Customer Reviews

Gilsson Leather Carrying Case for Garmin iQue 3200, 3600, M5 PDA with removable belt clip

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I was looking for an elegant carrying case for my girlfriend's Ique (yes - women have PDA's, too). Anyway - thought I would leave a quick review to assist in the educated choice for Ique-case-shoppers.

Pros: good looks, nice enough leather, you can have the Ique in the case with the antenna out. Snug custom fit. The solution if you are a "let's clip all my stuff onto my belt" type of person.

Cons: no room for an extra stylus - you need to open a velcro fly to get to the Ique's stylus located at the back of the unit. You cannot secure the Ique in the case, it slides in and out (too?) easily at the top of the case. The "removable" belt clip (women love belt clips?) is not so removable - a big rigid plastic pimple on the back of the case attaches to a removable plastic clip. It catches on stuff in one's handbag I am told.

Recommendations: add a slot for a spare stylus as commonly found in Plam cases, make the velcro fly hold the unit in the case so it cannot inadvertedly slide out & why not opt for a removable belt clip holder on the case?

This case should be pulled from the market immediately. It is a very poor design that turns over and drops the PDA/GPS out onto the ground. Mine fell out on a concrete stairway and damaged my 3 day old GPS.

Do not buy this case under ANY circumstances.

Most of the other reviews on here are correct and I wish I'd read them before ordering this. The design really is pretty bad. There is nothing to hold your iQue in the case and because it's top-heavy, once it starts sliding out, it FLYS out. Adding to this problem, the cross-strap isn't off-center enough so that you clearly see which is the top and which is the bottom when picking it up. And of course, if you pick it up upside down, your Garmin is going bouncing on the floor. It's so loose in there that I can easily take it out of the case without opening it, simply by turning the case over and waiting for it to fall into my hand. I'm currently working on modifying the case by adding just a small velcro strap to go over one of the corners, something that should have been done in the original design of the case.

If you feel you must get this case, I'd advise against the one with the belt clip. It's essentially useless. The belt clip isn't placed well, so the case kind of hangs away from your body, which looks pretty silly. Also, the belt clip swivels, 'locking' in different positions. You could easily bump it and have it turned sideways, or worse, upside down. I'm sure you can imagine what a bad idea that would be considering there's nothing holding your iQue in the case. Also, as someone else mentioned, when you take the removable clip off, there's still a large plastic knob sticking out of the case permanently, which can be uncomfortable in your pocket.

The case has it's major flaws, but it does have its good points too. The case looks nice and has slots for a couple extra memory cards. You can use your iQue while it's in this case, which I think is a plus. However, I really don't see the need to use the GPS antennae while it's in the case--probably the main reason this case was made. It's really more of a car GPS, not a walking around or hiking one. And of course, you can't leave it in the case while it's in the car. Also, the case doesn't provide all that much protection if you were to use it walking around, primarily because of the whole falling-right-out-of-the-case thing.

If this case simply had some sort of flap or strap that held your iQue in it, I would have given it 4 stars (5 for the one without the belt clip). Unfortunately, that flaw is so huge that the case is nearly unusable.

In an ongoing search for the perfect case for my new iQue M5, I was very disapointed upon the purchase of this case. It fits in the case just fine, but I feel as though the screen is too vulnerable. The case is a bit cumbersome and doesn't really have any useful slots for anything. The included detachable belt clip is a joke. Right now, I suggest sticking with the Garmin produced "slide-in" case because you can fit the M5 in it with its leather screen protector attached for a snugger fit.

I use it with an iQue M5 and I keep a rubber band around it! If I didn't the device could easily fall out.

It doesn't securely hold the unit, and there's too much danger that you hold it inverted and your iQue M5 will slide out. This case is barely acceptable. Mainly is so the cover doesn't get scratched when it's in my carry-on bag.

This is a nice leather case. The only problems that I found with it were that the velcro strip attached on the inside of the case that is used to secure the unit to the case came off. Also since the the top and bottom of the case are open and the unit hangs horizontally the stylus of the M5 unit can and will fall out easily when the unit swivels. In addition I found that when removing the unit from the case would sometimes pull the battery cover off the unit and leave it stuck to the velcro on the inside of the case.

I received my carry case today. The case designed so that I could open the GPS antennae without removing from the case. I noticed that the manufacturer supplied a velcro disc to secure the iQue 3600 to the case, just below the GPS flip antennae. This velcro spot kept the PDA from slipping out if I held the case and shook it.

With the belt clip, the case hangs horizontally so it have less intrusion when I sat down.

All in all, I think this case was well designed.

WARNING: installing this battery upgrade may void your Garmin warranty!

Having said that, this 1500 mAh battery upgrade easily tripled my iQue 3600 running time. Comes with torx and phillips screw dtrivers and instructions how to take iQue 3600 apart.

This case is all you should ever need. Very flexible design that does not limit GPS operation (unlike some other cases) Hat's off to the designer