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Originally Posted by quicksilver
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Well, PB360 is very tough little reader, but, tough is a very relative word here.
You have to take into consideration that the screen - ANY e-ink screen, mind you! - is built on a glass substrate. So, you have 90x120mm large piece of very thin glass indide your reader.
I have got several cases for my reader. The sturdiest one is built from 5mm thick plywood. I have laminated plywood sheets from inside and the finished box from outside. The box is padded strips pieces of 3mm thick foam.
I have cut the pywood to size. Then I have laminated one size using thick glass fabric (500g/m^2) and good quality epoxy. Then I have pressed the result to get rid of excess epoxy. I have built the box with the short side opened (as it were a sleeve), in such a way that laminated side of plywood is facing inside. I have assembled the box and then laminated it from outside as well. I think that it can withstand anything that can happen to reader in a backpack.
I have also purchased waterproof bag for maps - see last link. I have bought several of them, there were for sale for very low price. The bag is wateroof, but I wouldn't want to submerge the reader in this bag. It is more a protection against drops of water on beach, or dirty hands, or sand, or perhaps a light drizzle outside.
I have another case - a metal box I have bought in hardware store. There were some thread tapping tools inside.
See following threads for pictures:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&highlight=box
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13056
Originaly I have used those cases with my Sony PRS-500 reader, now I use them with PB360.