Review: Fits, but has some design problems.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
First, let me say that "Navy Blue" is not an accurate description of this cover. I don't see any navy blue on it at all. I see white jacks, orange jacks, green jacks, red jacks, blue jacks, light blue jacks, lime green jacks, purple jacks, and fuchsia jacks on a black background. The interior is a sort of charcoal grey bordering on black.  If there's any navy blue on this thing, I must be missing it.That said, the case fits the Kindle Paperwhite well enough, just as you'd expect. I've no complaints about the fit or build quality. It's a well-made, typical case. Solid outside, protective inside, decent straps. All seems good at first.My main problem-- the design problem I alluded to in the title-- is that the inside front cover has the words "JONATHAN ADLER" in big, white, bold letters. You know how Amazon says their goal with the Kindle is to have you get lost in the device and the reading experience? Well, this case does a heck of a job pulling you out of the reading experience by placing big white letters in the corner of your vision. You're forced to fold the cover back when reading if you don't want to see the designer's name all the time... And I don't... But just like with a book that damages the spine and the cover becomes less rigid and starts to look cruddy.Why does Jonathan Adler feel the need to put his name in such big letters in a place where my eyes will be busy trying to read my books? It's distracting. It's ugly. Maybe some people like to have designer names on their stuff, but I find it just makes me upset to have to see some guy's name on MY stuff... And even if I were inclined to put my name on my stuff like this, it wouldn't be on the inside cover in big white letters. it would be outside, on the back, in tastefully small lettering.If I take this case as any indicator, I suspect Jonathan Adler was the kind of kid whose mom sewed his name inside his underwear and printed name labels for his school supplies. That may be great for him, but it annoys the bejeebers out of me.So a case that COULD have gotten five stars is getting three. I'm docking one star for the case being labeled "navy blue" and not having a jot of navy blue on it, and another star for the huge white letters in my line of sight on the inside cover.One more thing: The packaging for this could have been better. It was a messy, heavy, bulky bit of retail packaging for something so small and elegant. I haven't considered this in my review, because it's superficial, but this packaging was most unpleasant and quite a lot of waste. They can do better.The final verdict: Three stars. An Average product with no deep flaws, but no outstanding features. If you can get it on sale, it's worth it. Use the money you save for a black sticker to cover the obnoxious interior lettering.