The case will practically be black in about a month anyway
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Leather Cases - Patina Proud Photos
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2 month patina on andar technically red. I’m suprised it’s not totally black yet lol. Seems like it will patina to a burgundy red if you have moderate use. Overall love the hand feel of the case and how grippy it’s become. However, it’s really starting to bleed dye now. Have to put a paper between MagSafe stand and phone case or else it will stain it all red.
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As good as bullstrap if not better without the logo. Can't beat it.
Not in my case. The first one I got had a wonky button and they shipped a new one priority without requiring the original be returned. Just had to submit a video showing the issue.
Go for the replacement. What have you got to lose?
Roughly 4 month patina update. I would say this still the best leather case out there. Yes it’s expensive however their rewards system and life warranty makes it all worth it. After trying out cases from Andar, Bare, Nomad and having to constantly be disappointed with the non leather camera ring I am really happy to see Bullstrap will offer a closed bottom. Meanwhile I decided to pull the trigger on a RL case in saddle brown and maybe next time around I will purchase a closed bottom case for those situations where I need the extra protection, but for now super happy with the progress.
Did you treat your case with anything, or is this just from natural use? Looks great.
No special treatment other then just being careful with it I do work in an office setting so I do tend to baby it. Especially with the open bottom. I don’t want any nicks or marks on the my phone therefore I’m quite excited Bullstrap is finally making that move. The only downside is that I just bought a RL SADDLE BROWN from fb market place luckily it was a good deal.
The colour bleed has to be a fault surely. Have you spoken to Andar about it?
Is it only when on the stand? Ie, in contact with heat?
That was biggest problem I had with Andar, but unfortunately their customer service was terrible. The whole time I felt like I was speaking to a robot and never got a solution therefore I promised myself to never purchase from that company again.
This slate changes very quickly. Didn’t do anything except touch it lol. Granted today I did have to fix something on my car before work, hands weren’t extremely dirty but not clean either. But limited use of phone during that except for a flashlight.
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What!This slate changes very quickly. Didn’t do anything except touch it lol. Granted today I did have to fix something on my car before work, hands weren’t extremely dirty but not clean either. But limited use of phone during that except for a flashlight.
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Yes you are overthinking it. After a couple days of good lotion on your hands (its winter here) and using your phone that will blend right in.
I don’t know if it’s heat or just wear. As I have dye transfer on my charger and my wallet I use while at the gym. Both this one and my 14PM did the same after about 2-3 months of patina. I don’t live in a humid area so I dont know what could cause this. Only have this problem with andar.
Same.. color started to bleed after a few weeks. No help from CS so i tossed it.
I had nothing but problems with Andar back with my 13 Pro. Three ill-fitting cases before giving up. One of those had a beat up camera bump after a couple of days. Customer service was meh.
They’ll always be a pass from me but those new Aspens do look mighty fine.
They’ll always be a pass from me but those new Aspens do look mighty fine.
‘Jess’ who replies to their CS enquiries is a bot/AI. I suspected the same so I asked them if ‘she’ was via insta.
When they confirmed, they passed my enquiry onto a human and it was sorted quickly.
So opening an enquiry through the usual channels but them directly messaging them via insta is the route I’d go down in future.
It’s a shame that what seems a relatively small company feels the need for AI (it’s very clever how it picks all the info out your emails etc). I’d like to think they could have a couple of CS guys handling things
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That looks like moisture
or herpes as you said 