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I've been researching Kindles, etc and have spent a fair amount of time reading the customer ratings. Those ratings seem to indicate:

1. The newer devices are sometimes (often?) worse than the old devices. The newer Kindle Fire seem to have developed freezing problems among others. The negative reviews seem to consistently recommend "keep your old device, don't try to upgrade." Any comments?
2. The use of storage on the device seems to be an issue for some. On the Kindles, only the base memory can be used to store books. I guess this isn't an issue if you are planning to only keep a book or two on the device with the rest in the cloud. But I see that there can be a variety of sources for ebooks and I'd hate to try to keep track of where I got them all. Amazon's cloud only keeps the ones from the Kindle library, as I understand it.
3. I've looked at the devices. My wife has the big iPad Air (not the mini) and I've read several books on it. I really like the size of the screen and the way that it works - but not the price tag for a second one. When I look at the smaller screen Kindles, they don't seem as easy to read for me though I understand the value of a smaller, more portable device. I've looked at the Galaxy S2 Tab as a possible compromise. The screen size of the bigger ones and the customer reviews are pointing me in that direction. But the Galaxy, too, as a limited amount of core memory and the rest is expanded memory. I cannot find anyone who uses an S2 and has a lot of books to store and is willing to relate their experience with it.

To this latter point, I want the device to be able to store a pile of books that I can read without having to deal with wifi. We were in Chama, NM for a month and the wifi in the campground there was awful. A lot of the RV parks throttle downloads, even in the middle of the night. I have great access at home but on the road, wifi speed can be iffy at best.

I'm pleased to hear about the positive experiences of the folks on this thread. Thanks for sharing your situations.