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Used for: Less than a month
Arrived and went straight on, and the reader has not been out of it since. Fit is exact, the cover shuts flush, and it has already saved the screen from a dropped mug
Used for: 1–3 months
Looks dearer than it is
The pen loop is elastic, not a proper holder
Neat, light and the navy looks smarter than the price suggests!
Used for: 6–12 months
Marks easily and the lining sheds onto the screen
Everything about this case has been right, so the only useful thing I can add is the list of small things I would change. The fabric on the outside holds onto dust and shows every mark, and a damp cloth leaves it darker where you wiped. The inner lining is lovely but sheds a little onto the screen, so the first few weeks involved a lot of wiping before writing. And the fold, while stable, needs a firm press to set, which is awkward standing on a train. None of it is serious. Ten months in the case is doing its job and the reader is unmarked, which is the whole point of the exercise.
Used for: More than a year
Light enough not to spoil the device
The cover corner has started to curl
Light enough that it does not undo the reason for buying a thin reader, which was my worry after a heavier case on the previous device. The cover is stiff card under fabric rather than moulded plastic, so it stays flat rather than curling. Two years in it has curled very slightly at the corner, which is fair enough. The reader has never been damaged in a bag with it on.
Used for: More than a year
Magnets are as strong as when it arrived
The top edge has faded where it rubs
Through two winters in a rucksack and the reader inside has not picked up a scratch. The fabric has gone slightly pale along the top edge where it rubs, but the magnets hold as well as they did. A year on, still the case I would choose.
Used for: 1–3 months
The folded wedge sets a poor angle for writing
The case is fine. The problem is what it does to the writing angle. Folded into its wedge, the reader sits at about the angle you would want for typing rather than writing, so your hand is at a slight tilt all the time and the heel of it rests on the cover rather than the screen. After an hour of notes I can feel it in my wrist. Flat on a desk it is perfect.
Used for: 6–12 months
The elastic pen loop has stretched and lets go
Five stars for a case that has done everything asked of it, and one warning about the pen. The loop on the side is elastic, and elastic stretches. Mine now holds the stylus loosely enough that it has fallen out twice inside a bag, and both times I only noticed because the pen was rattling around the bottom. A magnetic channel like the bigger model has would have solved it. Everything else, the fit, the flap, the wake and sleep, is exactly right.
Used for: 6–12 months
Two things worth knowing that the listing does not tell you. The cover folds back into a wedge that props the reader at a writing angle, and the wedge is stable enough on a train table that I do not hold it. Second, the blue is a deep navy rather than the bright blue in the photograph, which I prefer but you may not. Otherwise it is a plain, well-fitted case that does not get in the way.
Used for: 6–12 months
Light, smart and it wakes the screen properly
Bought this and the bigger version for two people in the house, and this is the better of the pair. The reason is weight. The Air is a thin device and this case respects that: a fabric cover, a light tray, and nothing that turns it into a book. It shuts flush, wakes the screen when you open it, and props at a decent angle for reading in bed. The blue is a proper navy, which is a relief after the plastic-looking blues you usually get at this price. Nine months of use and no fraying at the fold or the corners. Four rather than five only because a pen holder should not be an elastic loop.
Used for: 6–12 months
Accurate cutouts and a fair price
Nothing holds the cover shut
Sensible case at a sensible price, and the fit round the buttons and the charging port is accurate enough that nothing needs forcing. My one gripe is the cover, which does not stay shut on its own. There is no magnet along the outer edge, so it opens in a bag and the screen ends up against whatever is in there.