This rugged Android tablet goes everywhere I’m uneasy taking my iPad Pro – and it’s only $340

4.0 / 5 Very good Built around quality components providing good performance. Very rugged, capable of surviving life outdoors. Long battery life. Runs Android 16, and Gemini AI smoothly. Overkill unless you need serious durability. If I’m being brutally honest, once you’ve taken the Android vs. iPadOS fork in the road, there’s very little that separates one tablet from another. After choosing the platform, the next choice is either screen size or price. I’ve tested dozens of Android tablets, and it takes a lot of hands-on time to pick out the subtle differences between one tablet and another. But one thing that readers ask me about a lot is ruggedized tablets. Sure, there are plenty of pricey rugged Windows tablets, but over the past year or so, more readers have asked about Android tablets that they can buy for a reasonable price. Unfortunately, another brutal truth is that over the past couple of…