I use the incipio smart feather and obviously it's paired with apples smart cover. It provides decent protection and you can still utilize the iPads smart cover magnets for unlocking and the stand and such. For taking my iPad to school and other places out of the house, I have a cheap case logic zip up case that I can throw my headphones, iPad, and stylus in. It also has a thing so if I want to watch a movie in the car it can stand up sitting on my lap. All together, I paid about $115 for my total iPad protection but I have the best of all worlds!