What is going on guys? it is Mike and welcome back to Tech
24/7 TV. Now if you're somebody who's enjoys using their iPad
with a smart Keyboard Folio but really the idea of scratching
the sides of your beloved iPad leave you feeling a little
bit queasy. You should probably check out the CoverBuddy
from SwitchEasy. Now you can find this on their website or
on Amazon for about 40 to 45 dollars and I'll link both
those below in description. Now just is not clear this
video is not sponsored and I did go and pay for the cover
body with my own money. Now the CoverBuddy claims to be the
world's first smart Keyboard Folio compatible iPad Pro case.
You're probably thinking to yourself.
What does that even mean? So this is a case that allows you
to go ahead and insert your iPad Pro into it and still
retain use of Apple smart Keyboard Folio. Now this case
is going be super thin and light measuring one point five
millimeters thin. Second the case is really designed with
these Pogo pins on the back of it. They're gonna support
power pass through to the smart Keyboard Folio. This allows you
to place your iPad Pro inside the case and still use it with
a smart Keyboard Folio as you normally would. But you're
getting the added benefit of protecting the sides of your
iPad from bumps and scratches.
Now it's gonna give you a little peace of mind if you
decide to pull the iPad out the case and use it outside the
Keyboard Folio but don't expect some significant drop
protection from it because it's so thin. Now third it case is
designed in such a way that allows all the ports are
accessible while inside the Keys including the ability to
store and charge the apple pencil which is I mean this is
really great because now you don't worry about your Apple
Pencil kind of twisting around while you put it inside your
bag and misplacing your Apple Pencil that's all. Or even
worse yet losing it. Now I bought this because I used my
iPad Pro both inside and outside of the
Smart Keyboard folio.
I quickly realized that it doesn't work well with a number
of third party USB C cables that support power and data.
Now you're probably asking yourself why do you use so many
different cables. So if I'm one of you and use my iPad maybe to
connect to my camera and I want to go and transfer data I'm
using a different cable than the one that's supplied with it
even you know if you're using other third party cables.
If the head of the USB C is thicker than the cut out on the
back of the case you're going to actually go and plug it in
securely and you won't get through where you will be able
to go out and use the cable as it's designed.
So at the end the day you have to ask yourself: should I buy
this or is the CoverBuddy right for me. And I think you know 40-
50 bucks. You definitely understand whether or not
you're the type of individual who if you're willing spend you
know one hundred and sixty nine or hundreds of you know dollars
on this for the love and inch a hundred ninety nine dollars for
the twelve point nine inch and you really want that full
protection because you love this keyboard the forty or
fifty dollars is not probably a big deal to you. But I would
say that if you're on the fence here are a couple things that I
would consider. So first as I mentioned in the video not all
of the USB C accessories stay in there very tightly.
You could see here this I can kind of push pull out with two
fingers it's not a secure connection and I have to fiddle
with it so that to me it is a drawback there. Second not all
of the USB- C connections to power the iPad will go ahead
and work as well especially if they're not first party. So if
use any third party connections you should know that you might
have a hard time with that. And then at that point what you
need to do is you need to take out your iPad from from the
cover body in order to go and use those accessories. Now that
may or may not be an insignificant you know or maybe
insignificant to you but for me I'm not going to worry about
taking my iPad out of the out of this case and I would rather
just take the risk of scratching it.
This is a very I think unique product case. I have not
seen these pins and any other products. And if you know
of any others please let me know because I love to see
whether it's a keyboard or a case like this
that's available. There was one company called "Cygnett" but
they're only available in Australia which I can't get
that product either way. If you've been on the lookout
for something like this I think the CoverBuddy is you know a
good buy a 40 or 50 bucks as long as you don't have those
requirements where 1) you know you want or you have to use
first part accessories very often 2) you're using a first
party USB-C cable or even you know three.
One of the things that I do quite often is I change of you
know the volume I've had and I don't often use the software
swipe down from control center. I often use my thumb here.
This is a little bit intrusive where I can't hit the down
arrow key unless my finger is really in the right position
because of this ridge that is here and this lip that is here.
But either way let me know what you think about the CoverBuddy
from SwitchEasy in the comments below. And I have a
lot of other mini reviews of iPad accessories, iPad Pro
accessories and cases coming up so make sure you are
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