I've been going back and forth between aluminum and acrylic. How careful would a person need to be with the acrylic case? Would it be fragile, or would I just need to avoid smashing it with hammers? Would it become more brittle over time?
Thanks for any help people can provide; I know basically nothing about plastics.
your smashing your ergodox with hammers?
You don't?
I just had a quick chat with the Massdrop guys (Nelson, he assembled the two prototype keyboards).
The aluminium case really seems to have quite some weight. For transportation, the acrylic case is definitely more appropriate.
But he also said to look out for contact with other hard objects, because the acrylic case might get scratched.
He said the acrylic one had to be handled with more care, better in a case for transportation.
Also, the aluminium isn't that shiny, he said. And of course raw, so that there could be applied a finish.
("Anodizing, powdercoating, polished or brushed")