The shell protects very well even after some major "drops" nothing happened. However, the fit is not very good. Up and down ok on the sides is the shell not 100%, making it easy schlaberig. Which probably explains why the buttons are sometimes very hard to press. I thought this would be a normal occurrence in TPU cases until I this case by Tudia for my new treasure; ordered redirect = true & ref_ = oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00. The fits like a glove just perfect and one even hears the click of buttons.