My swanky Vaja iPod case

Back inDecember, I used some of my Christmas money to order an iPod case from Vaja, and today it finally arrived. I nowbelieve in love at first sight.

It comes nicely packaged with some propaganda (flyers, stickers, etc.) thatmy 2 year old immediately claimed. I went with a hunter green for the front and a dark brown for the back, but thereare literally doze of color combinatio available to choose from. The rear of the case is quite firm, with the logoprinted on the interior. The front is soft but not squishy, and the iPod fits in beautifully. The hold button andheadphone jack are exposed, as is the port on the bottom, so charging via the cable is no problem (though it won't fitin a dock while i ide the case).

There's both a screen protector and a click wheel protector (the clickwheel protector is optional) that a scratch-o-phobe like me a reciates. The wheel protector does require me to pre alittle more firmly on the click wheel itself, but not so much that it's a nuisance.

There are two styles ofbeltclip available, but I opted for no clip. I'm just as ha y keeping it in a pocket, and it's now so well protected,that I don't have to worry about damaging it.

Overall, I really love it. The leather is quite nice, theco truction is very good (it should be, it took 29 days), the fit is fantastic and the peace of mind that I won'tscratch the daylights out of the screen is nice, too (e ecially when I try to resell it a few years from now). On thedow ide, I can't co ect it to the Universal Dock or my Griffin RoadTrip while in the case, but I'm willing to livewith that.

The Vaja i-Volution starts at $70US. More pictures after the jump.