Like many blog owners, I suspect, I occasionally get emails from companies wishing me to write about things, and GearZap was no exception. Noticing my (quite popular) Kindle review, and accompanying disappointment at The Times on my Kindle, they contacted me wondering whether I’d like to “give them feedback” on one of the many kindle cases they sell. So I had a quick peek: and I did.

Ordered on Friday at 3.15pm, it appeared the next morning through the post, which was pretty impressive; not even sure Amazon manages that. I plumped for one of the Klevercase covers, which looks old-fashioned and like a real book, rather than a silicon or plastic one.

My Kindle’s therefore in the image above, in my bookcase – it’s the old-fashioned thing in the middle. I could have gone for one looking like a book of Burns poems, or a copy of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, too, but that would have been a little too educated, so I didn’t.

The case came hand-wrapped (unusually) by the manufacturers; unwrapping it produced a slightly suspiciously shiny cover of a hardback book, with a rubber insert to put my Kindle in. The case is unusual and much less geeky – or predictable – than the official Amazon case. Normally there are at least three other people in every tube carriage reading a Kindle – all with their official Kindle cases.

The rubber insert is the only slight drawback of this kindle cover; it’s quite difficult to get the Kindle into, and unlike the official Amazon case, it won’t be easy to remove the Kindle – I use it for speakers’ notes in conferences. It’s a shame it couldn’t have had the official clips: but then, I wonder if they’re patented or something?

That said, it’s nice to have something a little out of the ordinary; it feels comfortable to hold and will live happily in my bag. The ‘proper’ one seems a little clunky and geeky in comparison. So, quite a decent little kindle cover therefore. Thank you to GearZap for letting me have a play.

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