Goliath Case for Adam

[Reymerz]

Just got mine,
Gotta say Nosannon, its a beautiful piece of textural engineering.

I love the anti-static ziplock bag too.

Its fantastic, my Adam now feels complete!
Almost complete, need ICS.

[breese]

@tinutac - thanks for the heads up, just ordered ours as well. Almost 50 euros which isn't cheap but the peace of mind and added convenience will be great. We took the OD Green skin and the red armor. Figured that when we need the armor (outdoors), we want to see where we left it and green/black might not be the best option.

@nosanon - thanks for creating this, really happy we can put a jacket on our adam. Would still like to stick some cool stickers on the armor to give it a personal touch though, too bad you didn't get to including some cool pimping stickers. (ants, curly plants and flowers, cyan butterflies, ..)

[tinutac]

@Breese: mine is all black . I need it on the train so I went for the full armor. Can't wait to see it.
@nosanon: "fulfilled by Amazon" is perfect for us as we don't have to pay for shipment.
@everyone: the spam on this forum is getting annoying already.

[tinutac]

Shipped mine back today. Opening the armor is simply too difficult/annoying for me. I need to open it after I get on the train and quickly close it when I get off the train and that doesn't work out too good for me. Maybe I should get some exercises for my fingers .
Otherwise... the fit is quite good, it's a little bit a pity that you can't charge the Adam with the armor closed.
Sorry Nosanon, I was really looking forward to get the armor but I simply can't use it for what I want.

[Nosanon]

Shipped mine back today. Opening the armor is simply too difficult/annoying for me. I need to open it after I get on the train and quickly close it when I get off the train and that doesn't work out too good for me. Maybe I should get some exercises for my fingers .
Otherwise... the fit is quite good, it's a little bit a pity that you can't charge the Adam with the armor closed.
Sorry Nosanon, I was really looking forward to get the armor but I simply can't use it for what I want.

No Worries, that's what return service is for

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Otherwise... the fit is quite good, it's a little bit a pity that you can't charge the Adam with the armor closed.

In fact, it is easy to drill a hole in the armor for the charger with a diameter of 10 mm.

[Alexadam]

I received mine, Black skin, OD green, fantastic . Excellent, now I can have my kids 1.5 year, 4 and 6 play with my Adam without too much worries. In the train I only use the Skin and not the Armor else it becomes too bulky, it feels almost your are carrying a netbook with the Armor cover. Good suggestion to make small hole for the power, because indeed that is lacking.

For a next version the left and right of the Skin could be larger covering the bezel completely as currently it is moving slightly. Then you can leave spaces for the soft key buttons so you can find them also in the dark. Indeed a small button /lip on the front too make it easier to open the Armor would be helpful in not breaking your finger nails.

[breese]

Received the armor, made a paper-cut in my finger whilst putting it on. It definitely does what it advertises, it's armor and I'm very pleased it's around our adam. I stepped on it too accidentally and the adam is still alive. We also just shove it into our backpack now without giving it a second thought and handle it quite a bit rougher than before, and the case stands up beautifully to this abuse. So all in all, for us, the goliath protection is awesome and we'll continue to use it. We were the ones that really wanted a cyan version, so we went for the brightest version we could get and it turned out to be real pretty (red on the outside, green on the inside).

That said, we of course want to be helpful and honestly share some opinions on the case:
x the edges of the case are sharp, sharp enough to provide my index finger with a paper-cut and it even drew some blood. If they could be rounded off somehow, that would make putting the armor/skin on and off more pleasant.
x the "snaps" in different positions in the lid, to make the lid double as a stand, is absolutely fantastic as a stand. But it becomes a pita to open it up, like tinutac mentioned. My husband and I have a different opinion on this. I would like the lid to "open up" a bit further after the initial opening so I can more easily open it completely, he doesn't care and says the problem lays with me and me not being able to work it right, lol. Ah well, I still would like it to open up easier, whilst still keeping it securely closed when it needs to be closed.
x the skin hangs loose on the edges instead of hugging it tightly, even with the armor on. It doesn't "snap" on as I saw in the video. Well, it kind of does, but touching it very slightly already makes it hang loose again. Perhaps beveling it more onto the screen like Alexadam said, will fix that issue. The "finding the soft buttons in the dark" thing, would be an added bonus.
x the armor doesn't fit as nicely on the back skin as I would like it to. There is a space between the skin and the armor, leaving room for sand, dust and other particles to creep in between. To clean it, I have to remove the armor, which is a bit annoying. Perhaps something that makes the two parts click together on the sides would be helpful (right underneath the "round part" of the adam and in between there and the bottom would keep it into place) ?
x we use the armor a lot with the lid turned on backwards and folded over the back like a book. BIG drawback: can't charge the adam, can't use headphones, can't adjust volume, can't restart when adam times out unwanted,... you get the picture. Not sure how you could fix this, because of the cool feature of being able to flip the lid and I wouldn't want to lose that one. But the issue with this is clear of course: If you put holes on one side, you have to put them on the other side as well or the hole will be on the wrong side when flipping the lid. I guess you could get away with doing the buttons only on one side (when opened like a book) because in most use cases that's when you'll want to be able to reach everything... - On the buttons: perhaps integrating a "softer" button like part into the material of the lid which would be able to push through, may fix this without loosing protection ?

That's about it. As I mentioned, we really are happy with our case and the peace of mind it provides us, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be even more awesome.

Thanks Nosanon for a cool product!

[MATrickett]

I'm far too lazy. Is this available in the US yet? I'm wanting to test Adam to destruction in the field.

[davidk]

Yes. I purchased a red colored one (both halves) and it is holding up great in the desert.

I've also dropped the Adam once and had no damage. Not that I'd go throwing your Adam around. :-)