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Official Raspberry Pi Zero Case Reviews

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Bertalan Voros
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I used my Pi Zeros without a case until this one came along, the different lids make it extremely versatile. I use one with the camera, one with the header opening and one with the solid surface. Easy to access the pi if necessary and sturdy. It's now the standard issue with every Pi Zero I buy.
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Posted 7 years ago
This case is nice to look at and is reasonably strong (its already protected my Zero W from a couple of accidental falls) but it seems to me that, other than perhaps the camera lid, this case isn't built to house completed projects. There is little room inside, so if your Pi already has headers and you want to use the camera lid you'll need to desolder them beforehand (I also dry-fit a Zero LiPo in and not even that will fit). Also, and this was the only genuine problem I had, I couldn't fit the mini HDMI adapter in through the case as the male plug was marginally too short to go through the thick case and connect to the Pi, so I spent a good amount of time wondering if the pi was broken (I used the adapter that Pimoroni supplies when you order, so other adapters may vary). All-in-all I think this is a nifty little case to keep your pi safe on a desk or in a school bag, but it would seem its not intended to hold much more than the Pi with headers OR camera.
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Posted 7 years ago
Three lids thats what sold it for me. But the best lid was the camera one as i was able to make a wedding twitter cam and have it all enclosed in a case. Certainly would buy again.
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Posted 7 years ago
It's a great little case with a nice variety of covers, rubber feat and a short CSI camera cable for the small Pi Zero camera connector. I am currently using it with the camera cover and the Pi Zero W as a motion detecting surveillance camera. It fits nicely into the Manfrotto smartphone tripod adapter MCLAMP (probably into the generic ones too), to mount it on any tripod/photo equipment with 1/4" screw. An angled micro usb cable could be beneficial in this case to . I don't think that heat will be much of a problem with this case. I measured the Pi Zero W at an average power consumption < 1 Watt (around 150mA, peaking at 200mA under full load). After running motion (http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion) with some ftp uploading and mail sending for several hours, CPU/GPU temperature leveled at ~53В°C (ambient temperature 23В°C), w/o heat-sink. The case gets only slightly warm.
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Posted 7 years ago
I liked this case enough to buy a second one for another Pi, the variety of covers makes it easy to customize the case for your needs. My Pi Zero is being used as a personal server, so the case was slim, seemed the stay cool and the fact the LED couldn't be seen from outside at night helped as well Just be aware that the case does have a cut-out on the bottom for access to the GPIO pins, this could create problems for some users, and there are no mounting points either.
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Posted 7 years ago
i bought this to compare to the (old) pibow and i was very happy with both of them i thing you could it this in a starter kit with a camera and a power cable and also stickers obliviously
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Posted 7 years ago