I was putting my iPad back into it's Otterbox this morning ready to chuck it around in my truck for the week, and noticed that the top cover of the Otterbox is quite badly damaged. Whatever caused that damage would have mangled the iPad, so I'm pleased to have made the decision to go with function over form. My iPhone has been dropped once, and bounced, thanks the Mophie JuicePack it was living in at the time. I like protection.