Best Apple iPad Air 2 Cases Knomo Tech Knomad Air ($119) Take your organizational skills and fashion sense up a notch with the leather Knomo Tech Knomad Air. Inside, your iPad Air will sit snugly in its own microfiber-lined pocket, but you'll also find spaces for a stylus, credit cards, a phone, a portable battery and power cords.

Plus, if you register your bag's unique My Knomo ID, the company can help reunite owners and bags if you become separated.

Best Apple iPad Air 2 Cases Apple Smart Cover Who better than Apple to make a cover for the iPad? The company's lightweight Smart Cover has a hinge that magnetically connects to the tablet.

Since it's just a front cover (no back), you won't have to worry about adding extra bulk to your slate. Available in seven colors (black, white, pink, yellow, green, blue and (Product)RED).

Best Apple iPad Air 2 Cases X-Doria SmartJacket Sure, the new iPad might as well be lighter than air, but sometimes you just want to prop your tablet up for easy viewing. The X-Doria SmartJacket can be folded so you can lean your iPad at different levels of elevation.

The magnets built into the cover let you put the tablet to sleep or wake the device. The slim jacket also offers protection from bumps and scratches, while its 3D-patterned back adds a distinctive look to your slate.

iLuv Layup Best Apple iPad Air 2 Cases As much as you may love your iPad Air 2, you may not want to constantly grip it in your hands. iLuv offers two more options with its dual-layer Layup case.

A detachable hand strap lets you keep a hold on the iPad in any one of four positions. When it's time to sit back and watch a movie, pull out the built-in kickstand. Available in black.

Best Apple iPad Air 2 Cases Belkin Qode Keyboard Case The iPad Air is pretty light. Belkin says it's managed to make a keyboard case that's even lighter.

The QODE Ultimate Keyboard case uses an aluminum alloy to protect your tablet. It's also flexible enough to provide multiple viewing angles, along with a keyboard that boasts special shortcuts for adding tracks to your iTunes wishlist and pairing Bluetooth devices that could come in handy. Available in white and black.

Best Apple iPad Air 2 Cases Incipio Faraday Incipio's Tuxen comprises a faux-leather top and a rigid, plastic shell on the back to protect your iPad. Like the X-Doria SmartJacket, it has a magnetic cover to keep the cover firmly closed, and triggers the Sleep/Wake function on your Air 2 when you open or close the flap.

Available in black, charcoal, ocean (blue) and pink, the Tuxen also folds into a stand for viewing media or typing on your tablet.

Best Apple iPad Air 2 Cases Case Logic SnapView 2.0 ($30.69) It's simple, thin and colorful. The Case Logic SnapView 2.0 case takes its name from the button locking system that secures the tablet in place.

It comes in (remove extra "in" here) black, green, gray, pink, purple and tan. The suedelike interior of the flap protects against scratches. The molded polycarbonate shell won't add a lot of bulk to your sexy tablet, either.

Despite the lack of major upgrades, the Apple iPad Air 2 holds a spot as one of the best tablets on the market. During Laptop's testing, in which a tablet loops through webpages at a constant brightness, the Air 2 lasted for nine hours and 20 minutes before powering down.

While this mark is in line with Apple's advertised Wi-Fi browsing battery life of up to 10 hours, the iPad Air's battery is a step behind other multimedia tablets that tout battery lifespans of more than 10 hours.

While these scores are slightly outclassed by more current tablets, the Apple iPad Air 2 showed it still has excellent specifications during our hands-on testing. The tablet smoothly switched between tasks like web browsing and games.

In "Epic Zen Garden," a high-end iOS gaming tech demo, we could navigate through the in-game world without any technical hiccups or performance slowdown. The Air 2 is also a strong performer in Laptop Mag's battery test, although the tablet isn't without its limitations.

Compare size Apple iPad Mini 4 and Apple iPad Air 2. Like past iPad Mini iterations, the Mini 4 is among the top tablets thanks to its focus on the fundamentals.

With strong construction and specifications, the Mini 4 is a good model for users who place a high value on portability.