My wife picked up the BookArmor High Impact Travel Case for me for my birthday. I'm flying to Atlanta next week and I was looking for something more durable than the neoprene case I'm currently using.

It was $38 from Amazon.

The first thing I noticed was it weighs a ton. Well, 1 pound to be exact. It's basically constructed of two metal plates, a heavy duty zipper and some durable canvas to tie it all together. It reminds me of the cases a lot of people carry their Bible to church in every Sunday, only heavy.

It comes with an alcohol pad and two "Snap-lock" strips that you stick to the back of the nook (or Kindle.) The warning on the instructions states "do not allow regular velcro to come in contact with the snap-lock strips. Regular velcro is impossible to remove from the snap-lock strips." Considering how strong the snap-lock strips tried to grab my bed's comforter, I'm not surprised.

Due to the curve in the back of the nook, I found it difficult to initially snap it down onto the cover after the strips were applied. I really felt to get the leverage I needed I should push in the middle of the screen, which obviously is not an option. Once it starts to snap in though, it's easy to complete.