Pi case reviews

A good review of Pi cases would probably be interesting material for the Element 14 Raspberry Pi Blog .  Once you're happy with the article on your website, perhaps you'd like to like to write up some version of it for our blog here too?

The case I'm most waiting to appear in the UK is the Adafruit one , as I'm a big fan of transparent cases for boards that have LEDs and interfacing headers.  The main reference for Pi cases is on the wiki of course -- http://elinux.org/RPi_Cases , which doesn't yet include the acrylic Adafruit one.

Good luck with your reviews!

Morgaine.

The Adafruit case design is a great idea, unfortunately it is made of very brittle plastic, and even following the detailed assembly instructions, I successfully assembled the case once, and after deciding to use individual wires on the GPIO instead of a ribbon cable, upon re-assembly one of the tiny assembly tabs broke.  I see that another person has multiple breaks in his/her case, having to crazy glue it back together.  I would not recommend this case.

Sorry to hear that.  The "claws" are the most delicate part of the case, but the upside is there is no assembly hardware needed.  I'd suggest giving Adafruit support a shout as I've always found them quick to rectify problems.

I have a Pi Box and found it to be an excellent case!  The laser-cut precision shines with perfectly sized openings for all the connectors and the laser-etched labels are a nice touch.

I like how the top can come off for direct access to the GPIO and to accommodate stacking a daughter board like the Pi Plate:

I've now put the top back on and am prototyping via the ribbon cable through the slot (connected to their Pi Cobbler ribbon cable breakout board):

My co-workers who I recommended it too have all been very happy with the Pi Box as well.  At $15, I have to admit it is a bit of "luxury" item in comparison to the $35 price of the Pi.  I've seen a cheaper injection molded case, but it lacks the same level of sophistication.

In summary, the Pi Box is precise, versatile enclosure that makes the Pi look real sharp!

(update: I forgot to mention one of the reasons I dig Adafruit so much is their open-source nature.  The Pi Box design is on Thingiverse)

(recantha: feel free to use any of this on your case review page)

Nice case Drew.  Im currently using one i printed off my 3d printer.  Found the design on thiniverse http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:25363.  It does the job but i think i will purchase the pi box from adafuit.  looks a lot cleaner than mine does.

Nice case Drew.  Im currently using one i printed off my 3d printer.  Found the design on thiniverse http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:25363.  It does the job but i think i will purchase the pi box from adafuit.  looks a lot cleaner than mine does.

Nice, yet another reason I need to get/build me one of those!