Recommend your Kindle Case

[Anonymous]

Vera Bradley sells them..if you are into Vera Bradley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Warning about the Amazon brand black leather case with the metal hooks that fasten the Kindle in place: this case has been causing problems with the kindle's system, causing it to freeze and reboot randomly. I had that case and was having lots of problems with the freezing/rebooting and the battery not holding the charge very long because of the frequent rebooting. I found out it was caused by the case by scouring through the Kindle support forums. I have since put my Kindle in the zip-around M-edge case and I like it. Absolutely no freezing or rebooting since I switched. I like the pockets, it's more flexible than the leather case, and seems a bit lighter.

Back when I checked the support info online, there was no recall or warning about that leather case and they were still selling it, which I thought was kind of shady of Amazon since there were quite a few posts about people having to return the case and Amazon acknowledging the problems to the individual user. For some reason, apparently the leather case with the built-in light hasn't been causing the same problems. I don't know if it has exactly the same metal hooks, but I decided not to risk it and I got a case that grips the Kindle via corner straps - no metal.

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The hooks in the non-illuminating Kindle cover from Amazon cause the Kindle to short-circuit. They're metal, but covered in a non-conducting coating that wears off after a couple of uses. Oooops.

The Amazon Kindle cover with the built in light is fine, and works quite well. As someone pointed out above, you need a light if you're going to read your Kindle in the dark, as there's no backlight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get the one with the built-in light!!!! So so so so worth it.

Ditto this. Can't imagine not having the built-in light.

Another vote for the built in light!

[Anonymous]

Another built-in light person here. I got the Amazon one, and as a slight step away from boring, I got the apple green one (Granny Smith?). Love it. I read in bed a lot, and the kindle with this built-in light case is so much better than having to turn of my bedside light, which requires me to raise myself up quite a bit to turn it off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Warning about the Amazon brand black leather case with the metal hooks that fasten the Kindle in place: this case has been causing problems with the kindle's system, causing it to freeze and reboot randomly. I had that case and was having lots of problems with the freezing/rebooting and the battery not holding the charge very long because of the frequent rebooting. I found out it was caused by the case by scouring through the Kindle support forums. I have since put my Kindle in the zip-around M-edge case and I like it. Absolutely no freezing or rebooting since I switched. I like the pockets, it's more flexible than the leather case, and seems a bit lighter.

Back when I checked the support info online, there was no recall or warning about that leather case and they were still selling it, which I thought was kind of shady of Amazon since there were quite a few posts about people having to return the case and Amazon acknowledging the problems to the individual user. For some reason, apparently the leather case with the built-in light hasn't been causing the same problems. I don't know if it has exactly the same metal hooks, but I decided not to risk it and I got a case that grips the Kindle via corner straps - no metal.

+1

The hooks in the non-illuminating Kindle cover from Amazon cause the Kindle to short-circuit. They're metal, but covered in a non-conducting coating that wears off after a couple of uses. Oooops.

The Amazon Kindle cover with the built in light is fine, and works quite well. As someone pointed out above, you need a light if you're going to read your Kindle in the dark, as there's no backlight.

Wow--thanks so much for posting this. DH has the non-illuminating Amazon cover and he's been having huge problems with his Kindle freezing and rebooting. He's currently on his third replacement Kindle and none of the Amazon service reps have said a word about the cover being a possible issue.

[Anonymous]

Love my case from Timbuk2. I specifically wanted an envelope style case, though.

[Anonymous]

Another one with the built-in light - I would definitely recommend it!

[Anonymous]

Can posters post links to their cases? Thanks!