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Title: LF Filco Brushed Aluminam Chases Review
Post by: OnTheBrink on Mon, 18 February 2013, 19:51:12
Does any one have any experience with these cases:

http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=280

I am thinking about purchasing the brushed black one.

Sorry if this has been brought up before. I just want to get some feedback on how it feels, looks and sounds.

EDIT: err, Aluminium and I just found a thread about the silver one. So sorry :(
Title: Re: LF Filco Brushed Aluminam Chases Review
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 18 February 2013, 19:53:04
Quote from: OnTheBrink on Mon, 18 February 2013, 19:51:12
Does any one have any experience with these cases:

http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=280

I am thinking about purchasing the brushed black one.

Sorry if this has been brought up before. I just want to get some feedback on how it feels, looks and sounds.

EDIT: err, Aluminium and I just found a thread about the silver one. So sorry :(

Ah.. that and it's "NOT" brushed aluminum, it's satin finish..
Title: Re: LF Filco Brushed Aluminam Chases Review
Post by: Caaaarrrt on Mon, 18 February 2013, 19:53:46
There is this thread about it http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37801.0
Title: Re: LF Filco Brushed Aluminam Chases Review
Post by: OnTheBrink on Mon, 18 February 2013, 19:53:51
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 18 February 2013, 19:53:04
Quote from: OnTheBrink on Mon, 18 February 2013, 19:51:12
Does any one have any experience with these cases:

http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=280

I am thinking about purchasing the brushed black one.

Sorry if this has been brought up before. I just want to get some feedback on how it feels, looks and sounds.

EDIT: err, Aluminium and I just found a thread about the silver one. So sorry :(

Ah.. that and it's "NOT" brushed aluminum, it's satin finish..

Ahh, does anyone have pics of the black one built?
Title: Re: LF Filco Brushed Aluminam Chases Review
Post by: Leslieann on Tue, 19 February 2013, 03:36:28
Quote from: OnTheBrink on Mon, 18 February 2013, 19:53:51
Ahh, does anyone have pics of the black one built?

They just came in the other day.
Title: Re: LF Filco Brushed Aluminam Chases Review
Post by: kboardvintage on Tue, 19 February 2013, 04:18:07
the case looks good for $150
Title: Re: LF Filco Brushed Aluminam Chases Review
Post by: Elrick on Wed, 20 February 2013, 04:29:59
Quote from: kboardvintage on Tue, 19 February 2013, 04:18:07
the case looks good for $150

Most definitely.  It's no Korean Marvel but it does it's job of elevating a humble Filco into the ranks of LZ's and 356's  :p   (Joking people, please don't start a lynching here).
Title: Re: LF Filco Brushed Aluminam Chases Review
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 20 February 2013, 06:50:49
The "handling" of these cases during manufacturing is pretty rough.. Pretty much all of them has little dings and imperfections...

So when you have those on a "darker color"  it will look like little nicks' of silver bits on an otherwise uniformly colored case..


It's best to go with "silver", and re-anodize to whatever color you want on your own...

because the manufacturing defects are FAR LESS obvious on a SILVER case....  :D


Yes, you MAY get a choice cut, and all your defects are on the "inside of the case", that would be great, BUT.... based on vortex's track record, and this "specific cases' "  track record.... that is of low probability....



I mean, I also found it somewhat suspicous that MK's always taking shallow depth + somewhat blurry photos of these cases, while their other products sport very clear "in focus" shots...  :))