For christmas I got this fantastic new fangled gadget, known amongst the interweb geeks as an iPod 5th gen (w/video). It’s been such a cool toy, and I’ve taken it for show-and-tell several times. The only problem is that this version of Apple’s media player has a tendancy to scratch. The face is made of plastic that I deem entirely too soft. I’ve heard horror stories about how easily they have scratched.

To make a long story short, I stressed and stressed that my new little friend was going to get a scratch and finally did something about it. I bought a fantastic new companion for my iPod from the folks at Xtreme Mac. I will try and forgive them for using the “X” in place of the correct english spelling of Extreme. There is few things in the world that annoy me more (even though my own company is guilty of it so much eg:Xgames Xperience BLAH!) but I’m willing to let it slide for now.

Everyone say hello to the wonderful new soft leather protective covering for my iPod:

Now let me tell you how much I love this product!

First and foremost, the build quality is absolutely fantastic. They’ve used very high quality leather for the exterior that has that great buttery warn feel, and a baby-skin soft felt type material for the inside. It’s all held together with thick thread stitching that really compliments the “weathered” look of the whole thing. On the inside there is a little pocket that’s just the right size for a credit card/ID/folded cash, and a classy embossed XtremeMac logo. The whole package is very stylish and very well built.

There is elastic contact point at the top and bottom to keep the iPod snug behind the screen protector while leaving all the ports and Hold switch easily accessible.

Altogether it’s just a simple, well made product that created one very satisfied customer out of me.

now if only there was a good way to carry those damned headphones without tangling them.