for the same questions bit in the end I just decided to go for it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602672)) "If I had the 600-odd dollars, I'd absolutely buy this. It's a damn shame it's so expensive." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585940))

## What people warn about

- Price around 600 dollars is high (1 comments): "If I had the 600-odd dollars, I'd absolutely buy this. It's a damn shame it's so expensive." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585940))
- Still in alpha version (1 comments): "The UI/UX seems already very polished for the alpha version according to some reviews" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48320871))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Modos Color Monitor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/modos-color-monitor.md): 7 recommend
- [Dasung e-ink monitor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dasung-e-ink-monitor.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Modos+Flow&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Modos Flow", https://hackerapproved.com/p/modos-flow/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).