Meet Our Best iPad Cases

What Makes the Best iPad Cases? 

Designed to be the Best

JKD: You often talk about designing and building “the best” of something. What makes these the best iPad cases?

MS: While the term "best" is subjective, there are some objective qualifiers one can use to distinguish the best from merely good or just OK. One of the perks of having invented the Apple-specific case market is getting to see the products that are produced after you begin. Creating a market gives you an advantage. 

Mercedes Benz got to see every car that was created since their original "motorwagen" was first driven, unknowingly, by Karl Benz's wife. Being a first mover allows you to see the response and respond in kind. Always staying one step ahead. 

JKD: Can you give us some insight into how you do that?

MS: For MacCase, building the best iPad cases is not just a marketing slogan or some other surface level idea. First and foremost, we start with visionary design. We make sure the design will make a statement. We make sure it's original. We make sure it's a MacCase. 

Then we add our world class hides, sourced from the Himalayan highlands. Sew them together with the passionate hands of a third generation leather craftsman. Obsess over the quality and deliver on the promise of that original concept sketch, with a case that improves the customers life. 

Do that successfully and consistently you'll have what could be considered the best iPad cases.

The Best iPad Specific Cases

JKD: You have two cases on this page that are specific, custom fitted for the iPad Pro and two that are not. How can they all be "the best"?

MS: My background is in fine art. Before I became a designer I was a painter. As a painter I never cared about anything other than making the absolute best image I could. Not about what was going to happen when it was finished, who would buy it, etc. Someone either loved the painting or they didn't. If they liked it and had the means, there was a sale. If not, there was no sale. But you keep painting. 

As a designer, my world view had to change slightly. Different customers have different needs. The world is not as simple as "do you love this painting or not?" I cannot believe the myriad of ways, conditions and situations our customers use our products in. It can be overwhelming. 

This broad range of situations calls for a multitude of what designers call "form factors" or styles. Not every bag is going to be right for every person in every situation. And I am grateful for that. This allows us the chance to offer many styles and hopefully one of those styles, custom fit or not, will be the best iPad case for a whole group of Apple tablet users.

JKD: You've gotten a lot of feedback on the 12.9 specific cases. What are customers telling you, positive or negative, about them?

MS: For the most part, the feedback is extremely positive. It's hard to sell things like this online. Our products are all about the touch and use experience: the more you touch them and the more you use them, the better they get. 

I am very thankful to the customers who take that leap of faith and purchase a Briefcase or a Flight Jacket and then call or write to tell me it's the best iPad case they've ever owned. That happens a lot. Again, there is no way to design a product that will work for every person in every situation. I don't even think a paper clip, as ubiquitous as it is, can make that claim. 

Any criticism of the products come from the desire to have the case fit into the customer's life and day in an even better way. Of course, adding this feature or that feature might not make the case work for the 10 other people that purchased. Product design is a high wire act of the highest order. 

Overall, for the reasons they are making the purchase, the cases are delivering. They protect, transport, provide some storage and do it in a professional, elegant and quality filled way. 

The Best in Non Specific iPad Cases

JKD: You have 2 cases here that are not iPad specific. What makes them the best iPad cases in their own right? 

MS: They provide the solution for the person that has a specific set of needs those models address. Doing the research for the design, I can say that the Grand Career Tote is far and away one of the best iPad cases for someone looking for a professional, world class handbag that can store and transport and Apple tablet. 

The same for the Briefcase. If you need to carry more that the Apple tablet, say a 3 ring binder as well, the Briefcase answers that call. If you want to ride a motorcycle, the backpack option allows for this. The designs become the best iPad cases for those people who need solutions the designs provide.

For many people, one of our Folios will do the trick. If you need something more than that, if you need something more than the iPad-specific designs of the 2 models on this page, these non-speicifc models can provide those solutions. 

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