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Sneak peek of new cases - jacqueline - 2024-07-02
Hey all!
The forum's been pretty quiet of late, so I thought I'd spice things up a bit by giving you all a look at how our final cases are coming along.
With our previous pre-production batch of cases (the 'unfinished' ones that had some tool marks, but were otherwise quite transparent) we got a lot of very strong feedback from people telling us that a more transparent finish looks "sick as hell". So for our final pre-production sample batch, we got a mix of bead blasted cases (the finish we originally planned on) and some sanded/polished cases.
I have received some images of the polished finish, and folks,,,
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - mtm - 2024-07-10
I think those look amazing! My only concern is how long they will look amazing...
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - fennecs - 2024-07-12
are the production units still going to be beadblasted only, or will there be an option to get one or the other or something?
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - jacqueline - 2024-07-12
I'll get into it in the next update, ETA next week sometime. The short version is that these are some of the samples we've gotten from our production CNC manufacturer, which is different from our earlier prototype manufacturer. We hedged our bets a little with this order by getting a couple of different finishes (polished and bead blasted).
We're not super happy with the initial bead blast finish from this manufacturer, and we don't really have the time or budget to go back and forth iterating to get a better sense of the right grit+process to get exactly the right result. But we *are* very happy with this polished finish (it's a nicer final result than anything we thought we might have access to originally!) so we're strongly considering just committing to cases with this finish for our production batch.
So far the polished finish hasn't seemed super scratch-prone, but that's obviously our main worry compared to bead blasting.
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - ailurux - 2024-07-12
Transparent also feels more flexible, in that it is easy to dye/paint it to be more opaque, but hard to go from opaque to transparent. The smooth finish feels much nicer in the hand too imo.
Ideally long term we'll be able to offer different options for the case finishes. I'd love to be able to do runs of different colours and designs of cases too. But for this first production run we'll be going with what we think will be the best fit overall.
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - fennecs - 2024-07-12
(2024-07-12, 02:48 AM)jacqueline Wrote: I'll get into it in the next update, ETA next week sometime. The short version is that these are some of the samples we've gotten from our production CNC manufacturer, which is different from our earlier prototype manufacturer. We hedged our bets a little with this order by getting a couple of different finishes (polished and bead blasted).
We're not super happy with the initial bead blast finish from this manufacturer, and we don't really have the time or budget to go back and forth iterating to get a better sense of the right grit+process to get exactly the right result. But we *are* very happy with this polished finish (it's a nicer final result than anything we thought we might have access to originally!) so we're strongly considering just committing to cases with this finish for our production batch.
So far the polished finish hasn't seemed super scratch-prone, but that's obviously our main worry compared to bead blasting.
that makes sense! the polished finish does look quite nice.
and i guess since the case model is open a bead-blasted case could be offered in the future (by the team, or indeed anyone) for people who strongly prefer that option - i personally have no strong feelings one way or the other
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - zettasonline - 2024-07-24
wow that is So So good looking!!
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - neckspike - 2024-08-01
Dang, I really prefer the frosted look (and texture).
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - kitinct - 2024-08-07
I actually like when this kind of product will show wear as I use it, when I had airpods their case would do the same thing
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - jacqueline - 2024-08-09
Yeah, I'm also really looking forward to seeing how this finish wears. Time will tell, but I expect it'll be a nice effect.
We will also certainly look into selling alternate case finishes+materials later, although pricing those alternates is going to be a Fun challenge at our scale.
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - gkr - 2024-08-17
Latest crowdsupply update mentioned the polished finish won't be the final one and had a single photo of 3 different finish. Can we have close up of the new one?
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - jacqueline - 2024-08-19
Here's some closer shots using what I've got in reach:
Hope that's enough to give you a bit of a sense? I'll try to get some proper photos of the fully assembled new finish the next time I've got a device with that finish actually assembled and on hand. We're pretty limited in the number of samples we have rn!
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - gkr - 2024-08-20
The first one remind me of the goo in ghostbuster 2. I wonder if painting the inside pink would accentuate the effect
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - br_en_d_an_ - 2024-08-24
That’s so exciting! I can’t wait.
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - taivlam - 2024-11-25
(2024-07-02, 06:11 AM)jacqueline Wrote: Hey all!
The forum's been pretty quiet of late, so I thought I'd spice things up a bit by giving you all a look at how our final cases are coming along.
With our previous pre-production batch of cases (the 'unfinished' ones that had some tool marks, but were otherwise quite transparent) we got a lot of very strong feedback from people telling us that a more transparent finish looks "sick as hell". So for our final pre-production sample batch, we got a mix of bead blasted cases (the finish we originally planned on) and some sanded/polished cases.
I have received some images of the polished finish, and folks,,,
It's good that different transparent/translucent case options are being explored. There are some devices, such as the Shargeek 100 Power Bank 2, even though the transparent design is more for looks than for efficient electronics design; and also transparency is more than just a fad (like the Teardown skin series from dbrand).
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - lambtor - 2025-01-27
i picked up a bottle of clear acrylic nail polish and coated my case. i brushed both the outside and inside. if anyone wants theirs to be more transparent, this is a pretty good option. mostly if you don't mind the possibility of it looking kinda handmade.
first pic shows the difference between stock and nail polished.
I also swapped the screws to metric hex from the torx.
RE: Sneak peek of new cases - jacqueline - 2025-01-27
Beautiful! You might also be able to get this effect from spraying with a gloss clearcoat. If you get something polyurethane based then it should stand up to wear reasonably well.