Recomendations for iPod case

monster · 10-11-2013, 07:58 PM

Lifeproof proved not to be. Griffin Survivor is still survivin' but apparently "too chunky". Otter Boxes any good? Anything else?

limegreenc · 10-11-2013, 08:41 PM

My hubby purchased an Otter box for his Samsung cellphone. It lasted all of 2 1/2 months. It kept banging against everything, and then the clip sheared right off. He went on Ebay and ordered a different one. Too bad, it was expensive at $60.

glatt · 10-11-2013, 08:58 PM

Did he get a counterfeit otter box? They are very common and very sub par. Found online, including on Amazon. I got my otter box for iPhone at a Radio Shack store and it came in a nice package with a hologram seal. It's in great shape after a year of use.

limegreenc · 10-12-2013, 11:02 AM

No it was the real McCoy, with tags. He has always bought 'the best' of everything or so he thought. Perhaps the reason it broke off is that as a phone technician he spends much of his time on telephone poles or carrying ladders through farmers fields.

Big Sarge · 10-15-2013, 12:07 PM

I highly recommend the otter box

lumberjim · 10-15-2013, 12:49 PM

I highly recommend the ~~otter~~ panda box

glatt · 10-15-2013, 01:01 PM

Yeah, I got the Otterbox Commuter, and it's great. It's got a clear sticker to go over the screen, a silicone rubber huggie to go around the phone, leaving the camera, screen, and switches free, but covering buttons. A flap covers each jack. And surrounding the rubber huggie is a hard polycarbonite shell.

This sandwich of layers seems to give it good impact protection. I still am careful with it, so can't tell you that I use it for skeet shooting and it holds up fine. But it is great in everyday use, and the rubber flaps, which are manipulated daily, don't fray or tear.

Most amazing part is that it still fits in my dock when I remove the little dock cradle insert. So I can still play stuff on TV and through the stereo.

I suspect that if you are not paying close to $30 for it, you're getting a counterfeit like these customer images on Amazon.

monster · 10-18-2013, 07:52 PM

thanks

10-11-2013, 07:58 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Recomendations for iPod case Lifeproof proved not to be. Griffin Survivor is still survivin' but apparently "too chunky". Otter Boxes any good? Anything else? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-11-2013, 08:41 PM	#2
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	My hubby purchased an Otter box for his Samsung cellphone. It lasted all of 2 1/2 months. It kept banging against everything, and then the clip sheared right off. He went on Ebay and ordered a different one. Too bad, it was expensive at $60. __________________ “We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

10-12-2013, 11:02 AM	#4
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	No it was the real McCoy, with tags. He has always bought 'the best' of everything or so he thought. Perhaps the reason it broke off is that as a phone technician he spends much of his time on telephone poles or carrying ladders through farmers fields. __________________ “We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

10-15-2013, 12:07 PM	#5
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	I highly recommend the otter box __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

10-15-2013, 12:49 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I highly recommend the ~~otter~~ panda box __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-11-2013, 08:58 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Did he get a counterfeit otter box? They are very common and very sub par. Found online, including on Amazon. I got my otter box for iPhone at a Radio Shack store and it came in a nice package with a hologram seal. It's in great shape after a year of use.

10-15-2013, 01:01 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah, I got the Otterbox Commuter, and it's great. It's got a clear sticker to go over the screen, a silicone rubber huggie to go around the phone, leaving the camera, screen, and switches free, but covering buttons. A flap covers each jack. And surrounding the rubber huggie is a hard polycarbonite shell. This sandwich of layers seems to give it good impact protection. I still am careful with it, so can't tell you that I use it for skeet shooting and it holds up fine. But it is great in everyday use, and the rubber flaps, which are manipulated daily, don't fray or tear. Most amazing part is that it still fits in my dock when I remove the little dock cradle insert. So I can still play stuff on TV and through the stereo. I suspect that if you are not paying close to $30 for it, you're getting a counterfeit like these customer images on Amazon.

10-18-2013, 07:52 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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