To get real about drop protection, I believe it’s important to understand how most tests are conducted. Typically devices are dropped onto flat surfaces, traditionally plywood. So a 6-foot “military” drop rating doesn’t tell you much about how a device might fare when dropped on uneven surfaces such as rip rap along the bank of a river (for example). If you’re only ever walking on plywood (half kidding), then a 6-foot drop rating should suffice. If you do other, more risky, things out in the real world, you may need to look at a case more critically and consider how issues such as flush sides, <1mm lips, back flexibility, etc. severely limit the amount of protection provided, regardless of what the marketing department says.
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