Review: Quality Product, But My Nimble Kindle is Now Chubby
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2012
As far as quality, fit and finish, this is a great product. It installs easy. Basically, it's a single piece of silicone that stretches around your Kindle 4. It fits perfectly and looks great. The buttons all operate the same although I've had a few mis-clicks with the 5-way button because of the thickness of the case. There is no doubt that it will protect my Kindle against bumps.Still, I'm a bit disappointed that it is as thick and heavy as it is. Mind you this is a case for the Kindle 4 and this may not be as much of a factor for heavier Kindle models. The Kindle 4 itself is 5.98 ounces and this case is 3.5 ounces adding more than 58% to the overall weight.Also, the thickness of the Kindle 4 is .34" and the thickness of the case is about .5" (Marware specification says .5" but mine is somewhat thinner). Again not a lot, but relatively speaking, quite a bit.While the heavier Kindles may well benefit from the great protection of this case, the Kindle 4 does not really require a case of this bulk. Given the lightness of the Kindle 4, it just seems like overkill to me. I wish it were about half as thick and heavy as it is.I'll admit this is very subjective and you may very be delighted with this high quality case. But my nimble Kindle is now, well, chubby.That said, of course, I'm going to keep it and use it because there really isn't a better alternative that I know of and maybe it'll grow on me after using it a while.