Product Description

The Proporta Apple iPod 5G with Video 30GB / 60GB / 80GB Alu-Leather Case is hand crafted to meet the exact specifications of your Apple iPod 5G with Video 30GB / 60GB / 80GB. Featuring our trademark ‘Screen Saver System’, which uses a sheet of rigid, lightweight aircraft grade Aluminium to line the Case, the Proporta Apple iPod 5G with Video 30GB / 60GB / 80GB Alu-Leather Case can even protect your precious device screen from crushing and impact shocks. Stylish and clever.The Proporta Apple iPod 5G with Video 30GB / 60GB / 80GB Series Alu-Leather Case also includes a removable belt clip which allows you to wear your device whilst on the move, for quick and easy access to your mobile device.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8128 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Proporta
• Model: 4575
• Released on: 2005-11-23
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Features

• Includes the unique Proporta Aluminium ?Screen Saver? System
• Cut aways give access to ports and controls so that you can use your device in the case
• Includes a removable belt clip
• Secure magnetic clasp closure
• Hand made with elegant contrast overstitching

Manufacturer's Description
The Proporta Apple iPod Series Alu-Leather Case is beautifully hand crafted to meet the exact specifications of your Apple iPod. It features our trademark 'Screen Saver System' which uses a sheet of rigid, lightweight aircraft grade aluminium to line the case, protecting your delicate device screen from crushing and impact shocks.

The Proporta Alu-Leather Case can be docked in your vehicle in seconds using the Proporta Magnetic Vehicle Docking System (Car Kit) (Car Kit) and we've even included a removable credit card module and secure internal storage for two MMC/SD cards.

Customer Reviews

Well worth the money
I had been looking for an iPod case for ages which was really tough, great quality, and would keep my 30Gb baby looking as expensive as it did when it first came out of the packaging. I bought this one of the back of the other reviews here and it was a good move.

The leather is great quality and the stitching is beautiful. Unlike one of the other reviewers, mine does have the protection at the sides as shown in one of the product images.

Also, mine does not leave the front of the iPod totally exposed (as shown in another of the images of the inside of the case) - perhaps the stock has recently changed to a new design and there is a mix of product images here?

Instead, mine has a leather-stitched covering for the iPod face (you slide the iPod into it), just leaving the clickwheel and the screen exposed so no need for an Invisible shield.

The fit is really snug but not too tight and the aluminium sheets inside the leather make it really tough - can't see it getting damaged from the normal drops and knocks it gets.

Yes, it makes it bulkier but not excessively so and I have even found a way of storing the headphones using the case. I wind them around the section of leather which joins the back of the case to the flip front. Once the popper is done up, it holds them beautifully in place! I have not found another case that does this so neatly.

There is access to all the essentials when done up (hold switch, headphones jack, USB port).

This is a top purchase and well worth the high-ish price. I tried an iVak soft feel case before this - looked horrible, felt horrible. This is the other end of the spectrum - highly recommended.

Be sure you know what you're looking for...
This case for me is perfect, as it fits my 5G 80GB iPod very very snugly, and seems that once closed, acts as an undamagable shell. However, I must point out that, although not a problem for me, there are a few minor areas of individual use.
There is quite a lengthy process of opening it and closing it, and mine came with closed sides (different to those below perhaps?) and so if you are the type of person who will listen to half a song, get bored and want to change the band, album, etc., this will take ages in comparison to something cheaper and more risky such as the iSkin.
Also, for those perfectionists out there, this case really is a tight fit, and the strap to close it does need a bit more force to close than your average magnet-snapper, meaning everytime you'll be wondering whether or not you've caused any indentations or blemishes. However, I have easily avoided this risk by simply leaving the iPod with the protective front layer of plastic that it came with, which is still thin enough to use efficiently.
If like me you can listen to your music without constantly having to skip songs you don't like, then this is a marvellous buy, worth every penny that you spend.

Good but not a true likeness in the pictures!
Recieved this case today seems well made, but in the pictures it shows that the sides and tops are protected, they are not,! a true picture is the first one only showing open sides and top!, it is ok for me because i use an i trip and docks so it is easy to get out or slip down in the cover allowing acess, (for my 80 gig), but if you are worried about the case allowing its sides and top to be completley exposed then this case may not be for you! basically it just covers the front and back but is very well made.