Alright, I received my grey case today, Here's my review.
Nasty/deep scratch. Lucky for me it's at the bottom where I don't care as much. Otherwise I would have returned this in a heart beat.
The filco plate wouldn't fit because of that edge. Either the drill bit they used for that particular corner was a bigger size or whatever.
I used 180 grit sand paper to sand it off. Easy fix but I shouldn't have had to.
Screws are too short. They barely hold on to the upper case. I mean look at the pics. That's less than 1mm of thread.
I was only able to screw in 5 out of 8. The other 3 just spin freely. Vortex should include longer than 10mm screws.
Bottom case needs a little more room. The switch pins were coming in contact with the case and causing some switches to not register.
I used masking tape on the bottom 3 rows to cover the pins.
I expected better rubber feet that would fit in the square pockets like Filcos. Nice metal feet though.
I personally would have preferred that there is no step in the upper lid as I pointed in the pic. But that's just my pet peeve.
PROs
Relatively cheap price
Easily available
Sturdy, heavy
couple of color choices
CONs
Overall finish
Short screws
I have mixed feelings on this one. I feel like I got a prototype or beta version. They really need to replace the 10mm screws with 12mm. These cases should come with better rubber feet, not those dinky dimples. But to be honest I wasn't expecting any rubber feet at all.
I gotta say it does feel really good to type on. Has the sturdiness of a model M. I also love the grey color as I think it compliments the white/beige key caps quite nicely.
If they fix the problems I mentioned above, I would buy again. So there you have it.
Ignore the capslock, will replace them later.