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I ordered a Noreve cover for my Aura One. It fits well, but the magnets don't catch to hold it closed. I used another magnet and a piece of ferrous metal, to analyze the cover and reader, locate any magnets or metal in there. Under the leather, the cover has a metal border around the edges of the reader. Meanwhile in the front cover there is one smallish magnet, halfway up and about a cm in from the outside edge. When you close the cover, this magnet is not close enough to the metal edge to catch it and hold it closed.
In the reader itself there is something placed where the magnet in the cover might stick to it. But it doesn't, it's not strong enough.
Noreve offered a choice between covers with a tab clasp, and plain ones. I got the plain one but if I knew then what I know now I'd get the latching one. Because when I stop reading and fold this one closed, and set the reader down on the table, the cover springs slightly open. It slowly relaxes over the next few hours, until it closes all the way. Maybe over time it will soften and stay closed more quickly.
If the reader's sleep function is triggered by magnets, I can't figure out how. I have the sleep function turned on in the system settings, but there is no spot on the reader where a magnet will trigger it. Perhaps it requires multiple magnets? In any case, the Noreve cover certainly doesn't trigger it.
This cover is nicer than a cheap plastic cover, and it does fit perfectly. And the stitching and edges are nicely finished. But it doesn't close very well and the leather feels like a thin layer over some kind of padding, like it won't wear well. For the price Noreve gets, it ought to be better than it is.
It's too much of a nuisance to deal with Noreve's return processes and ship it back to France, and I need a cover, so I'll keep it. But I will be keeping an eye out for my next cover.
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