Review: Look ma, no hands!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2014
I need to read. Whatever else I'm doing, my Kindle is usually nearby. On line at the bank, while riding the bike at the gym, driving in traffic, in the dentist's waiting room, even while watching TV. Okay, not in traffic. Unless it's really bad and I'm dying of boredom. And frankly, I'm not a good driver. I don't know if paying attention even helps. Anyway, I require my Kindle most particularly when I'm eating alone, either at home or in a restaurant. Usually it's propped up against the ketchup bottle or salt shaker. And it keeps slipping and falling, which makes the letter size icon appear and suddenly it's all in tiny type and I have to reset it. Or else it falls and sends the salt shaker careening off the table and into the back of some poor diner's head, forcing me to look innocent which, given my features, somehow is not so easy. So the Moshi Cirrus Standing Cover seemed like a brilliant little contraption.  And it is...but it isn't.The Standing Cover is not perfect. It's of a very flimsy fiber that I understand is Dacron but feels like rough cardboard. It's not the prettiest thing I've ever seen and doesn't provide much  protection as a 'cover.' So full props for the stand part, and zero for the cover.  The $25 price tag seems a bit ridiculous since this is certainly not well made. I wouldn't think of keeping my Kindle in the thing when I put it in my purse. I slide both into a little felt sack for safety.I  can't see shelling out $25 just to protect some strangers at the Sunshine Diner from flying salt shakers.