Review: Otterbox Impact for Blackberry Bold

Aug 20, 2009 Accessories

Once in a while a product comes along that you don’t think much about, but when you don’t have it, you realize you depend on it. Such it is with the The OtterBox for BlackBerry Bold Impact Series! protector. If you’re familiar with the OtterBox Defender series, you know OB builds things to last. When I got my Bold last November, one of the first things I did was look for a good protection device for it (my curve had not had one and looked like it had been to war). I knew about the defender, but I didn’t want anything quite that heavy. The defender could withstand more than an average person would throw at it.

The Impact Series though, was a new item and it looked like it could do the trick. I ordered one up and with in a week it was on the Bold.

The fit is nice and tight, it keeps things from getting around the back and it protects the device from falls under three feet fairly well (I’d try higher, but I’d rather not risk it). There are some loose areas around the keyboard opening and at the top by the top speaker, but nothing to be too worried about. This will not protect your device from sand, water or anything, but it will help keep it from scratching. Another nice feature is the screen protector they include with the case.

The cover slips on and off easily enough for those times you need to do a battery pull and stays in place when you need it to. One of the other nice features of the case is that it is somewhat non-skid. I can set it on my dashboard and it pretty much stays in place until I pick it up.

One last area that is important would be customer service. Recently, my original Impact Series was cracked. I guess my three year old had pulled it off the bold one to many times. I contacted Otterbox Support, gave them my original order number (which I had saved) and told them what the problem was, expecting to purchase a new one at a discount. The nice lady I talked to informed me that a replacement was on the way. Three days later, I had a new cover on the bold. Thats customer service.

You can pick up the The OtterBox for BlackBerry Bold Impact Series–buy now for only $19.95 from Otterbox as well as covers for most Blackberry, iPhone/iPods and other devices.

Tags: Blackberry, Bold, otterbox, protection