My friend Bill (Semilive) was kind enough to offer to put my E80 in my truck at the last Shreveport Jam. He tripped on a loose door facing going out the door, did a head-first flip into the parking lot where he dropped the E80 about 6 feet onto the concrete steps. It was not in a case, because I used the only case I had in which it would fit for my Audya. The E80 was unscathed.
Not so for Bill, who is still having problems with his back and neck from the fall.
Point is the E80, which weighs about 54 pounds is built like a tank. Not sure any other board I've ever owned would have survived that ugly accident!
DonM