Which passport case should I buy?

I believe I need a case for my passport because in my wallet it would be lost as well if I lose the wallet. Wear and tear - as my books fall apart, so is my passport in danger as well - is reduced if protected by a shell, and i have employed a plastic envelope, but why not a real passport case? Which might even be beautiful? Although red like fire extinguisher means important, perhaps London tan is beautiful? On this Forum last year was a thread of theme similar, but dissimilar because I do not want a mix of credit card carrier and passport envelope, colour wasn't a theme.

I see at present two possible models - Ettinger http://www.ettinger.co.uk/shop-online/index.php/cPath/24_38/products_id/18 price £70 ,
I HAVE JUST BEEN INFORMED BY ETTINGER THAT THIS CASE IS NOT FOR PASSPORTS. The passport case is this model:
http://www.ettinger.co.uk/shop-online/index.php/cPath/29_53/products_id/44 Ettinger also offers another model - also for £58 - called . Besides no London tan or Chestnut colours in this edition, a significant difference is silk instead of suede inside. I wonder what's better?

and Swaine.http://www.swaineadeney.co.uk/products/travel_pass_case/index.html Price £60 one window

The design of both models incorporates a window - in the Ettinger model simply as one side - not half - of the case!? In the other thread mentioned which put the question in a wider sense to include a mix with credit card envelopes (for example Saddleback leather in Texas), Smythson's of Bond Street was recommended http://www.smythson.com/leather-goods/for-her/purses-wallets/travel-pass-holder-brown-mara.html
But I don't need reptile leather for another £30 plus - I'm happy with bridle leather - will I regret this?
And in construction - I still don't get the sense of the double windows? Edition: I just got a notice which referred me to a post I overlooked at another thread:

I actually face a problem when I use the passport cover which came with my Smythson travel wallet. At the 2 principal times when a passport is required i.e. immigration at the departing and arriving country I have to remove the passport from the cover so that it can be scanned by the machine. I dont use my passport cover and rather stuff it inside the travel waller which has plenty of slots of cards, etc.

But you readers are experienced and knowledgeable - so what meets my untrained eye needs your help to differentiate!
PS - the comment I just added in edition about Symthson's double window is what I mean by experience.
I'm open for all objections and views on this subject and most grateful if you take the trouble to tell me what you think!
Edited by Naive, Jr. - 11/24/11 at 9:19am

I carry it in my wallet every day in a plastic envelope. Even in this plastic envelope, it gets a bit worn.

I'm sorry you don't understand. I admire persons who are able to keep their belongings in best condition. I seem to have the knack to destroy things - if I buy trousers, they soon get ink spots - if I buy new shoes, somehow there appears a cut in the leather, etc. My paperback and linen books fall apart.

So if one puts a passport in a case, it is similar to putting one of those soles or sole cushions in a shoe - if you remove it later, you see the leather and whatever printed on it in fresh form - get the point?

Perhaps I should ask you if you carry your passport with you?

PS: I overlooked your preface: one you like - that's the point of my thread: if I buy for example the Ettinger and discover later certain drawbacks - had I known, I would have bought the Swaine, or vice versa, or neither, but a third! Those who know these various constructions might share disadvantages and advantages to avoid unnecessary pain - sorry, if one considers passport cases too insignificant to bother about in view of the world suffering.

We are indeed on earth - not in heaven!
Edited by Naive, Jr. - 11/15/11 at 1:38pm

I'm afraid I don't understand. I don't want or need an extra breast pocket in my jacket. I have breast pockets in my jackets. My problem is how to protect and secure my passport.

I have looked at other threads on this forum and found a reference to Victorinox - a Swiss manufacturer of clothes and luggage. (Who has a bad reputation because certain products are not made in Switzerland although advertised as so.) So I clicked the link and discovered a website with hundreds of passport cases! But none made by V.! it seems that passport cases are quite widespread. That means that my approach is quite narrow (and narrow-minded!). I should have first asked which construction is best for a passport case.

Yes, I recognize that it is a case constructed like a book cover - do you use it? What so you think about it?

Thank you very much for your kind contributions which made me aware that I did not sufficiently emphasize my idea that if my passport is not in my wallet, but in a separate case, it will be safer. In connection with this conception, I phoned and wrote Ettinger. On the phone a representative told me that a strap could be attached to the case by a bulldog clip, but later I was informed that no extras are being done. My idea was that I could wear such a case around my neck under my shirt - is that silly?