This cover provides the best fit for a Kindle I’ve come across. The Kindle Touch slots into a rubberised tray at the back of the case and connects via two small square metal sections on the device back. The fit for this section is like a glove and the protection afforded, excellent. The microfibre lining is appropriately soft and doesn’t bobble, but it does get quite deeply imprinted with the Kindle’s shape at an astonishingly rapid speed. The cover bends back easily for one handed reading. Perhaps even too easily. The spine is the only section of unreinforced leather on the whole cover and this tends to flop, so that you’re essentially forced to fold it back even if this wouldn’t be your normal practice.
The light is conceptually a very good thing. Its integrated design is neater than any of the other available solutions and the power sharing with the device itself is definitely preferable to batteries. The distribution of light is slightly uneven, providing a bit less coverage in the upper corners, but what you get is certainly powerful enough to read by in an otherwise darkened room. The angle leaves a little bit to be desired as it tends to shine in your eyes and there’s no way to adjust this. The shared power source means that there is a small amount of additional battery drain, but assuming this goes the same way as its slightly smaller sibling, the drain is not as much as leaving wireless connectivity on.
The case is neat and pocket-friendly (unless you’re talking about the pocket where your money is kept! – since at just under 30% of the price of a 3G Kindle Touch, and 45% of the wi-fi version this doesn’t come cheaply), but it doesn’t feel anything like as robust as the Kindle Keyboard case. Instead, the leather is the same smooth leather as on the baby Kindle’s cover. It feels soft enough and is nice to hold but it does mark very, very easily indeed.
The other problem I have is the absence of closing mechanism. It’s easy enough to resolve this – I’ll be using a hair tie (prettier than an elastic band) – but at the price point it’s hugely disappointing to find it necessary.
I loved the Kindle Keyboard covers, but don’t feel the same attachment to this. It’s a slightly damp and expensive squib that protects the Kindle in exemplary fashion at the back and sides but overall hasn’t been as well thought-out as it could have been.
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What a disappointing product! If all you want is a cover with light and want to protect your Kindle Touch then maybe this product is for you. But if you’re looking for a product that will do all that, enhance the pleasure of owning the kindle touch and is worth £50, then avoid this product like the plague. My wife has the Kindle Keyboard. The Kindle cover with light for that product not only does the job required but is a lovely item in its own right. Made of sumptuous leather it oozes class and with the Keyboard sitting within the cover, its attractive design is still very visible. Sadly this product falls well short of that. With plasticised leather it feels considerably cheaper than the keyboard equivalent cover. Within the cover, the Kindle touch is then encased in a plastic frame, which will helping to protect it hides the beauty of the product. Sadly a victory for function over style, where I was expecting a product that did both. This product feels likes it been designed by the factory rather than a product designer. I am staggered that Amazon has come up with such a poor product to cover their beautiful Kindle Touch, Apple would never make such a mistake. The fact that Amazon then decide to charge £50 for such a product only adds insult to injury. Consider this product if all you are after is a protective case with a light, avoid if you want more than that. Not surprisingly I have returned the product and hope that Amazon sees sense and develops a replacement soon.
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I read the reviews on here and was very interested, possibly a little apprehensive, as to what to expect when my cover arrived.
I have the saddle tan colour. The leather is smooth and of good quality. The inside has a grey felt which is lovely and soft and the kindle sits perfectly in the rubber casing. It looks elegant
The light provides excellent coverage and I don’t have a problem with it shining iny eyes.
The downsides for me are:
– Firstly, the leather is easily marked by indentations. I keep my kindle and lighted cover inside a kindle keyboard case when not in use so it is always protected. When it is in use it is in my hand. So where the indentations come from I have no idea;
– Secondly, the felt flattens easily with the shape of the kindle, within a couple of days, I expected it to stay as new. It did with the kindle keyboard cover;
– Thirdly, the colour choice is disappointing. The colours on the whole are boring and quite flat. There are no funky, bold colours and you are limited to only four. I would like to see a nice sky blue, grass green, bright red or even a lively aqua colour. Instead Amazon have gone for quite sickly, boring, staid colours;
– Fourthly, there is nothing to hold the cover closed. I have read the comments regarding books not having anything to keep them closed, to me these arguments are irrelevant as books generally do not cost £169, and pages do not get scratched by your keys. So something to hold it together would have been the icing on the cake for; and
– Lastly, the cost. £50.99 is too much. It’s just under half the price of a kindle touch wifi and just under a third of the price of the 3G version. Frankly, it’s taking the biscuit and is a rip off. It is taking advantage of what was a captive market. Fortunately some other companies are bringing out cheaper lighted covers in nicer colours for far less money. So I may choose another cover, in a fabulous red.
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Good, but pricey and flawed,
This cover provides the best fit for a Kindle I’ve come across. The Kindle Touch slots into a rubberised tray at the back of the case and connects via two small square metal sections on the device back. The fit for this section is like a glove and the protection afforded, excellent. The microfibre lining is appropriately soft and doesn’t bobble, but it does get quite deeply imprinted with the Kindle’s shape at an astonishingly rapid speed. The cover bends back easily for one handed reading. Perhaps even too easily. The spine is the only section of unreinforced leather on the whole cover and this tends to flop, so that you’re essentially forced to fold it back even if this wouldn’t be your normal practice.
The light is conceptually a very good thing. Its integrated design is neater than any of the other available solutions and the power sharing with the device itself is definitely preferable to batteries. The distribution of light is slightly uneven, providing a bit less coverage in the upper corners, but what you get is certainly powerful enough to read by in an otherwise darkened room. The angle leaves a little bit to be desired as it tends to shine in your eyes and there’s no way to adjust this. The shared power source means that there is a small amount of additional battery drain, but assuming this goes the same way as its slightly smaller sibling, the drain is not as much as leaving wireless connectivity on.
The case is neat and pocket-friendly (unless you’re talking about the pocket where your money is kept! – since at just under 30% of the price of a 3G Kindle Touch, and 45% of the wi-fi version this doesn’t come cheaply), but it doesn’t feel anything like as robust as the Kindle Keyboard case. Instead, the leather is the same smooth leather as on the baby Kindle’s cover. It feels soft enough and is nice to hold but it does mark very, very easily indeed.
The other problem I have is the absence of closing mechanism. It’s easy enough to resolve this – I’ll be using a hair tie (prettier than an elastic band) – but at the price point it’s hugely disappointing to find it necessary.
I loved the Kindle Keyboard covers, but don’t feel the same attachment to this. It’s a slightly damp and expensive squib that protects the Kindle in exemplary fashion at the back and sides but overall hasn’t been as well thought-out as it could have been.
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|Sadly, victory for function over style,
What a disappointing product!
If all you want is a cover with light and want to protect your Kindle Touch then maybe this product is for you. But if you’re looking for a product that will do all that, enhance the pleasure of owning the kindle touch and is worth £50, then avoid this product like the plague.
My wife has the Kindle Keyboard. The Kindle cover with light for that product not only does the job required but is a lovely item in its own right. Made of sumptuous leather it oozes class and with the Keyboard sitting within the cover, its attractive design is still very visible.
Sadly this product falls well short of that. With plasticised leather it feels considerably cheaper than the keyboard equivalent cover. Within the cover, the Kindle touch is then encased in a plastic frame, which will helping to protect it hides the beauty of the product. Sadly a victory for function over style, where I was expecting a product that did both.
This product feels likes it been designed by the factory rather than a product designer. I am staggered that Amazon has come up with such a poor product to cover their beautiful Kindle Touch, Apple would never make such a mistake. The fact that Amazon then decide to charge £50 for such a product only adds insult to injury.
Consider this product if all you are after is a protective case with a light, avoid if you want more than that. Not surprisingly I have returned the product and hope that Amazon sees sense and develops a replacement soon.
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|Beautiful looking and excellent functioning, but …,
I read the reviews on here and was very interested, possibly a little apprehensive, as to what to expect when my cover arrived.
I have the saddle tan colour. The leather is smooth and of good quality. The inside has a grey felt which is lovely and soft and the kindle sits perfectly in the rubber casing. It looks elegant
The light provides excellent coverage and I don’t have a problem with it shining iny eyes.
The downsides for me are:
– Firstly, the leather is easily marked by indentations. I keep my kindle and lighted cover inside a kindle keyboard case when not in use so it is always protected. When it is in use it is in my hand. So where the indentations come from I have no idea;
– Secondly, the felt flattens easily with the shape of the kindle, within a couple of days, I expected it to stay as new. It did with the kindle keyboard cover;
– Thirdly, the colour choice is disappointing. The colours on the whole are boring and quite flat. There are no funky, bold colours and you are limited to only four. I would like to see a nice sky blue, grass green, bright red or even a lively aqua colour. Instead Amazon have gone for quite sickly, boring, staid colours;
– Fourthly, there is nothing to hold the cover closed. I have read the comments regarding books not having anything to keep them closed, to me these arguments are irrelevant as books generally do not cost £169, and pages do not get scratched by your keys. So something to hold it together would have been the icing on the cake for; and
– Lastly, the cost. £50.99 is too much. It’s just under half the price of a kindle touch wifi and just under a third of the price of the 3G version. Frankly, it’s taking the biscuit and is a rip off. It is taking advantage of what was a captive market. Fortunately some other companies are bringing out cheaper lighted covers in nicer colours for far less money. So I may choose another cover, in a fabulous red.
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