That’s unfortunate. I have a Synthesis on the way. Let’s hope all will be fine, but I am wondering if I shouldn’t have gone for the Sheath now. I am in EU, so sending it back will not be easy.
That might not be feasible for you to return it. Is yours a gray one? If so, it is likely to hide the scratches better than darker colors like the black and blue.
Yes. I have a Natural Titanium and ordered a gray for it. So that’sa bit of a relieve, then.
That's really good to know because I just ordered a white Paragon after watching your video again, haha.
thanks for sharing this. I'm still on the fence about returning my Sheath.
thanks for these helpful comments and experiences. I was able to do better today using the camera capture button. if it were lighter touch, I would imagine it could be great for selfies, but as you noted, one handed use means pushing the button will invariably create some "camera shake"
Yikes…. And Caudabe was my go-to for the 14 Pro and 15 Pro… I guess Apple Silicone it is for now!
I suspect the extra weight may be from the slightly larger size, and also the microfiber lining on the interior, which wasn't there on the 13 Pro case. I just weighed both of mine and got 41g for the 13 Pro and 42g for the 16 Pro. Either way, a 1 or 2g weight change is negligible to me. Maybe even more surprising to me is that they're both heavier than the Speck Presidio 2 Grip (40g). Before weighing them, I would have guessed just from looks that the Speck was significantly heavier than either of them.
our experiences mirror each other. i think if you line up the bottoms of the cases, you will see that the buttons are lower on the 16 pro version. but that aside, you are right, it was hard to confuse a volume and prior mute switch. i haven't made the mistake of hitting the wrong button in the past several days so i must have re-trained my old brain
My thoughts exactly 👍our experiences mirror each other. i think if you line up the bottoms of the cases, you will see that the buttons are lower on the 16 pro version. but that aside, you are right, it was hard to confuse a volume and prior mute switch. i haven't made the mistake of hitting the wrong button in the past several days so i must have re-trained my old brain
i finally heard back from Caudate. as suggested here, they do not have any plans on building a case with a capacitive button. they reminded me of the 30 day return policy and also, said that i would not have to pay return shipping costs which is a nice bit of news to hear.
i'm still on the fence on returning it, and will use the Sheath at least for a complete week before swapping back to the Silicon case to determine my preference. i'm starting to find my way around the camera control button, and in the big perspective, if i don't use it much with either case, then there is no loss in using the Sheath. the Sheath is so familiar and comfortable to me having used one for 6 (?) years. the Silicon case is nicer than i would have thought though. and it's significantly lighter -- 31 grams on my scale.
Just to share an update I got on the Synthesis: I was going to send mine back to them, partly for the scratching issue but partly because I love my Sheath too much to switch. Their customer service said that apparently they had an issue with the texture on an early batch of Synthesis which is causing the back to be more easily scratched. But, they have a fix already and offered to send me a replacement. I'm still undecided if I'll personally keep it since I'm 99% sure I'm using Sheath this year, but fyi.
That's interesting. I can't say I've had the same experience with the buttons. They stick out a little as all buttons do, but I haven't had any accidental presses.
I agree. Now that the novelty of the camera control button has worn off, I've used it no more than three times in the past week. All three times were to open the camera app. Once I was in the app, I was happily tapping away on screen as usual. To me it's not worth giving up my favorite case (also the Sheath) for that reason, and definitely not if the other option is the Apple Silicone case. Between the dust, poor durability and general feel, it's not for me. The Apple Silicone was my case of choice before I discovered Caudabe (like you also about 6 years ago) and I've never gone back.
to be fair, the silicon case is better than it was 6 years ago. it seems they have solved the lint magnet issue. I think my primary complaint would be it somewhat sticky coming in and out of my pants pocket and as you suggest, I think it's long term durability will be questionable.
you have pics of the grey with natural titanium? I thought about buying the grey but ended up going black and blue but maybe order the grey to change it up from time to time.
