25% of 321 verified Kobo Clara Colourowners don't recommend it — based on real owner comments from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
For balance: 60% recommend it. This page collects the complaints so you know what you're signing up for — read the full owner report for both sides. How we score
“I just bought The Witcher omniubus, and it is basically unreadable on my Kobo Clara Colour. The font is far to small for comfortable reading. There is a zoom option, but that is not a good experience with eInk.”— davyyd on Reddit
“I choose colorless because I have a kobo Clara colour and it’s not has sharp as the b&w versions.”— mguilherme82 on Reddit
“Moved from Kobo Clara Colour to Kindle basic 2022, I hate the Kobo screen”— cigaro4929 on Reddit
“I regret buying my Kobo Clara Colour last week. It was corrupt so I returned it.”— Specialist_Pay7633 on Reddit
“I have a Kobo Clara Colour, and I hate it. In fact, I’m selling it so I can get a Kobo Clara BW.”— sam950104 on Reddit
“This comes from someone who adored the Kobo Clara Colour and then sold it.”— AntiTBR on Reddit
“Just got a Kobo Clara Colour and it only syncs the last 15 articles of my hundreds.”— reelbgpunk on Reddit
“Wow! I’m surprised - my Kobo Clara Colour lasts me maybe 3 days 😭”— DefensiveCode on Reddit
“whatever you do, don't get a kobo ereader with a color screen! The contrast on those devices is horrible. I was able to compare the kobo Clara colour to the kobo Clara BW in a store the other day, and when setting the brightness to 0% (which i always do for daytime reading) the difference was HUGE.”— ganiuri on Reddit
“I recently tried Kobo Clara Colour and it is pretty bad.”— slyfoxreddit on Reddit
“Its almost as painfull and slow as pw, with very slight improvement in tech.”— Black_Sarbath on Reddit
“My goddamned Kobo Clara Colour freezes so much, it's practically unusable. Go for a 2nd hand kindle.”— CozyBlueCacaoFire on Reddit
Not complaints — practical notes from owners that didn't affect the score.
“Mind you, this is for Kobo e-readers. Tablets use different screens and would still omit light even at the darkest setting. Mine is the Kobo Clara Colour.”— MishaIsPan on Reddit
“I tried using [Embed Comic Metadata](https://github.com/dickloraine/EmbedComicMetadata), and Kobo Clara Colour doesn't like the metadata so much.”— titanofold on Reddit
“I bought my Kobo Clara Colour some time ago. When I had to choose, one of the main different was the texture of the case. Clara was like grany and Libra was smooth... But as a active user, I feel the Libra more likely to get oily. Other main reason, Clara is lighter and I have to commute to School everyday.”— Saurobit on Reddit
“Kobo Clara Colour doesn't support the pencil to start with. You can use your fingers to highlight things and you take notes by using the virtual keyboard (like on your phone).”— Dangerous_Usual_6590 on Reddit
“when you set lightning near zero kobo clara colour is much more darker than libra 2 and it's the downside for me.”— leriello on Reddit
“Kobo Clara Colour came with latest firmware (4.39.22861), while the old devices still on 4.38.21908”— Sensitive_Engine469 on Reddit
“I did all the steps here on a brand new Kobo Clara Colour (2024), but the screensaver wasn't showing my .png **until I added a couple .epub books.** So it looks like you need to have at least one book in your "My Books" for this to work.”— JulietPapa861 on Reddit
“Kindle keyboard (3?), and Kobo Clara Colour, USB cable from my Linux laptop or via my internal shared Calibre library with the web browser. Either way not difficult on either system. Strangely, the ancient Kindle has a better browser compatibility than the Kobo.”— DarthKegRaider on Reddit