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Leather Cases - Patina Proud Photos
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Can you share some pics? How does it fit after 3 months of use? Any feedback to share? I’m ordering one
Same here. My brown Nomad after a little over a month of use.
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I ordered mine 7 days ago. Shipping is FedEx 2 day. It sat in San Diego for 6 days with a new exception each day. I filed a claim and now it is miraculously moving towards being delivered. Either Friday or Monday it looks like.
That’s a letdown. You get exited to try that new case and then who knows why it’s stuck like that. Hopefully, the wait will be worth it and we’ll both like these new cases.
And that makes three of us. That’s odd having three people that has happened to on just this forum.
Nomad uses Horween Dublin, which is a waxed, veg-tanned leather.
It's "stuffed" with fat and waxes which gives it a bit of water resistance, but not as much as their chrome-tanned leather, and it's porous, so it's still best to avoid wetting it unnecessarily. There's a comment in the post about care.
Aside from the inherent natural marks in the hide, it will also pick up scratches rather easily.
The black color does a better job of hiding use than lighter colors, but it will still age.
So, it's not a material that will remain pristine, and best suited for those who come to this thread not by accident.
My Nomad iPad case is past the 50 day mark, but only really reveals the scratch marks upon closer inspection.
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I’ve no complaints about the leather on the Nomad, it’s wearing in really nicely, scratches and all.
I’m just not crazy about the TPU sides, and how thick it is.
I’m just not crazy about the TPU sides, and how thick it is.
I’ve decided to use a magic eraser on my apple case but before, i wanted to clean it with wipes. In the end I decided that I like it quite a lot as it looks like half wiped. For now I will keep it like that. I may end up using the magic eraser after all but for now I like it as it is.
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Yes. But the sides were getting very bad so the only option left was to remove the coating. I know what most will say, clean hands and so on but I really tried to protect it and never touched it with dirty hands. I don’t even use it that often and mostly in my house. It was just bad coating. I will not get an apple case again....
I don't know, maybe you got a defective case or something? My baltic blue case sides have gotten darker, sure. But nothing like it.. Looks pretty gradual. I've had it for almost 3 months now
Only the sides were darker for me as well. But i didn’t like it at all. That’s why I decided to remove the coating. It looks like this because I stopped half way. This is how it looked before
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This is way more severe than mine.. How long did you own it before it turned that dark?
I bought it on 13 November. By Christmas I noticed the first signs of darkening. By mid January you could already see a big difference
I am in a field where I have to wash my hands at least twice/hr and carry that into my personal life. This is exactly how mine looks right now after ~3 months. Never been exposed to any water or chemicals.
It all depends on how you hold your phone and also how often, not to mention your oil production. Everyones case will eventually look like that and the people saying to wash your hands are trolls.
I wonder if it would look any better once the thin layer of blue “leather” is completely gone .
After 2.5 months... this bellroy case has proven it’s worth $55 in my opinion.
yes, folks will frown on the side buttons being tight, however, I’m used to them and rarely use them anyhow.
below are pics taken today with the 12 Pro.
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