I was first made aware of Speck when my Blissdom ’09 blogging bud Paula of Booger and Burps did a promotion with them and offered her readers a 25% discount on all their products. I bought a SeeThru Hard cover for my MacBook (in RED of course!); a cover for my husband’s MacBook Pro and a case for his iPhone.
Paula loves her Speck orange SeeThru cover too which has even made a jury duty appearance. For me, love is not a strong enough word to describe how I feel about their products.
So during CES when my colleague who I was working the show with said she used to work with the Speck gang at a previous company and wanted to make sure to stop by their booth, I was all for it. Turns out that of the 2700 exhibitors that we saw, and over the four days I worked the show we saw them all, Speck was my favorite!
Free beer with the Speck boys: Owen and Brent
The theme of their booth was a candy store/arcade and it looked fabulous! There were candy jars, and arcade games and vending machines, and as luck would have it, free beer just at the moment we were there! I got to meet my colleague’s friends, Owen and Brent, who were just the nicest guys, as it seems everyone at Speck is.
For me they are also a hometown team as they are located in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are a small company with great ideas and great marketing campaigns with precision execution, something I always enjoy observing.
I had a great time meeting them and others on the team, taking photos and checking out their products. I am in the market for a new laptop bag so I was keen to see what they had in their portfolio. It had only been a year since they launched this addition to their line and I wanted to see how they matched up to Timbuktu (another Bay Area company).
As we were leaving, Owen slipped me a new SeeThru Satin Case for my iPhone (in RED of course) and I was thrilled. I ripped off my old case and quickly put on my new cover, which I am totally in love with! It is beautiful and actually won a Best in Show Award at CES.
And now for its secret crime-stopping capabilities. Last Thursday while I was riding BART home, I was watching a TV show on my iPhone with my headphones on. When the train reached the 19th Street/Oakland stop (Richmond line) a guy in a grey hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled over his face tried to grab the phone out of my hand as he walked by. He tugged, and I tugged back, hard (I had no plans to give up my phone).
I truly 100% believe that if had not been for my new case which has, and I quote from their website, “Raised rubberized trim [which] provides extra grip…” I would not have my phone today. My old case (not a Speck) was a smooth plastic and would have slipped out of my hands, but with the traction I got from the rubber on the Speck version, I was able to keep a firm hold.
And there you have it, a beautiful case from a friendly company with secret, magical powers. Can’t beat that!
Speck, you are truly sweeet!
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That is so cool that the case helped you to prevent your phone being stolen! Talk about a great testimonial for the company…
ICLW
Good grief! He tried to grab it? Be careful, Andi. We cna’t live without you. How cool – it doubles as a safety gadget!
I enjoyed looking through their website, some really cool features on their site. Thanks for linking. And Red is my favorite color too. I have a red phone, red computer and red mini-van.