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Review: Xtrememac Bumperz

Last updated: May 16, 2021 8:58 am UTC
By Jeremy Horwitz
Review: Xtrememac Bumperz

Pros: Simple rubber iPod shuffle side guards most compatible with a lanyard- or XtremeMac SuperHook-equipped shuffle. Nice assortment of fifteen colors.

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Cons: Must buy in five-packs at a higher starting price than a competing product; doesn’t include anything except the rubber guards for the price. Generally designed to be used with accessories attached, and not the standard USB cap. Very limited protection – not as “serious” as advertised.

Review: Xtrememac Bumperz

Marware pioneered the rubber iPod shuffle edge guard with Sport Grips (iLounge rating: B), and now XtremeMac is offering Bumperz ($19.95), a highly similar concept with a few small twists. Unlike Sport Grips, which cover your shuffle’s standard USB bottom cap, sides, and top, including a carbineer hook and sometimes a silicone lanyard necklace, Bumperz also cover a part of the shuffle’s back but don’t cover most of its USB cap.

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In fact, Bumperz are not designed to be compatible with the iPod shuffle’s standard USB cap, and are only intended to be used with Apple’s lanyard cap or XtremeMac’s $19.95 SuperHook (iLounge rating: B-), which is sold separately.

On the bright side, Bumperz add a nice splash of color to your iPod shuffle’s sides, don’t inhibit its use with typical headphones, and are fairly affordable. You get a five-pack for $19.95, a better overall and per-unit price than Marware’s $24.95 three-packs of Sport Grips, and XtremeMac’s packs come in colors that will appeal to many people. Bumperz are available in three different bundles – one with muted and more masculine colors, one with brighter and more female colors, and one with neon colors – and each set is pretty good, assuming that you want more than one of what’s in a given box. That said, we preferred Marware’s original strategy of offering a single Sport Grip (with caribineer hook) for $8.95, and note with some dismay that it’s recently raised that price to $9.95, a fact which makes Bumperz you like even more attractive by comparison – assuming you’re willing to bite the bullet and buy five of them.

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Review: Xtrememac Bumperz

On a less positive note, if you’re looking for protectiveness – especially the “serious protection” touted on Xtrememac’s web site – there are many better options out there, and we certainly don’t think the Bumperz’ protection is even close to serious.

They’re not iPod shuffle cases – at best, they’re shuffle guards, and partial ones at that. The shuffle’s largest glossy white surface (front) is almost entirely exposed, as is a large amount of the back. This mightn’t be a problem if you always use Bumperz with a lanyard, but if it’s attached to the SuperHook, front and back scratching is entirely possible. You’ll get much more serious protection from the company’s TuffWrapz (iLounge rating: A-), or Power Support’s Silicone Jackets (iLounge rating: A-) for that matter, so if protection’s what you’re looking for, look elsewhere. You could even do better with a set of XtremeMac’s Shieldz (iLounge rating: B), in our opinion.

 

Review: Xtrememac Bumperz

 

Review: Xtrememac Bumperz

Though we think they’re going to be fun and right for certain people, what made the Bumperz an “ehh” offering in our book was their limited practicality.

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