Trendy Digital WaterGuard review

[Tuttle]

This was posted in "Decisions about Waterproof cases" (or something like that), but I noticed after that there was a review section and that people were asking about it in multiple places.


For the trendy digital, it depends on how much you want to use a waterproof cover. I personally have owned two of the trendy digital waterproof cases, and had both of them break. However, I used them heavily.

I bought the first one last May or June. It showed up incredibly quickly for shipping (I got the case before the shipping information). It's definitely enough to make me more comfortable than just a baggy in water. I tested it and it was watertight, great. I constantly stored my kindle in the case, carried it around using the drawstring, and everything, and then sometime between two weeks and just over a month of having it, the bag broke when I opened it where it was holding the string down.

What happened is that there is where the plastic connects to itself is a weak point, and the placement is such that whenever you open the bag, it stresses the end of that. It is incredibly easy to rip at this point, and that breaks the immersion-proof (which is what I was caring about).

I  contacted trendy digital, despite it not being under a warranty, they sent me a new one and asked me to send it back. With this new one I used it similarly, but was incredibly careful about opening and closing the seal. It continued to work, and I continued to carry the kindle with the bag.

In the end of January the bottom of the bag split open suddenly. I had gotten a good 8 months of use out of it, and for those it was absolutely worth the money spent on it. However, I decided I was going to wait for the guardian because of waterproofing being a priority for me.


If you use the bag not very often, and are incredibly careful about opening and closing the ziplock like lock, then it works well. If you're not careful, then it is easy to break. However, Trendy Digital customer support is great. I liked the case while I had it, but have personally moved on. If other people want something more minimal, it is fine to use everything in it. The little joystick is incredibly hard to use but doable. I personally found it fine to turn off and on even upright in the bag.

Pros:
-Waterproof
-Price
-Ability to turn the kindle on from within the bag
-Simple
-Thicker plastic than a baggy or two leading you to be more comfortable with it in water
-Good customer service and shipping

Cons:
-Glare when reading
-Easily ripped if you're not careful opening it
-Hard to use the 5-way joystick thing

It's definitely of a different class than the guardian, but I found it at about a 3.5 star rating on a harsh scale (4 on what most people would use). Most of the stars off are because of the weak seam at the top, which you can avoid hurting if you're just careful.

[cheerio]

Thanks for the review

[rockstone]

That was a nice detailed review Tuttle. Thanks for that.

Just wanted to bump this thread to find out if anyone else has had updates on the case. I was looking at picking one up and was a little worried about the report of the cover being too fragile..

[rittsi]

I had the same thing happen to a similar case. (The case is from E-volve, but their closing mechanism is the same.) The part where it closes ripped on the side after having it for 6 months.

[Mutz]

I've used a heavy duty zip-lock baggy to protect my K3 and it worked very well. I could never personally see paying for a product like the TD bag (especially when it seems so fragile) when an alternative that costs pennies each is available. Only if I was planning on taking my Kindle scuba diving with me - which isn't too likely since reading ANYTHING underwater is a chore  - would I consider such a product, but for day-to-day bathtub/pool use, my zip-lock baggy is more than adequate protection.