what's up everybody today i have some case craziness for the ipad pro
i have a case for my case let's check it out
what's going on everybody so you might know that very recently i got an ipad pro
and i love it it's awesome it does everything i need it's super convenient and it gets the job
done now the only complaint i've had about it is that when you're popping off the keyboard which i
also love there's no case or anything to protect it i haven't seen anything specifically made
to cover this and give it protection when it's outside of that case until now uh the other day
i was looking on amazon and found this thing on there for relatively cheap it was just under 50
bucks it's a cover buddy case made by switch easy this one's for the 12.9 inch ipad pro
it comes in black it says right here that it works with the magic keyboard
and the smart keyboard folio we have the magic keyboard so we're gonna check that out today but
let's look at the covers a little bit more about the case i should say
the idea is that this thing interfaces with the connections on the back of the
keyboard so that the ipad can still connect to it you can have all your functionality and
also have a case so when you pop it off you can have a little bit of protection
it says it's fully compatible with all apple keyboards it was pretty inexpensive it also does
have a holder for the apple pencil i don't have the apple pencil but at some point i probably will
get it so i know the pencil magnetically attracts to the top of the ipad but this probably will
just help it stay in place a little better when you're taking it in and out of your um your bag
or whatnot instead of says it has strong magnets that's gonna be the most important thing to me
if it doesn't affix to the magic keyboard very well it's not worth it my personal opinion so
let's get into it and see what we've got here i have not opened this yet okay
that's weird packaging it's like kind of open on the bottom but not
let's get a little help here
okay
it's not too bad okay so the packaging is definitely weak there's like a bent piece of
paper in here let's check it out it basically just shows the assembly slide the ipad in snap it in
or slide it out to remove it and it's done bottom
so these instructions are a little beat but let's see if they make up for it in product so it's got
it's very thin obviously because it has to mean you know can't mess with the keyboard too much
there are your pins so that the ipad can communicate with the keyboard you got
your well for the pen or pencil cut out for the optics speakers and whatnot on the top
charging port and speakers on the bottom and the entire bottom
is going to be open so let's take a look see we got here
okay
um it does not add a ton to it it's definitely super thin but i think that's basically by
design there's nothing you could do about that because it's gotta fit into the case
the keyboard case still the cutouts are okay you know you probably can't see very well there
these are the mics i believe they're definitely off center
the button you can reach it but it as well is off center for the keyboard for the power the
rockers for the volume again are off-center but you can get at them no problem
i don't have a pencil drop in there but that looks okay the whole bottom is open obviously let's see
how it fits in the magic keyboard see about these uh magnets okay so the magnets are definitely good
do that again
let's see we have n functions
keyboard works fine
it closes perfectly fine as well the optics are a little bit recessed now but not very noticeable
uh overall it does not add very much bulk to it what i do like is now there's like
a lip here to grab for when you're opening it oh i opened it up backwards that doesn't help
okay i noticed it disconnected a little bit
but it snapped right back in with the magnets let's close it again
okay that seems pretty good
oh yeah nice and strong i would say it's like 90 as strong as the magnets of the regular case
plenty strong enough for me to feel okay about using it
hasn't fallen off yet when i have opened it
and it offers a little bit of protection on the sides
that's what the pass-through looks like to make the connection to the keyboard
um the edges are a little sharp if you're going to be holding it
it's nothing crazy but um this edge over here is like where i rest my thumb when i'm
using it i guess it's definitely sharp holding it this way feels pretty good
nothing really noteworthy as far as what's different here
is this a necessity i don't know um if you're worried about you're losing your pen or
you drop it all the time because of the magnets on the top i'm not familiar with how strong those
magnets are this looks like would definitely give you some more holding and statement you know stick
to this inside of a bag or portfolio however you travel around with your ipad and your apple pencil
it functions it does what it says it's going to do
it seems a little expensive for what it is to be honest i know probably
a lot of the cost probably comes from the magnets in the case so um i'll have to give this a whirl
for a little longer and see how i really like it test driver for longer my main concern for me is
i want just a little bit of protection when i'm holding it the sharp edge does make it a little
easier to hold i feel a little more confident holding it the sharp edge of the case that is
i bet if apple made something like this it would be a lot more a lot better engineered
they have like tabs that stick out that come over the front of the ipad to hold it
they could probably do with some of those in the corners i can see they kind of have them in the
corner but it's not it should protrude a little bit more i can feel that it's a little bit loose
when i'm holding it disconnects a little bit i'm curious to see how well that
connector will hold up in the back as far as making a contact to the magic keyboard
so anyway i'll get back to you guys a little bit more details on this in the future if you have any
thoughts or if you have one of these or you have a product you'd like me to check out or review
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