Review of the Seidio Holster, Skin Case & Battery Cover Combination
The perfect combination for care and usability is the Seidio replacement battery cover, the Seidio skin with reset hole, and the Seidio skin holster. I am not a holster fan. But this adjustable holster is nice.
As reported in a previous product review by Derek Simmerman, the replacement battery cover with reset hole is really a necessity. The lack of a reset hole in the standard battery cover is simply a Palm oversight: something that should have been included from the very beginning. Even though the Treo 650 has grown more stable with recent firmware updates, it still needs occasional resets. Removing the back to initiate a reset is a pain. With a reset hole in the cover large enough to accomodate a stylus, there’s no longer a need to remove anything.
Removing a skin case to initiate a reset is also a pain. Enter the Seidio skin with reset hole. The skin protects your Treo, and provides a hole small enough to keep out the dust yet stretchy enough to allow your stylus through for a reset. The skin covers everything except the screen and keyboard. It has cutouts on the bottom for your headset and sync/charge cable, as well as microphone. Thinner indentations (as opposed to cutouts) are found on the side for the volume rocker and side button. Cutouts on top allow access to the speaker, stylus, sd card and mute switch, as well as the camera and external speaker.
The skin is thin. But it affords solid protection from dings and scratches. It can even keep your Treo safe when dropped from low heights. As with most skin cases, one of the biggest advantages is that it provides a great grip. With the Seidio skin on, your Treo won’t slide on most surfaces including your automobile dashboard, and will feel secure in your hand. Skin cases provide a great basic protection, and this skin is no different. Unlike some early skins, this skin is not a dust magnet, and wipes clean easily.
There is no button on the back of the skin, and so there is no belt clip. That’s why Seidio came up with a holster specifically for the skinned Treo. The holster itself is padded with a felt-like material, but it’s really too large to hold an unskinned Treo securely. The clip is wide, and long enough to fit over any size belt, and to my surprise and delight, most purse straps! With a slight hooked end, and a strong spring, I haven’t knocked this holster off anything yet.
The Treo fits into the holster face-down. I imagine worn on your belt there is no purpose to it facing out to see caller information, and provides better protection for your screen and buttons. It took some practice for me to be able to snap my Treo back into the holster, but part of this may be because I am not generally a holster user. If you don’t push hard, the top latch of the holster will get caught on the skin, and not get a great hold of your Treo. Removing the Treo for use is a breeze, and the hinged top of the holster is well made: it holds your Treo securely, but not so securely as to slow you down.
In conclusion, this is a great combination of accessories. They were made to work together with each other and your Treo, and they do so beautifully.
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Just go my combo pack from Seidio yesterday, and it looks and feels great. I went through 3 different cases (Palm OEM, Bodyglove, and then InnoPocket Magnum).. While the Magnum still offers the most protection, it just isn’t practical. The other two stick out from the belt at least 1 inch and face outward, offering no protection from bumps into desks at work.
This setup, already, is low profile on the waist and with the “face in” design, will protect against bumps. So far, am very impressed, am very happy, and have hopefully found, and bought, my last case(s).
I just got the holster and could not be happier with the quality, features, and design. This is the case (?) that I have been looking for the past year. Great design with screen facing in, easy access, and secure belt clip. Also, you can set the Treo in it with the screen out and it works like a easel. Thanks, Seido.
I have had this for some time after my other seidio holster’s tab broke. (The unskinned holster). I was wondering if it will still work with one of the javo skins? Hoping the someone (hint editor) might have one to try out and let us know?
I’ve been using this combonation for a while now, and I really like it. I like the texture of the skin as well as the additional protection.
I love the back, and the skin, and loved the holster until the latch broke (two small struts = a weakpoint in the design).
What’s worse is that Seidio has twice ignored my requests for help (no answer, not even “no”), after promising I’d hear back. I can’t recommend the service, and consequently the product.
Speck’s holster is way cheaper and, even if not as elegant, works.
Just got my Seido skinned holster and using it with a Javo Skin works great. Very accessible and good protection for the screen and buttons.
This combo is my full-time dress and work approach to carrying my 650. I have tried more cases than I wish to admit and this is the one that works best for me.
I’ve had my combo for about a week now. It works as advertised. It took a while to get used to clipping the phone in securely, and I discovered that the design allows you to clip it in face-in or -out (if you want to for some reason). Something about the clip system sometimes ejects the SD card upon removing the phone. That and getting my shirt caught in the clip when reholstering the phone are my biggest complaints. Overall, I like it.