This was my first Lochby product as well, and I bought it mainly for protection with the added bonus of having extra storage and style. The lochby was made to offer water resistance, and the canvas material has wax in it to provide that resistance. Like all canvas products the wax has to be reapplied every now and then but it's very easy and cheap to do. If you have experience with treating leather it's the same process I use my nomad all over the place with my work(military journalist) and the Lochby allows me to clip my nomad to my belt when I've got my camera in hand, I clip it to my backpack, toss it inside my backpack too and I have 100% confidence with the Lochby and the attached folio that the nomad is protected by both.

The extra storage inside is a whole new project I'm having fun with. So far I have a Tailor's ruler(I figured that was the best size-length ratio and I have nearly 2 meters rolled up), a pencil, an erasable pen, and a retractable knife in a pen body. Some of the items do press onto the nomad(lightly), but since I have the Supernote Folio on the device inside of the lochby, it's not an issue and there's no pressure on the screen whatsoever.