FLIRC Raspberry Pi 4 Case Reviews

4.8 Rating 497 Reviews

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“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.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I was previously concerned at the 3+ running at 50-60C, although possibly needlessly! I read a lot about overheating on the 4+, again possibly needlessly. I decided to solve the possibly non-existent problem with this case, and it works. It idles along at 43 or so, and if give it some work to do with several browser tabs and some Julia calculations it rises to about 50-53. I ran it bare before putting it inside the case and it went to over 60 before impatience got the better of me. You can't, of course, easily take it out of the case because the lid is now glued to the CPU by the heat transmitting pad, but I wasn't planning on taking it out. I think you would just slowly ease the lid off without difficulty and it MAY be possible to reuse the pad. I'm very pleased at not having to bother with a fan. Looks good too.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I use the Pi-4 as a 24/7 NAS for my various IP cameras, running the excellent OpenMediaVault package. It is in a fairly dirty and dusty environment so needs to be in a fully enclosed case with no fans. The Pi was running a lot hotter than I felt comfortable with in the standard official case (typically ~ 65°C), but in the FLIRC that is a much cooler 40-41°C. The whole case feels uniformly slightly warm, so it is doing an excellent job of dissipating heat from the CPU. One word of warning though - to get access to the various headers after assembly you need to break the thermal bond between the CPU and case, as the Pi fits in the case from the bottom, and the "lid" is actually the base. Easy enough to do, but it will need a new thermal pad, and no spares are provided with the case.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Running "stress", the highest temperature I can get vcgencmd to admit to is 61C, with ambient around 24C. This case does work very well to shed excess heat. I'll be buying one of these for every RPi4 I buy from now on.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“This case reduced temperature by 20 C over the standard plastic raspberry pi case.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“A smart aluminium-casting case with a square of heat transfer "blue tac" that seems to work very well. Fits the RasPi 4 beautifully and protects it. I've routed a camera cable through the slot for the header cable. Tempted to 3D print a new top as the black one is crying out for a logo (and my grubby mits keep leaving marks on its pristine surface.)”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Very well constructed, takes minutes to fit your Pi. Tip - fit the heatsink pad first to the CPU, then hold at a 45 degree angle slipping the HDMI, Power and Audio sockets in first. The Pi will then drop onto the four mounting points. I tried first by trying to fit the USB and Lan ports in which doesn't work. Screws together with 4 threaded screws, no cheap self tappers here. Does smell a little at first, but will no doubt wear off with use. Sadly my case was missing one foot pad on the bottom, hopefully just one of those things. I've just ordered a second one so will see. Runs around 40-45C with a light load and an ambient temp of 22C.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“When I first got the latest Pi I also bought the official Pi case. However, when I switched on my new Pi for the first time the first thing I noticed was a temperature warning icon flashing on and off when it was booting! My room was also getting noticeably hot when the Pi was switched on. I am very pleased to report that since I received my new Pi 4 Flirc case the “over temperature warning (80-85C)” icon has yet to appear! So this product gets a 5 star rating from me!”

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Posted 5 years ago