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Title: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: motoyuki on Tue, 27 May 2014, 23:07:29: Looks like there's a group buy on the tex 60% aluminum poker case on massdrop.com. Just started a few minutes ago. Looks like it'll cost $114
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/tex-metal-case?s=poker%20ii
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: minho on Wed, 28 May 2014, 01:18:21: Man these look nice. Does anyone know how they compare in quality to the ones that Pexon has available for sale?
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: MrChunky on Wed, 28 May 2014, 01:35:13: Could you point me where does Pexon have those cases for sale, please. Concerning the ones on MD, the quality is very good in my experience and the small footprint works great with the general poker aesthetics.
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: motoyuki on Wed, 28 May 2014, 02:10:42: These also come with aluminum feet. I wonder if the TeX cases sold by mechanicalkeyboards.com come with feet. They have more color options on Mk.com though.
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: minho on Wed, 28 May 2014, 03:03:29: Quote from: MrChunky on Wed, 28 May 2014, 01:35:13
Could you point me where does Pexon have those cases for sale, please. Concerning the ones on MD, the quality is very good in my experience and the small footprint works great with the general poker aesthetics.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47776.0
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: Freebird on Wed, 28 May 2014, 03:30:18: Oh no, why did I have to see this... :))
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: RojoNinja on Wed, 28 May 2014, 03:35:32: Quote from: motoyuki on Wed, 28 May 2014, 02:10:42
These also come with aluminum feet. I wonder if the TeX cases sold by mechanicalkeyboards.com come with feet. They have more color options on Mk.com though.

The ones on MK appear to come with two sizes of rubber feet. If you check out the pictures of the bronze one you'll see.
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: MrChunky on Wed, 28 May 2014, 03:49:59: Yeah... I have a case with those feet from TEX, and I can tell you that as someone who is used to some angle to my my keyboard, they don't achieve that. They do grip quite well though.
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: Latin00032 on Wed, 28 May 2014, 03:56:53: I like only a little angle on the board. Can this give you that option?
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: motoyuki on Wed, 28 May 2014, 04:14:06: The feet on the Massdrop cases look so much better than the Mk.com rubber domes.
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: Defect on Thu, 29 May 2014, 12:24:30: Dang...i thought I read somewhere that this was going to be the same price as the acryllic one...

Should have bought the acryllic one...
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: sacratoy on Thu, 29 May 2014, 22:28:31: I'm using the case from MK.com and the large rubber feet included are nice. And it comes with 2 full sets of feet in case anything fails. The group buy is nice, but with shipping, at least within the US, I'd probably pay the $5-10 more at MK so I got it within a week.

Quote from: Defect on Thu, 29 May 2014, 12:24:30
Dang...i thought I read somewhere that this was going to be the same price as the acryllic one...

Should have bought the acryllic one...

I ordered an acrylic, but I'm not going to use it. I'll have it posted on in the classifieds once I get it in the mail. Probably will just sell it for what I bought it for +shipping.
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: RED-404 on Thu, 26 June 2014, 22:53:57: My massdrop order was delivered today. So far I like it.

Pics: http://imgur.com/a/cTUGw (http://imgur.com/a/cTUGw)

Yeah yeah yeah the webcam sucks. It had a bad run in with an overvolted laser diode...
Title: Re: Tex 60% CNC aluminum poker case. ~$114
Post by: okwchin on Fri, 27 June 2014, 06:39:38: Looking good. The metal feet (and the grey colour) are where the MD deal really has its appeal. I only got in on the acrylic, and that has no feet I believe.