“After experiencing the previous case I hoped that the new model would be as good.
It is.
Using the Pi 4 for multimedia and using the official case, it was constantly running too hot.
The official case is nice, but has poor thermal regulation.
With the Flirc case acting as the heatsink I have yet to see higher than 52c.
The bonus is that it looks good too.”
“The look and feel of this case does everything to make a budget computer appear so much more, whether it’s the contrast between the shiny silver and Matt grey colour, the weight of the heat dissipating, metal body, or the sensual marriage of cold and smooth sides with the warmer suede feel of the top and bottom plastic sheets.
All beautifully engineered to accurately match the ports and micro SD card of the Pi, and contain it within a simply shaped box.
If forced to criticise, I would have to say the only 2 problems would be with:-
1) The tapped posts for the screws securing the Pi inside: when used with the Adafruit T-Cobbler ribbon, to introduce the Pi to a breadboard, the length between the posts flanking the Pi’s GPIO pins proved too small to accommodate the ribbon’s end connector. For those determined, however, they can shave the ends of the plastic connector, to fit, although this does compromise the security of the connector if they would want to use it for something else, further down the line.
2) For those wanting to use the DSI port for connecting a screen directly to the Pi, this case does little to solve the problem of breaking it out. The choice for them is to either find an alternative case, or finish the engineering of this one.
All in all, for the majority of Pi users, it’s a grand house for a great piece of tech!”
“This case looks good, but the primary reason I got it was for its heat sink capabilities. The Pi 4 runs pretty hot and the case is great for dissipating that.
The only design flaw from my point of view is not being able to get at the GPIO pins after the case is affixed. There is a slot to take a cable out; that's well and good. But attaching a cable after the fact means dismantling the case and perhaps losing the effectiveness of the heat sink spacer.
Overall though, a very good looking case that protects the Pi in its travels and helps with smooth running.”
