I’ve been using a Bigme B251 [0] (likely the exact same panel) for about 9 months now. I recommend Amazon simply due to return policy; these can come with bad panels. They don’t notably fail early if the panel is fine when you get it.
Refresh is slow, colors are low saturation, and there is ghosting.
It’s also an absolute JOY to use for anything text related once you get past those differences.
For those on MacOS stillcolor [1] is an absolute MUST.
Curious, do you write code on it? I've heard the ghosting makes them nearly unusable for coding, but the concept of coding in e-ink is just so enticing to me!
I have a Dasung monitor (black & white, not colour) and its reasonably good for coding. You need to use light themes on eink devices (I use the default Emacs theme), as using a dark theme does lead to unusable bad ghosting.
Mine is a few years old and newer panels are better, so I would expect this to be pretty good.
I do! I mostly use JetBrains stuff and Sublime Text. The ghosting is a non-issue for me.
I do keep a color calibrated panel running next to it in case I need a video going or something (conference, etc.). But the ghosting is a non-issue for coding once you figure out the settings and limits that work for you.
Of note I spent a chunk of my career working with and programming on a Harris H100 via terminal, and slowing down is a nice little throwback to me.
Refresh is slow, colors are low saturation, and there is ghosting.
It’s also an absolute JOY to use for anything text related once you get past those differences.
For those on MacOS stillcolor [1] is an absolute MUST.
I’m open to any questions!
0: https://www.amazon.com/-/he/B251PC/dp/B0CYYWZ9M9
1: https://github.com/aiaf/Stillcolor