Having looked at the backblaze pod they have done a very god job of making the unit affordable and functional. It is hard to find anywhere to remove cost.

I have made only 1 change so far which is more for manufacture than anything else. The company we will be using for manufacture primarily use punching machines rather than laser cutters. To allow for this i have removed the Backblaze Logo and removed the venting pattern from the fan mounts. For ease these will be replaced with after market wire grills.

Removing the laser detail and adapting the design for punching does have other advantages. The punching machines can work a lot faster than the Laser cutters. This means that it costs less to produce each item once the initial set up has been completed.

On orders of about 10 units plus we should see a cost saving over the price from Protocase listed on the backblaze blog.

I will upload solid models soon to show the changes made to the fan grills (even though this is only a very minor change)

I have completed the manufacturing 2D manufacturuing drawings and we should have final prices for the units within the next 2 weeks.