Since I got my DR800SG back in April, I've tried to be extremely careful after reading some posts about the screen breaking easily. Despite my best efforts, my DR800SG has taken a couple spills from ~2-3', both with and without the stock padded case. To date, it's been just fine. Phew!
Only I
really flubbed it last night. While reading in bed, I dropped the bare, uncovered DR800 as I dozed off. It tumbled to the floor next to my bed -- promptly waking me up -- about a 3' drop. Much to my now-wide-awake surprise, it landed on one of its ends and proceeded to bounce off the floor, thread its way through the spokes of the railing, sail through the air a good 9' down a flight of stairs before bouncing off one stair, descending the final 3' to the bottom of the staircase, and smacking into the hardwood floor as it clattered and skidded to a halt.
I thought for certain I was doomed and would have to find a new ereader, certain I would be disappointed since I don't know of another ereader that provides a similar footprint / screen size.
But lo and behold, the DR800SG is just fine! Works great, no damage at all of any kind. Maybe I got lucky. Maybe its more robust than I gave it credit for. Either way: woohoo! I may continue using my DR800.
