Hi guys,
I also received my Nanoq S Carbon this week! I have to say the quality is premium and everything fits precisely where it is supposed to be. I love the looks and feel.
A big thanks the Alex for creating such a great product and delivering what was promised!
That being said, I also want to point out a few things I experienced (good and not so good), to help owners and those who consider to be with expectations and also to propose small improvements to Alex.
To everyone who has the case and doesn't want to read it all, just read '3. Build' , to get the most important part for you.
1. Delivery
Time from shipping notice to receiving was quick; like 3-4 days. On arrival my parcel looked like it has gone through quite some abuse. A few posts ago someone already posted pictures of the packaging, which is really good! The corner protectors did their job quite well. Some were broken, but the corners beneath them were still intact. Also the parcel looked like it was sitting in a puddle while out for delivery. The lower half was soaking wet. Still the inner cardboard packaging (white case box + accessories box inside case) was mostly unharmed, though you could feel it being moist.
Not really anything necessary to do about it and I think the packaging is great as it is!
2. Accessories + Case
The accessories box looked like it was once stuffed on one side of the case nicely, but came loose in transfer. A few dents here and there in the cardboard is nothing dramatic, so that might be some lower priority thing to look into.
The case itself is padded well and was luckily unharmed. YAY!
One thing I want to mention here for a possible improvement is the sliding of the shell and core. The case might even have too much precision here, as there is basically no gap at all between these components.
I noticed, that Alex has designed 2 plastic(?) pins on each inner corner of the front panel. Plastic being a good thing here, as I guess the purpose is to prevent metal to metal sliding? Anyways, it doesn't work quite well and there is still quite a bit of metal to metal sliding happening, which in the long run would scratch of the (in my case black) coating and reveal the (silver) aluminum. If that's the idea with these pins, it is a very good one. But I'd like to see them bigger, to do their job. Maybe also some placed on the back panel.
For opening the case rarely, that's not a big problem, but I guess a lot of us like to tinker and therefore have to be very careful to not scratch these beautiful cases.
3. Building
I can't say a lot here yet, as my planned build will be complex and I won't have the time for at least a few months. But maybe the most important thing I noticed and the reason I'm writing this post now, is the following:
The only thing I did yet, was to reverse the power bar, as my radiator setup will not be the out of the box bottom config. On a side note... Why is that even the standard layout... Anyway...
The manual says there are two 'plastic pads' included, of which one should be put into the slot that doesn't already have one. This is basically the pad, that touches the power button and makes it clickable.
Now the thing is... These two plastic pads are included but wayyy to low profile to fill the slot high enough, the ever reach the power button behind them. It's not even nearly enough height, when button them on top of each other. I don't know why, but the pre installed pad is like 4x the height of the two accessories. Luckily I had something similar to the pre installed at hand, cut it to fit the slot, and the power button is clickable now.
- for everyone with the case: keep that in mind, if changing that bar is your plan
- for Alex: easiest fix with biggest impact
-> accessorie pads need to be the same pads as production puts into the slot.
Hope that's helpful.
Can't wait for the builds!
