A35A - Made in USA

Great kneeboard for the iPad

It works really well and is made well. Improvements would be a more secure way to hold the apple pencil. I hit the pencil by accident all the time to where it fell once in the cockpit, luckily before taxiing. Second improvement would be to have an option to attach a paper checklist to the side somehow. Third improvement would be to have the belt clip attach to something different beside the velcro (s-hook instead of velco).

This is my second Pivot Case. Pivot is looking to improve its designs, but this update falls a little short. My former case (T21A) had an issue with the corners tearing off. The new design (A35A) fixes that, however, any time I want to mount my iPad, I have to take the cover off and store it somewhere else, whereas with the T21A case, the cover was secured to the mount and the base flipped around to fix into the cover with the iPad facing outwards. The A35A requires me to remove the cover and store it somewhere else leaving the iPad vulnerable to drop damage when I have to fish out the cover after using the mount. The A35A does a much better job of securing my Apple Pencil than the T21A. The pencil has much more case surrounding it. Be aware, the A35A comes with the “A35A Pencil Edge”. Don’t be confused by the site’s description of the Pencil Edge. This is not something that secures the actual pencil, but provides more protection for the iPad if you aren’t using the Apple Pencil.

Secure and Compact

Huge fan of the way it fits feels thoroughly secure. Adds some bulk but still easy to tote around and I feel much more comfortable framing it into a bag. One thing is that initially using the clip system on the bag was a little tight and took me a while to get the hang of, but I think that’s a me issue. It is completely smooth now.