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Hardy_H · 02-08-2015, 07:02 AM

Hi, I'm new here.

So I finally found the (for me) perfect Kindle Voyage case, the Poetic GraphGrip. I wanted something similar to the Marware Sport Grip I had on my Kindle Keyboard, something without a flipable cover, mainly improving the grip. It was a somewhat frustrating search as this one isn't listed in the German branch of Amazon (.de). Only when I absolutely couldn't find anything to my liking there I noticed that the American .com had a much wider variety of Kindle cases. I ended up ordering this one directly from Poetic.

I use my Kindle mostly at home and this rubber case offers plenty of protection for the occasional slip-out-of-hand or fall-out-of-bed. So I don't need a cover to protect it from car keys or anything it could share a bag or pocket with, or from high altitude plunges onto sharp rocks. Though at the moment I'm still using it in combination with a screen protector. I had a matte anti glare screen protector first, but it significantly reduced the sharpness of the display. Kind of counter productive if you buy the Voyage for its high-res e-ink display. So now I have crystal clear screen protector on it, which turns the surface reflective like a smooth screen of glass. I can live with that for now, though I am considering getting rid of the protector. Just how scratch resistant is that hardened glass screen? I kind of don't want to find out by successfully scratching it...

Back to the case. It definitely improves the grip, makes it much easier and safer to hold and page your Kindle with one hand. Other than it looks on the pics at the manufacturer's website, it does have a cutout of the USB port. Not for the charge status LED though, if you need to see that. Without the case I sometimes accidentally also triggered the on-screen paging areas when I was just thumbing the page press sensors on the rim. Now with the Graph Grip I can trigger these page press sensors by just increasing pressure on the rubber rim, my thumb is not actually touching the screen. (This works better when you set the sensors to high sensitivity.)

So if you, like me, are not looking for a stylish accessoire but for a case that makes one handed reading much more comfortable, and if you don't want a cover dangling at the back of your Kindle, this might be the one for you.

I guess it's OK to post this link? And no, I don't work for Poetic.

Greetings,
Hardy

http://www.poeticcases.com/graphgrip-21

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Hardy_H Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: Kindle Voyage	Hi, I'm new here. So I finally found the (for me) perfect Kindle Voyage case, the Poetic GraphGrip. I wanted something similar to the Marware Sport Grip I had on my Kindle Keyboard, something without a flipable cover, mainly improving the grip. It was a somewhat frustrating search as this one isn't listed in the German branch of Amazon (.de). Only when I absolutely couldn't find anything to my liking there I noticed that the American .com had a much wider variety of Kindle cases. I ended up ordering this one directly from Poetic. I use my Kindle mostly at home and this rubber case offers plenty of protection for the occasional slip-out-of-hand or fall-out-of-bed. So I don't need a cover to protect it from car keys or anything it could share a bag or pocket with, or from high altitude plunges onto sharp rocks. Though at the moment I'm still using it in combination with a screen protector. I had a matte anti glare screen protector first, but it significantly reduced the sharpness of the display. Kind of counter productive if you buy the Voyage for its high-res e-ink display. So now I have crystal clear screen protector on it, which turns the surface reflective like a smooth screen of glass. I can live with that for now, though I am considering getting rid of the protector. Just how scratch resistant is that hardened glass screen? I kind of don't want to find out by successfully scratching it... Back to the case. It definitely improves the grip, makes it much easier and safer to hold and page your Kindle with one hand. Other than it looks on the pics at the manufacturer's website, it does have a cutout of the USB port. Not for the charge status LED though, if you need to see that. Without the case I sometimes accidentally also triggered the on-screen paging areas when I was just thumbing the page press sensors on the rim. Now with the Graph Grip I can trigger these page press sensors by just increasing pressure on the rubber rim, my thumb is not actually touching the screen. (This works better when you set the sensors to high sensitivity.) So if you, like me, are not looking for a stylish accessoire but for a case that makes one handed reading much more comfortable, and if you don't want a cover dangling at the back of your Kindle, this might be the one for you. I guess it's OK to post this link? And no, I don't work for Poetic. Greetings, Hardy http://www.poeticcases.com/graphgrip-21 Overly large image deleted by moderator Last edited by Hardy_H; 02-08-2015 at 09:17 AM. Reason: replaced overly large image with smaller attachment