iPhone 3G Treadz
Product Review
Contact: 1-877-443-7641
Price: $24.99. currently on sale for 40% off, which makes it $14.99
Pros: very easy to slip your phone, treated with an anti-dust technology to help it repel lint and dirt.
Cons: the silicone rubber made the grip seem less secure, slick.
Product Rating
Satisfactory
by J. Robin Donaldson, AAUG Member
First impression was mixed. The Treadz is ruggedly attractive, suited more towards the sporty or masculine set. It is made of a black silicone rubber embellished with a tire tread design to improve the grip-ability of the case. The tread design is too shallow to have much influence in over coming the slick hand feel of the silicone rubber case.
The cut-outs in the rubber are perfectly placed allowing for easy access to all functions. I appreciated the rubber’s flexibility and malleability, which made getting the actual iPhone in and out of the case very easy. The case also comes with a full-face screen protection film. This is a wonderful allowing the phone to be fully protected against scratches. But the anti-shock value of the case is a question mark for me and I wasn’t willing to sacrifice my phone to rate the anti-shock resistance.
I have tested a leather case. It’s very nice and feels as though the anti-shock value of the leather case would be higher. But at just under $30, it should be. Also, my cheek often touches the screen while I am talking an takes over the controls of the phone often hanging up during mid-call.
I have tested a fully enclosed plastic case cover for the iPhone. The pro is the seemingly durability of the case. The HUGE negative, in opinion only, is that I found that what little heat was generated off of the phone created moisture build up in the case. And there was no ventilation that allowed this moisture to escape. Therefore, it collected on the body of the iPhone itself. I had to constantly open up the case and wipe away the moisture. I found this case a poor design and also at a price hovering just under $30, a really bad deal.
However, all three have the same weakness, these cases must be either held or put in a pocket, backpack, purse, etc. none of them offer a clipping mechanism. This is a bit of a hassle to not be able to clip the phone case on to a pocket or belt or purse strap, etc.
All-in –all, would I recommend ifrogz 3G Treadz? At $14.99 it is a really good value for a smart, albeit, masculine case. At the original price of $24.99, I would consider paying the few dollars more for the leather case feeling it offered my shock resistance.