I use my phone in a construction area for most of my day. I am on ladders over concrete floors so I definitely needed a good amount of protection for this awesome phone. If you think the Galaxy Not is big before this case gets put on, you're in for a treat! My wife has the same phone but just a thin protective case. I get all the comments when I whip out my phone, "man that's a big phone!!" This case really does make a big phone even bigger. The large rubber bumpers on the corner are just what I've needed for my phone. I can now easily prop up the phone against something if I want to (like a hat, the lamp at my night stand, etc) so I really don't need a kickstand anymore. I use the external ports quite a bit and have had to carve out larger openings for the headphone jack, USB port, and camera lens for various uses but other than that I can't imagine using this phone without this case. Is it the highest quality case that can be made? No, --but I can't expect that for something around $10. I occasionally need to adjust the case after it has been in my pocket as the lock button has shifted but that is not that often. I'm sure a Seido case has nicer manufacturing build quality --but I can buy 5 of these cases for their price (and no other case has these large corner bumpers). All in all, I am extremely happy with this case.