I tested a police blue LifeProof case on my iPhone 4S for a month for this review. And I tortured the thing.
The drop test was the easiest to accomplish because I'm a klutz. Over the course of about 30 days, I probably dropped the thing 10 times onto carpet, hard tile, hard wood, asphalt, and cement. Not a problem. No dings. No scratches. It just keeps iPhoning.
Water testing was even more fun. I took the phone out of the case, filled the case with dry tissue paper, and snapped it all back together good and tight. Then I let the case play submarine. I submerged it in about eight inches of tepid water in my bathtub for more than one hour. I then took it out, dried it off, opened it up, and examined the tissue. Bone dry. I then sealed the tissue back up in the case one more time, tucked the case into a pocket in my favorite pair of tac pants, and fired up the washer. The case survived the spin cycle, and I believe it would have protected the phone. Even though the tissue paper inside was a little moist, it was not wet.
The LifeProof case is basically a combination of a polycarbonate shell and a rubber O-ring seal. It provides excellent protection for the phone without adding a great deal of bulk. It's a great product.
But it does have some minor issues. Documentation is non-existent in the box. You have to go to the Website to get the instructions, and they are not easily printed or saved. Fortunately, the company has excellent customer service. Reps are available 24/7, the call center is in the States, or using American reps, and response time at 5:46 p.m. Eastern time was 12 minutes.
