This Modular iPhone Case Might Just Be The Most Indestructible Yet
We say “might,” because we haven’t tested it yet; but sandwiched between the hard exterior shell of Incase’s new Chisel case and the iPhone it protects is a second, soft case with a secret ingredient called Poron XRD — a material we’ve found almost unbelievably excellent at absorbing impact energy.
The Chisel’s secret sauce is cool, but it also has another trick that lets you remove the hard, outer half of the case and use just the Poron XRD softshell. And frankly — based on the nasty ways we’ve unsuccessfully tried to break an iPad wrapped in Poron XRD — that really may be all you’d need.
The case has siblings. The Chisel is $35, and actually the middle child of the iPhone 5-branch of Incase’s SYSTM line. At that price, it’s definitely the killer deal of the trio.
If that’s not enough case for you, the $50 Vise includes a detachable belt holster with rotating clip. Or there’s the $30 Hammer which ditches the two-layer system for lighter weight and with beefy protection just at the corners.
When he was eight, Eli Milchman came home from frolicking in the Veld one day and was given an Atari 400. Since then, his fascination with technology has made him an intrepid early adopter of whatever charming new contraption crosses his path — which explains why he's Cult of Mac's test editor-at-large. He calls San Francisco home, where he works as a journalist and photographer. Eli has contributed to the pages of 
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