when purchasing your smartphone obviously you want to protect your investment so for most the next
thing that they go out and purchase is a case for myself i prefer the case design of the otterbox
commuter case but for several years i have been looking at other manufacturers in this case
spigen i got a pixel 2 case review over there in the corner which was the slim armor and i
love that case it was great so obviously when my when i got my pixel 5 i went back to spigen
to look for cases well they don't have a slim armor case for the pixel 5
but they do have their full tough armor hello i am wanderer 001 and this is my review of spigen's
tough armor case for the google pixel 5. you're here because well you probably found
spigen when you're looking around for cases and i want to tell you i have been happy with speaking
cases in the past so that's why i ended up going with them for this case what you're looking at
with the speaking tough armor we're just going to put our pixel 5 over to the side right now
is a three part system and they call it a three part system because one you have your outer
shell which is made of polycarbonate which if you think about it is just tough rigid plastic you'll
see there is a little kickstand there which i do appreciate that they have on this line i'll
talk a little bit about that later but just know if for whatever reason your kickstand comes out
it just slips back into place so if you ever find it out and about like this
you just line things up slip it back there there's two little notches you just lay it down right in
there and it clicks back into place so just know if it's ever loose it's meant to be that way
putting our hard shell to the side we pick up our rubberized portion or tpu material which is
thermoplastic polyurethane what does that mean rubberized plastic the rubberized plastic is
nice because it allows for shock absorption but not really dust collection because well
it's not true rubber so it kind of negates dust clinging to it up there in the corner
you will see a little cut out that's the shock absorbing air cushions that spigen has you'll also
notice on the outside they do have these thick bumpers on all the corners which is very nice
the third layer are these impact resistant foam now the the foam itself
is a little bit on the side there and there lives in the rubberized portion you cannot remove those
so they're just they're built in what we're going to do now is just show you how easy
it is to put this on your phone realistically you just line things up slip them in and there you go
that's your rubberized portion then we take our clam shell back here
and click into place it has a nice satisfying click sound as you put it in normally what i
do is i'll get just a black on black but i want to try something a little different there are
different color variants for this but that's a small consideration on the back you do have the
cutout for your fingerprint sensor which is really nice there's a nice little channel that leads you
right there and a big cutout for your camera array right there i do wish that it came a little closer
or didn't have quite as deep a channel because when i'm going i do find myself accidentally
coming over here instead of there it's a minor gripe again here we have our kickstand so if we
pop that out you can actually watch a program thusly however you can't really watch it this
way because it just kind of it deeply bends into that so it's really meant to be used in this mode
so that's our back coming along to the side here there's nothing to really see remember we do have
that foam insert there and a foam insert here there's some spigen tough armor branding right
there and then here we have our volume rocker and our power button those are completely encased
and i like that but don't like it at the same time for reference here is my spigen
slim armor for my pixel 2 and yes those are cut out so you can have dust get in there however
when you're working up the side of the case there is a definite feel to where these power
button where the volume rocker is and the power button on this side if you're working your way up
the case there's not really enough differentiation between the side of the case and the volume rocker
yes the grooves on the power button let you know but if i'm taking this out of my pocket i end up
going all the way up to the power button and then sliding back down to my volume rocker because
there's not enough distinct difference between that and the side of the case i will say they are
very clicky and responsive which i do appreciate with the layout of the case as it is on the side
here you'll notice that it cups or comes around at the bottom of your volume rocker and at the top
of your power button now i've had a similar style case configuration around the buttons like that
before which was an aegis series case for my moto 2x and it's not something that i particularly care
for if we come around to the front and i come up to where the buttons are you can see that there
is quite a bit of give as opposed to the other side where the clam shell comes up and locks it
into place likewise if i come down lower you'll notice that below and above there's no give but
right where those are there's some give i'm not sure how that's going to hold up over time
it's not my favorite thing about this case and again for reference my pixel 2 with the
slim armor as opposed to the full tough armor you'll notice that there actually was a little
bit of space in between there where the case could grip around and really lock that into place
the button configuration on the pixel 5 isn't really any different than your pixel 2 here so
they could have brought this up and around but they wanted to make these super chunky buttons
it's not a deal breaker but it's just another data point for your consideration with this case coming
to the top you have a small little cutout for your microphone up there swinging down to the bottom
your microphone and speaker there and then a nice big channel for usbc no port cover there sadly so
that will get dusty which i have mixed feelings about on the front you can see there actually is a
little cutout for your speaker which on the pixel 5 is under the glass so you don't actually need
that but it gives your head a nice resting place when you're using the phone i will say that as
long as you put a screen protector on correctly review over there of what i did with this one
the case is screen protector compliant so you can use a screen protector with this
and i highly recommend doing that overall the tough armor compared to the slim armor is not
bad it does add a bit of heft to the phone which makes me really wish that they would have had
a slim armor option for the pixel 5. i do like the tough armor but i wish it was a little slimmer
and one of the things that i noticed with the back material is this is much slipperier than the slim
armor why you may ask well that's probably because you have to make sure that you can wirelessly
charge the phone which was definitely one of the concerns that i have so to alleviate your concerns
yes you can wirelessly charge your pixel 5 with the tough armor case there you go charging zoom in
right there might be a little hard to see on camera but there you go you do see the charging
icon the front of the case does come up around to protect the screen so you can lie this flat
and not have any problems i will also say that the screen swiping there is a little bump but it's not
high enough to prevent you from doing a full swipe as you might see with with other cases all in all
if you're looking for a complete coverage case for your phone minus the screen the spigen tough
armor is well worth your time looking at and at 35 dollars it's a good investment with that being
said i have been wanderer 001 if you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave
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