[Nexus 4 Accessories] Elsydeon:
So as much as I enjoy using the Oakley pouch as my go to pouch, I've been on the lookout for something a little nicer and classier, and preferably more tailored to the Nexus 4. I can't help feeling that using a sunglass pouch to hold a phone is still a bit of a ghetto solution. While browsing Ebay I discovered that Every Sew Often has started making custom leather pouches as well, and at the same cost as their regular velvet cloth pouches. I went ahead and asked them to make me a bumper/case compatible black leather pouch (brown leather is also an option), but customized to not have their usual Nexus logo stitched across it, as well as no buttons or clasps. I figured that way this pouch could be a little future proof, and fit in with any future phone I cared to buy, especially with the upcoming wave of 5" phones.

After a bit of excellent, highly responsive email communications regarding the custom order, I placed the order last week Wednesday, saw it processed on Thursday, shipped out Friday, and in my hands today already. From Connecticut to Hawaii, that's pretty impressive.

My initial impression of the pouch is that being OEM bumper compatible, it is quite large, possibly larger than needed to fit the OEM bumper'ed Nexus 4. I currently don't have the OEM bumper on hand incidentally, but I do recall how it fit a Note II leather sleeve when I had one. And this pouch actually dwarfs the Note II pouch as you can see in the pics. It measures 6 and 5/8ths inches tall by 4 inches wide, and is designed to be a snug fit for the OEM bumper. I do have some replica bumpers incoming so I'll see then how snug this pouch really is. Right now I'm using it with my Rearth Ringke Hybrid and while not snug, it's definitely not going to just fall out either. There's enough resistance that it takes a small bit of effort to push the phone in and pull it back out. My last pic shows how much leftover slack there still is on the top and sides with the Ringke Hybrid.

The other thing to note is that, as stated upfront by them, the leather is very much a man made leather. Visually it's fine, but when you touch or smell it, you'll know it's not the real deal. Personally I don't mind, as it keeps the cost of this pouch down, making it one of the cheaper leather pouches out there you can buy that you can still ask to be customized to a certain phone or size. It's also incredibly soft and pliable, not at all like the pull tab type sleeves you find on Ebay, which tend to feel stiff, with hard edges. This means that even though the pouch is larger than a Note II pouch, it's also more form fitting and feels smaller once it's in your pocket. It's also a pretty slick leather, allowing it to easily slide in and out of a pocket. I was worried that the white fleece used for the inside would be a bit of a lint shedder, but thus far this hasn't been the case, and it feels great. Definitely helps to give your phone a quick dust down every time you insert or remove it.

Last thing to mention...when I originally asked for a custom pouch, I had wanted one done with front pockets so that this could double as a credit card carrier. They aren't ready to do this right now, as they're quite busy as it is filling the orders for what they currently sell, but it is in their future plans to make one. I'll probably pick one up when it comes to market.

Overall definitely a worthy buy, for $13.82 shipped, this is one of the better, classier form fitting pouch options that's customized for our Nexus 4. The customer service was also excellent.

In the 4 pouch comparison pic, from left to right, it's an Oakley large microfiber pouch, Every Sew Often pouch, Note II pull tab pouch, and naked Nexus 4 sleeve. There's also a stacked comparison.