I use Reeder for iPad as well. Quick loading, looks great, and it works! Surprised you have not tried Reeder for iPhone? That stopped my RSS app search!

My worst self inflecting gadget damage was actually done on purpose. First cellphone was a Nokia and for some reason it seemed to work better and hold signal after being thrown down. (Found it out the first time by mistake) From then on every signal drop would result into a throw onto the ground and signal being immediately found upon picking the phone up. Oh how I was I could treat my iPhone that way after dropped calls.