Set your iPhone apart with this well-made Napa leather case
Pegacasa Maestro Review – Pretty but not tough
Today we’re going to do a review on the Maestro case by Pegacasa. This is a premium iPhone case that has some unique features such as the design around the camera cutout, and the back of the iPhone case is covered with Napa leather. However, the handling of the iPhone inside the case is a little poorer than your average case and won’t offer much additional protection.
For our Pegacasa Maestro review, we’ve given this iPhone case a score of 3.9 Eh’s out of 5. This is a slim and fancy case and is up there with the Element $300 cases and the Armond Titanium. The version that we reviewed is only compatible with the iPhone 6 so if you have the 6s, make sure that you check with Pegacasa to see if they have a 6s compatible case. Despite being scored a little lower than the average case, Aaron is still a big fan of the case because of its unique design. If you need to see other iPhone cases, check out my site for a comparison tool of 30+ slim iPhone cases.
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Design – One of the most unique iPhone cases we’ve reviewed
Regarding design, this case is slim. Most of the time. The case does get thick around the camera cutout, in the middle of the case and the metal button towards the bottom of the case.
For build quality, the case fits well together which is surprising given the two piece design. The lip on the case is a little lower than other iPhone cases so running a screen protector will result in the screen protector sitting on a flat surface. The leather-back is quite nice but after several weeks of usage, it showed a couple of knicks which isn’t great. With all things considered, this looks and feels like a premium case.
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Protection – The sleekness comes at a price
When it comes to protection, the Pegacasa won’t add much additional protection to your iPhone. It isn’t drop-rated, the iPhone case isn’t lined with any shock absorbing rubber, and the lip of the case is so low that setting the iPhone down on a flat surface will result in the screen protector holding up the iPhone. There are no extra cutouts so the case will keep dust and debris out.
The protection of this case is a far cry from the Rhinoshield Playproof that we dropped from 10 ft.
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Functionality – Decent access but it handles like a bar of soap
Accessing your iPhone is great. Screen accessibility is top notch due to the low edges. Getting to the ports on the Pegacasa Maestro is nice as long as you have normal sized lightning cables and headphones (*sarcasm). We do have to say that the buttons on the case are quite nice and like other parts of the case, are well designed. The only thing that we have to gripe about for this case is that the leather is quite slick, but the ridges from the metal portions of the case offer a bit of handling relief.
We do have to note that the Pegacasa sent us a “C” version of the Maestro, which is the same as the normal except for the absence of the leather on the back of the case and some of the metal edges on the case.
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