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Originally Posted by judith009
SWEEET! I love this forum.
So far I guess this is my favorite: http://www.sfbags.com/products/kindl...ase-kindle.php. Thanks Holly for pointing me to the sfbags site. Also, thanks for pointing out that the faux leather cases might not be very rigid. You don't sound very certain of yourself, though - are you sure they're flexible? I guess I've always had my doubts about that - I'm guessing that it has the same flexibility as the Amazon cover. |
Well, I don't have an Octovo slip case, so I can't be positive, no, but if you put two pieces of thin leather -or thin faux leather - together, they certainly bend and flex quite easily, don't they? Now if they were using boiled leather to make the cases, like they used to use to make armor out of, they wouldn't be quite as flexible and certainly would have more resistance to impact.
But the description is that the leather is "soft and light."
I think you are going to have to buy one of each - including the Oberon cover which is made of good, thick leather - and put them through flex and impact testing and let us know what the results are.
(j/k) I think mostly we all just need to be aware that the Kindle is a somewhat fragile piece of electronic equipment and we need to handle it accordingly, know that it is not going to be able to withstand being dropped from 10 feet or being bent in half, no matter what sort of cover we have it in.
Glad you like the Waterfield bags, Judith. I hope you let us know what cover you actually get and whether or not it is sturdier, or at least meets your needs better, than the Amazon cover you currently have.
Holly