Review: Ok option if you are not willing to pay the money to get an OtterBox
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
Look, it is this simple: you get an Otterbox or you economize and get a lesser but cheaper alternative. This cover is not . . . well, again, OtterBox makes all other alternatives look bad. There are some Youtube videos of kids throwing smart phones encased in Otterbox into the air to show how tough it is to hurt a cell phone encased in an Otterbox. I got this Belkin in the hopes that it would be an adequate cover for a Kindle Fire HDX I want to give as a gift. My reaction to it? I've decided to buy an Otterbox instead of trying to use this.The Belkin really has only one advantage over the Otterbox and that is cost: it is roughly half the cost. I feel so strongly about the protection that an OtterBox provides that don't I wouldn't even consider a Kindle Fire HDX even minimally protected by this Belkin case. I have a Kindle Fire 8.9 inch and I've dropped it a few time from heights up to the height of my waist. I have so much confidence in the OtterBox that I've never worried even a second about possible damage. The OtterBox protects. I would not have any confidence at all in a Kindle Fire surviving an accidental drop when protected by thisSo yes, I got this cover with the idea of using it to protect the Kindle from accidental drops. But only seconds after examining this, I turned around and ordered an OtterBox. There may be some alternatives to the OtterBoc out there, but so far I haven't discovered them. The Belkin case is better than nothing at all, but that is the most I can say for it.