Amazon Kindle Burgundy Red Leather Cover w/ Strap

by admin on April 15, 2010

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  • Official book cover designed by Amazon for Kindle (6" Display)
  • Secure Kindle in place with patent-pending cover hinge and strap
  • Sturdy and stylish genuine leather exterior protects Kindle
  • Soft charcoal grey suede interior protects screen from scratches
  • Weighs only 6.5 ounces, allowing you to read comfortably for long periods of time without adding excess weight

Amazon Kindle Burgundy Red Leather Cover w/ Strap

{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

A Southern Girl April 15, 2010 at 11:23 pm

This new leather cover made by Amazon for the 6″ Kindle is the same excellent quality leather as the black leather cover (also made by Amazon) that I have been using for the past year. (I use my Kindle every day and the old cover still looks brand new.) I especially love the new stretchy strap, as I previously used a thick rubber band to keep my Kindle closed when I travelled with it. The cover is virtually identical on the inside (same hinge-hook system, gray felt lining). Another nice feature of the new improved cover: it is impossible to mistake the back for the front. I understand that some people opened the older-style cover upside down and backwards and damaged their Kindles. All in all, this cover is an improvement over the old one. And I love the new colors, too!
Rating: 5 / 5

D. Cipolla April 16, 2010 at 12:57 am

The old Kindle 2 cover looked nice, felt well made, and provided reasonable protection from the elements, but it had one big flaw: it had no mechanism to keep the cover securely closed. I often found that if I had my Kindle in my bag and it wasn’t packed tight, the cover would open on its own through normal jostling of my bag. Sometimes it would even open the wrong way, and that would bend the hooks which attach the cover to the Kindle. Those bent hooks could cause the Kindle itself to crack — and thankfully, although my hooks bent, my Kindle didn’t crack!

The new case adds an elastic band, which keeps the Kindle’s cover closed when not in use. It rests in a little groove on the front; when you want to open it, you just pull the band to the side, and it slips behind the body of the Kindle and stays there while you read. When you’re done, you slip it back onto the front cover into its groove. Perfect.

Bottom line: unlike its predecessor, this case stays closed when you want it to, so it will provide good protection and not suffer from bent hook syndrome. And it still looks great — especially in the new burgundy red color. A must-have for a new Kindle, and a good upgrade for those of us with the original case.
Rating: 5 / 5

Barbara Flournoy April 16, 2010 at 3:55 am

I love my burgundy red Kindle cover. The cover is a rich burgundy red (my favorite color). The cover makes the Kindle easier to handle and more like handling a paper back book. When I drop my Kindle in my purse, I feel like the Kindle is well protected.
Rating: 4 / 5

K. M. Herbert April 16, 2010 at 4:11 am

I love the color on the new Amazon Kindle Leather Cover with Strap. It is vibrant but not gauche. What disappointed me was the quality of the leather and the strap itself. The leather is nowhere near as nice as the standard Amazon Kindle cover that I got when I first purchased my Kindle 2. It has a dent in it from the shipping box and you can see the construction isn’t as sound. The strap itself also has a cheap feel. If you are using it to hold the cover when you fold it back, it bites into the front cover. I think it needs a dual channel resting space for it. Also they could use a flatter strap instead of a round one about the consistancy of most cloth covered ponytail holders. This is what it reminds me of, an extra large ponytail holder.

PROs:

Color choices

Amazon label

Amazon hinge technology

CONS:

Cheaper feel

$5 more for an extra large pony tail holder.

Decision:

Only if you decide you really need to have a strap with your Kindle cover, otherwise go with the standard Kindle cover. I’ve had my standard black cover for 7 months and it looks brand new (despite accompanying me everywhere including the beach). I’ve had the Hot Pink cover/w strap 3 days and it looks worse than my black one. But if you want a strap, I would go for this one. I love the hinge techology!
Rating: 3 / 5

Donna Nalbach April 16, 2010 at 4:35 am

My new hot pink cover just arrived and I feel like summer found its way to my house a few months early. Love the color and the strap is very secure. There’s less room around the kindle than there was with the basic black cover so I would say it fits like a glove.
Rating: 5 / 5

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