what's up everybody today i'm going to give you my final thoughts on the
symmetry plus the commuter the defender pro xt and the defender let's get into it
all right so i was here once before already i did the review on the defender for the
comparison on the defender pro the commuter and the symmetry and i left out the defender pro xt
i've never had a defender proxy i'm not sure if this is the first time they've offered it
for a phone let me know in the comments below if you know the answer to that if this is like
a brand new phone in the lineup but we're going to check it out today and
i'll let give you my thoughts on all of them so i've obviously already unboxed all these
but i'm going to take them out again i forgot to put them back in so we can compare the cases
real i'm sorry the boxing really quick not really any difference at all aside from the
height of them these three are pretty much exactly the same this one's obviously a lot
thicker because it has the holster and all that in there um they all got you know some have the
magsafe branding these two don't this one does uh these two do the qi charging from what i can tell
works on all of these i didn't have a problem qi charging any of these i use them all for about
a week individually and i charge only with qi chargers so i didn't have a problem there
obviously the thicker cases probably charge a little bit slower but uh when i woke up in the
morning i was 100 battery so the first case i got and you might have seen the review for that
was the symmetry and initially really liked it it's thin it's not too heavy it offers decent
protection and it looks pretty good um it comes in at their 3x tested 3x military standard testing
for the drop rating it's got the magsafe stuff available to it it fits on the phone really well
i should say it fits on really tightly it's actually kind of a pain in the butt to get on
not the hardest out of all the cases but it's not the easiest either
once you do get on there it feels pretty good
all the buttons work really well um they're kind of subtle they don't make a lot of noise not a lot
of movement on them but it does work the cutouts are perfectly fine and you can get to the rocker
no problem overall i'd give this like an eight out of ten uh would i recommend it absolutely
if you want something thin and light with a lot of protection this is probably one of the best
cases you can get and um for the thinner lights it's definitely the one to go with from otterbox
now moving on to the next case the commuter this case is i would say so it has the same
drop test rating as the symmetry but i feel like it is a little bit more protecting of the phone
it's definitely thicker it's got a different design so it's got the
hard outer shell and the soft inner shell
and it i definitely feel like it's more protecting than the other phone
will offer higher drop rating but who am i to
say that otterbox's ratings aren't accurate
it goes on really easily as i have a problem with the inner shell
then the soft part i should say there we go
um the access to the ports is fine it's fine the access to the power buttons and the volume rocker
perfect as a matter of fact they're probably a little bit more reactive than the symmetry
so yeah the commuter case fits really well i'd say it's a step up from the symmetry it's a little bit
thicker um the dimensions are pretty much similar the rest of the way around it's not much wider
but i'd definitely say it has a couple millimeters on the symmetry case um it's not as tight going in
and the lip isn't as big so there's definitely a lip around the camera it's definitely a lip
around the optics on the symmetry that's a little bit more pronounced than it is on the commuter
but overall i'd say they're both great cases so if you want a case that's super thin very easy
to put in the pocket this is definitely going to be it this one definitely slides a little more
easily the commuter has the these little grippy parts here so when it gets into the pocket it
won't move around as much so if you're constantly getting in and out of a vehicle or something like
that and you're worried about this slipping out of your pocket and maybe falling on the
ground this might be a good option because these guys will help prevent that from happening one
thing i also notice this case does not rock nearly as much as the other cases
also due to those rubber feet there so great case i really like it these two are
pretty much your entry level cases when it comes to the otterbox stuff
so let's move on comes off super easy which i like as well so the defender pro xt was the last
case in the series that i purchased and i honestly didn't think i would like it that much
um but it's grown on me the installation is awful and they definitely need to include a pick for
the installation it makes it a lot easier to get the inner ring out when
you're we've already got the phone in there but the case itself does feel really nice
it's a little bit slippery like the symmetry it does have some grippiness on the sides so it might
stain it will probably stay in your pocket a little better than a completely slick case
and the front of it on the edges too is a little grippy um if you watch my other video you'll see
my gripe was with the installation process it wasn't pretty it wasn't that straightforward
but now that i've done it once or twice i think you can do it in a more reasonable amount of time
getting it out is a lot more uh a lot less exciting it was not fun to take out let's see
if this makes it any better the last time i did the installation took like two or three minutes
so yeah these corners are just a pain in the butt
so when you get to an area like that where it's all tucked in
having the pick makes it so much easier
this is my biggest gripe with any of these cases so far is this one in particular um
the installation process just wasn't thought out very well
i don't know what they have to do differently but something should be done because this is uh kind
of a pain you know if you're not technical or you have a hard time with your hands like if you've
got arthritis or something like that um and your dexterity isn't that good you might have a problem
you might not be able to install this case yourself you might need them to do that
at the store like out of verizon or t-mobile or something like that when you're buying it
but now that it's on i will say i do like it a lot more than i thought i would
the i feel like it's a perfect balance between the defender pro which is super thick and the
symmetry plus and the commuter it's right in the middle and probably my favorite case out of the
bunch um i would say for sure my favorite case if the installation was a little bit better so going
over everything you can get to the rockers no problem it's actually kind of got a an ergonomic
cut out for your finger in there the buttons are very responsive and nice nice and clicky
the optics protection is perfectly fine i'd say it's on par actually with the symmetry case
maybe even a little bit more pronounced yeah it's uh kind of got a bigger bigger lip there
so it definitely offers a protection but it feels good in the hand even though it is chunky so i
like it definitely grew on me after getting it and after complaining so much about the installation
raw okay so moving on to the next and last case
is the good old defender pro now one thing i kind of have a
question about in my head if you take a look the protection on the defender pro is 4x and
the defender pro xt has 5x i kind of find it hard to believe like i almost have a hard time
believing that rating simply could because if you look at the installation material it just feels so
much more robust and there's so much more material the installation is way better on this too
but i feel like when i measure the weight in a few seconds here
we'll be able to really figure out how much more material there is
yeah it feels good in the hand it's definitely very
grippy because the entire outside is the rubber
uh one of the gripes i do have on with this case is i feel like the back gets a little loose over
time um and what's interesting is it's almost like it stretches because when you take the phone out
of the case and you let it sit for a while it goes back to how it feels when you first got it
so one thing to keep in mind it does wear a little strangely but that being said i do
really like the case um if i had to only keep two of these it would definitely be this one
and probably the xt they're just uh really nice cases that offer a ton of protection and i like
to swap out my cases pretty often so all right so now that we've unboxed them all we've taken
a quick look at how they go on to the phone let's get some weight measurements in here
the phone itself is 255 grams the symmetry plus case is 40 44 grams the commuter is 58
the defender pro xt is 56 so the defender pro xt actually weighs less
than the commuter that's kind of surprising and then the defender pro is roughly 80 grams
with the holster is 143 grams that's pretty surprising um
that this that the commuter weighs more than the defender xt
now if i had to only keep two of these cases so the symmetry is nice right it's a cool little case
it goes on pretty snuggly um but i probably would get rid of it it's
really thin compared to the other ones but if i want to go really thin i'd probably throw a
pitaka on there something really thin along those aren't those lines so the symmetry is going to go
now the next in line here the commuter i like it it goes on real quick it feels good in the
hand it doesn't require me having some tool around or getting frustrated with a that inner ring that
you have on the xt so i'd probably get rid of the xt as well um these would probably be the
two cases i would keep this would be my daily driver and this would be when i'm going hiking
or doing something crazy when i'm outside or when i just want to change it up a little bit
either of these cases either of all four of these cases it's fantastic if you have one of
them and you're happy i'm not saying you need to get out there and replace and get something
different but this is just my take on all four of these cases all of them are going to protect
your phone above average all of them are going to give you the best shot at surviving a drop um
the xt feels really great um if you have it i'm sure it'll do fine
it's just has that that outer ring really got me i do not like the installation process
that being said when it is in the phone it's tight it feels good that ring really does take
up the gap there's no gap in between the glass on the phone and that ring it comes together really
well so if you want something with super tight tolerances that will protect your phone with a
really high rating um the 5x rating from otterbox this might be your jam if you want something that
you can get in and out of really quickly that also offers decent protection and has that dual layer
approach the commute is for you if you want to take that dual layer approach to the next
level have more protection the defender pro is going to be your jam and i don't know the
measurements for sure but i definitely feel like this defender pro is thinner and more
less bulky than the other defender pros so i like the direction they're going with this it
does not have a notch i mean a ring around the optics that sticks out too so if that's
something you're not into this is the one to go for the symmetry like i said is nice it's
a good all-around case but it's probably my least favorite of the bunch to be honest i do not like
how tight it is going on it's very tight when you put it on the phone but like i said if you're into
it and you like it good for you not a bad case it's got that mag save protection as well too
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