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Review on πŸ¦“ Zebra Zero Case for Raspberry Pi Zero & Zero Wireless - Laser Lime + Heatsinks: Ultimate Protection and Cooling for your Pi Zero! by Alex Montgomery

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good sturdy little case

I have a couple of Raspberry Pi Zero kits that I ordered from Vilaros and they came with a nice heatsink and decent case. There were issues with the mini-HDMI port being too far back, causing the cable to come loose easily. This became an issue when I was converting one of these into a RetroPie system and any jerky movement would cause the HDMI cable to disconnect. Not exactly what's supposed to happen in a boss fight. With this Zebra Zero housing, all ports are now flush with the edge, so that I can plug in various connectors flush with the housing. The only complaint is that I was able to use the original heatsink that came with the kit. It looks like the picture, but the heatsink was slightly larger than the pre-drilled hole on the top plate. So I switched from a 7-fin radiator to a 4-fin radiator. I'm not sure if this will affect heat transfer, but if it does, I can always put the heatsink back on and widen the hole with a dremel. One last note: do not overtighten the screws. Did it for the first time and couldn't remove the SD card. This can be good or bad, but I decided to loosen the screws a bit, just enough so I can easily switch cards if needed. Will definitely be ordering another one to replace the cards. Case on another Pi Zero I have.

Pros
  • Easy to use
Cons
  • Quirks