Review: I use my Kindle HDX in this stand most every night while watching TV.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2014
UPDATED REVIEW 6/6/14:When I wrote the original review, I'd only been using this case about 3 weeks. At this point, I have been using it almost daily for over 5 months. I really like this cover but, as with most things, there are both pros and cons. Following are some of mine:Pros:Case becomes a magnetized locking stand. It both locks in place (magnetically) on the bendable side of the case and locks in place when the bendable side, already locked in stand position, is placed against the non-bendable side. Once I get the bendable "origami" side of the case in the proper configuration and it locks, the rest is easy peasy (but see cons). I have had NO trouble with this stand, once correctly configured and locked, coming apart or falling down. The stand can be used in both portrait and landscape mode. I have a lapdesk that I use it on while I'm sitting in my recliner in the evenings and it works well with that (but see cons).One of the best (and most stable) stands I have ever used on a Kindle Fire cover (old Kindle Fire version and new).The "cool" factor. It looks pretty slick when it turns from a case into a stand (think Transformers). Your friends will want one and it may become a conversation piece if you use it in a coffee shop, etc.The Kindle Fire HDX automatically turns on and off when the case cover is open and closed. I like this feature.This case is super quick and easy to open and close from the top or bottom edge (but see cons).I find the angle at which the cover stands, whether vertically or horizontally, to be VERY comfortable, which definitely cannot be said for all covers that also serve as stands.No more annoying corner bands, clips, etc. to attach your Kindle Fire to the cover (as were common in covers for the original Kindle Fire). You just lay your HDX into this cover and it's done. All magnetized.Cons:The case adds quite a bit of weight to the Kindle Fire HDX. I do not find it comfortable to hold in one hand and play games, read emails, check Facebook, etc. with the other as I did with the HDX alone.After more than 5 months of regular use, I still can't get the "origami" side in the proper configuration every single time, but I'm a lot better at it than when I first wrote this review 3 weeks in. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to learn how to do this, but neither is it intuitive. The "origami" pieces of the bendable side fold EITHER WAY, so it is not immediately obvious which is the RIGHT way (at least not to me).I use the Kindle Fire HDX and this case on a lapdesk while sitting in my recliner. I could wish for some anti-skid edges on the case so that it doesn't slide toward me on the lapdesk if my legs aren't completely level under the lapdesk or if I have to reach to answer the phone, etc.I don't find the case easy to open from the right side (like a book). It's easy to find purchase on the top and bottom edges of the case's front but the right side (and some would say the most obvious place to open a cover) is not--the right edge of the top cover is recessed a bit from the right edge of the bottom cover so it's tough to grab onto. I'm assuming this is a security feature (to keep the magnetized cover from accidentally being opened).It's nice that the camera app automatically opens when you slide the HDX up in its case (the camera is the only thing that the case covers and doesn't allow to be operated from inside the case), but whereas the description indicates it is a simple slide up, I found it clunky and awkward to push the HDX up out of its case so that the camera is available. That said, I have very small hands, so this would probably be easier for someone with bigger mitts. :)Summary:I know that the pros and cons may seem to make this more of a 3-star review than a 4-star one, but I really do enjoy this cover. In fact, I later received an expensive Otterbox case to review for the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 and, after testing long enough to write a review, I returned my HDX to this origami case. I think that says a lot about how well this case works and fits my needs!