Thread: What case is the best for a Sony Reader?
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Old 11-19-2009, 01:51 PM   #27
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Device: Sony PRS-500 (RIP); PRS-600 (Good Riddance); PRS-505; PRS-650; PRS-350
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Originally Posted by terekkincaid View Post
I would trust it for a waist-high drop, yes (I'm 5' 9", though, YMMV if you're an NBA player). It's very tough, but also soft enough to absorb some of the shock. That's closed, however - if it's open, of course everything is going to flop around. It should also do well in checked luggage, though honestly, I have no idea why you would check your reader: reading on long flights is one of the main reasons I got it!! Also, I'd be more worried about it being stolen than broken - you really should carry on stuff like that anyway.
I dropped my naked PRS-500 from about waist high (sitting and reading) onto a tile floor. Totally coverless, raw, unprotected Reader! Dented the corner... and I can now verify that under that sexy black paint is shiny silver aluminum! No loss of function whatsoever, and this was two years ago.

I think I got lucky in that it fell corner-wise, and the metal crushing absorbed most of the impact. But I was still pretty darn impressed.

I'm on sites all the time that bitch and complain about Sony in general (just say "rootkit" and all bets are off). But boy do they make some kick-ass products! (My PS3 is another example of absolutely sublime engineering.)

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