Today we are talking about the Samsung Chromebook Plus/Pro’s durability. After browsing YouTube in search of a good review for the model, we accidentally stumbled upon a really nice and recent video in which, Sean an educator at the Riverdale County School and also the Director of Academic Technology at the same institution performs what we are usually accustomed to see with new smartphone models just a few days after their release: a consumer drop test.

As one of the people who gets to work almost every day with Chromebooks and let us not forget, kids, Sean had a simple question that his curiosity urged him to get an answer for: how will the new Samsung model perform after a drop. In the end we all know kids tend to break things for a living.

Although not standard, many models that are currently used in schools around the US are designed to take some kicks and punches while some are even waterproof for evident reasons. On the other hand most schools before getting new machines for their students are interested in checking their durability before purchasing. At Malden High School for instance the whole future of Chromebooks is under question as machines are constantly breaking and currently in various degrees of disrepair. Reportedly, the costs of replacing all the machines would add up to $500.000 according to Wicked Local Walden. With a current queue of around 100 laptops and an average cost of $80 pe repair, we can understand why back at Riverdale, educators like Sean are eager to find how well their purchases can handle a drop.

Without anymore description you can watch the actual drop test below. We’ll save our conclusions for after you’ve seen the it (we hate spoilers just like all of you good folks out there.)

As you could see on the video the drop tests were performed from various heights (up to 4 feet) and from various starting positions on tile and a surface covered with carpet, tests which managed to only damage a hinge and chip a small portion of the casing after a corner drop. Even after a screen down fall, nothing much happened and after all the beating, the Samsung Chromebook Plus was still in working condition. We must state that we are pretty impressed with that.

As a conclusion, Sean stated that he will hand the new Chromebooks to his upper and middle students when the time is right without any worries.