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 mountainsmith fanny like an evening clutch for hiking. too small for a book, (rounded bottom makes it tough, fits a kindle though) works well for keys, wallet, stuff like that but that's it. comfortable as a sling, wide strap.
 
+The Fire 11 Max is Amazon's newest, largest, most powerful tablet. It's also a tablet no one wants or needs. 
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+Amazon has departed from its ultra-budget hardware to churn out a tablet that would be a decent mid-level Android tablet, if it ran the latest version of Android. But it doesn't run Android at all, it runs Amazon's Fire OS, a crippled, very nearly useless fork of Android that's now over two full year's worth of features behind Android. 
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+Take mid-level hardware, slap on an OS that's good for little more than consuming Amazon content, charge nearly as much as an iPad, and you end up with a tablet just can't keep up with [the competition](https://www.wired.com/gallery/the-best-tablets/). Even at half price, as Amazon's Fire Tablets usually are during Prime Day and other sales, the Fire 11 Max is a tough sell.
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+## Why the Fire 11 Max Sucks
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+Lest you think I have some pretentious dislike for Amazon's hardware, I would like to start by saying that I am typing this review up on a Fire 10 with a Finite keyboard. It's my main writing tool when I leave the house. Or RV in my case. I have modified the Fire somewhat. I use the adb developer tool to turn off all of Amazon's apps, and install the apps I need to work (Vivaldi and Termux), but hardware wise the Fire 10 is well able to handle my needs. Which is to say, for $100 on sale I think, with some slight modification, Fire tablets are indeed capable of being useful for work. 
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+For that reason I was excited to try the Fire 11 Max, what's not to like about a more powerful tablet, this one made of real metal instead of cheap plastic? The Fire 11 Max does deliver what Amazon is promising here. It's is by far the best Fire tablet you've ever used. 
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+The base model is $229 which gets you an 11-inch tablet with a nice, 2000×1200 pixel 60 Hz display, 4 gigabytes of RAM, and 64 gigabytes of storage. You can get one with 128-gigabyte SSD for another $tk. The chip is a Mediatek MT8188J, an 8-core processor. Those specs put it firmly in the middle of the Android tablet range, more powerful than its Fire siblings, but certainly no OnePlus or Samsung level tablet. See our guide to the best tablets for our picks on higher end devices.
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+For Amazon though, this qualifies as a high end tablet, relative to the rest of the Fire line. It's made of metal and feels much more like a quality device than any other Fire. Throw in the very nice keyboard, cover, and stylus (which bumps the price to $330).
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+, or exactly the price of a 9th-gen iPad
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+but having done so, I have no plans to upgrade. The extra power isn't noticeable to me unless I use them side by side.
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