These dbrand limited-edition real leather skins for Surface Pro devices are outstanding

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These dbrand limited-edition real leather skins for Surface Pro devices are outstanding

If you want to footstep up your peel game, dbrand'south unique accurate leather skins are for you.

Surface Pro 8 Dbrand Leather Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central

When information technology comes to skins to protect or customize your hardware, few other brands stand out like dbrand. The company is now running a special, express-edition skin made from 18-carat leather, available in three different hues.

We were recently sent in samples for the Surface Pro 8 and, quite frankly, if you're OK with putting "dead cow" on your ii-in-one, you lot're going to love what dbrand has done here.

The skin is uncomplicated. There are three colorways, including black, brown, and tan, with a price tag of $50. That'due south more expensive than the typical skins, but these are thicker and made from "100% accurate, full-grain, vegetable-tanned cowhide," which justifies the toll.

Currently, you tin can pick upwards the skin for Surface Pro 8, X, 7, six, 2022, and Surface Pro four. In that location are also skins for the Xbox Series X too. You lot tin as well get the skins for your smartphones, including iPhone, Samsung, OnePlus, Google, and more.

Dbrand goes on to note that these skins aren't like the typical vinyl ones the company sells, providing some installation advice and what to expect:

After installation, take a few minutes to actually rub-downward the edges with the included color-matched microfiber cloth. This process will polish down the edge of the leather and brand it feel similar it'south melting into your device. As a result of the leather'southward thickness, without smoothing it down, you may find an unpleasant sharp border on the pare. This precipitous edge will disappear entirely and permanently - simply needs to be rubbed away with the microfiber.

Scratches and marks are normal. Over time, equally the leather collects natural oils, these scratches will disappear and course a timeworn patina. Fastened are a few images to give you an idea of how that before/after will look. You tin kickstart the process by rubbing away at whatsoever scratches with your thumb. While nosotros practice program to release a "Leather Intendance Kit" in the near future, the natural oils from your mitt are the key to this patina process.

Putting them on our Surface Pro 8, you can see just how thick the skins are, although it is non something you notice in one case installed. The texture and smoothness are only unmatched compared to vinyl as they have a warmer experience.

Installation is super uncomplicated. Just align the skin with the camera and microphone holes on superlative and the Surface logo on the bottom. Dbrand's use of 3M ensures these will adhere very well after it settles on the device, just if you demand to lift it off and correct that is non a trouble either. Indeed, I could swap out skins on the wing during the photo shoot without a hitch.

Surface Pro 8 Dbrand Leather Black and brown on Surface Pro 8 is 👌 Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Key

If you have a blackness Surface device, my advice is to go with black or dark-brown leather, whereas tan may look improve on platinum laptops. Of course, the baller movement is to split the skin like in the photo above, where one half is black, and the other is brownish.

Overall, these are, pardon the pun, killer skins. The idea that these skins will historic period and patina only like boots or jeans is also a nice bonus.

We hear dbrand has plans for more devices, too, including Surface Duo 2, which is something nosotros're looking forward to trying as that is a combo fabricated for each other.

Merely recall, yous have less than eighteen days to lodge these before they're gone, every bit this is a limited run. Also, please don't buy these for your vegan friends unless you really hate them.

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LIMITED RUN: If you e'er wanted a existent leather pare for your Surface Pro device, now is your run a risk. These 100% total-grain leather skins are in limited quantity, so make certain to deed fast.

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Daniel Rubino

Daniel Rubino is the Executive Editor of Windows Central. He has been roofing Microsoft hither since 2007 dorsum when this site was chosen WMExperts (and later Windows Telephone Central). His interests include Windows, Surface, laptops, and modern computing. Follow him on Twitter: @daniel_rubino.