Well if you will have a separate soft case for it, the coating will probably not peel for a good while, but still, you might end up bumping and brushing the case against stuff if you're going to move it a lot. If you're worried about that, there are other tenkeless boards to consider, like Keycool, Ducky, WASD V2 (not sure if there's coating--don't think so), Leopold, PLU, Noppoo Mid, etc.