Otterbox Defender

I never had any Otterbox cases for any of my gadgets, and they do make for all varieties of devices. But whenever I hear about the Otterbox, I always thought; Bulky, Heavy, Impractical, and Expensive. If you care about your device, or just a worry wort, then you should invest in the Otterbox. But I don’t know why anyone would want to get one for their Smartphone devices such as for BlackBerry or iPhone 4. It makes the device bulky and heavy, I don’t see the practicality for it.

I got one for the iPad, and that’s because I have kids playing with it and I worry they might drop my iPad and pieces would be flying like Lego’s. So what do I think of it on the iPad, well, nothing changed, it made the iPad Bulky, Heavy, hard to just hold with one hand before your hand gets tired. Bulky enough that my sling bag would have to be retired. Impractical because it’s actually two pieces and it’s a hassle when ever I want to assemble it back to take it with me after I prop it on the stand. It takes two hands to open, if you have the covering the screen. Lastly, placing my Stylus is very important as I could do that with the Apple Case, but the Otterbox has no place for my Stylus.

Not that I was disappointed with it when it comes to being practical, I mean, not all is lost with it. I still use it whenever the kids likes to play with it, but it’s not easy to put the iPad in and out of the Otterbox. Granted that it’s safe once it’s in, but it’s by no mean it’s to be swapped in a hurry. It got three different pieces before you can place the iPad inside it. One is the rubber surrounding the plastic case, second is the rear part that detaches from the main body so you can slip in the iPad in it. Third is the little piece of plastic for docking the iPad. But once it’s in, I feel safe with the hands of kids.

The things I like about; is the door that comes off from the back of the case so I can dock it. The bad thing about the door, it’s not so easy to come off. It takes two hands and amount of strength. I like the built quality, it’s solid, got rubber grip surrounding it and the back area. It also has a window covered with plastic glass to show off the Apple Logo on the back of it. If you accidentally drop it and it hits the bumper, it would just tumble like a square basketball. If you decide to surf the Internet with it on a table and have it prop up with the stand, that’s the only that thing is good about the Otterbox. When it’s on the stand, it’s actually solid. So when you tap the keyboard screen, it would be stable, not wobbly and fall off. It also helped my neck muscle since the angle is greater than with the Apple Case. But now I use the stand with the Apple case whenever I’m not using the Otterbox.

If the Otterbox waterproofed the iPad, it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to keep it, but in this case, it’s just not worth using it on a daily basis. You get tired of holding your iPad, and it looks like a monster iPad and some people thought it was a Netbook from Apple; YIKES!!!!