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Review on C4Labs Cloudlet CASE: Cluster Case For Raspberry Pi And Other Single Board Computers-Mist by Sean Franklin

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Pretty good case, excellent customer service

Overall I really like this product, it's nice to have a PoE switch and all Pi in one container. I have 5 pi and they all have their hats on and everything looks relatively clean. Although acrylic mounts could be better. They're not bad, but I wish they were more securely attached to the case (not all hang out, but some do). When I received the package in the mail, almost all the fasteners were broken, I only had 3 good ones. I contacted C4 Labs and they responded the next day and sent a replacement. That in itself was amazing, they called me back very quickly and solved my problem. I ended up using the broken brackets to raise my switch because I had very short ethernet cables, so it worked out great in the end. Please note that if you are using the official RPI Poe Hat or any other GPIO device for that matter, you will not be able to use the included fans. I learned it the hard way, you need a gpio extension and a 4 pin header which the hats use. But since things can get tight with more Pi in this case, I didn't think they would all match with extensions. So I just plugged the fans into the USB socket and powered off the Pi via USB.

Pros
  • nice touch
Cons
  • reliability