DRO Concepts

New Carbon Fiber Laptop Case Pictures

As many of you may have read we have been working hard on getting our laptop cases ready for full production.  We have got a few more quick pictures taken of some of the prototypes. Take a look below and let us know what you think. More info found here

Here is a photo of the back of the case which acts as the "hinge"
(this 3k plain weave case has not been glossy clear coated yet)

The side of one of the prototype carbon fiber laptop cases.
(this 3k plain weave case has not been glossy clear coated yet)

Our initial production batch of carbon fiber laptop cases will be produced with 3K twill weave carbon fiber and in limited quantity.

Because of great amounts of interest we are going to be opening up pre-order sales next week and will begin shipping in early January 2010.  The price will be $399.99
 

Thanks again and let us know if you have any questions.
-DRO

Carbon Fiber iPhone Cases Temporarily Out of Stock

As you probably know our DRO concepts carbon fiber cases are made entirely by hand and we produce the cases in batches.  Due to the great holiday demand we have sold completely out of our last production batch of carbon fiber iPhone 3G/3GS cases.  We are already in the middle of production on our latest batch of cases and they will be completely finished and ready for shipping on December 14th.  We do guarantee delivery before Christmas for ALL orders  placed before December 19th.

Guarantee Delivery before Christmas:
All FedEx Ground / Home Delivery orders placed before December 19th.
All FedEx 2-Day Delivery orders placed before December 22nd.
All FedEx Next-Day Air Delivery orders placed before December 23rd.

Thanks for everyone's patience and interest. Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

Happy Holidays,
Everyone @ DRO

Carbon Fiber Laptop Cases are almost here

So after a long long wait and many hour of work, our DRO Concepts Carbon Fiber Laptop Cases are almost ready to roll out.  Here are some sneak peak photos of a prototype we got from our engineering guys. We will have many more next week and our photos for the website should be available very soon. More details about the fit and design can be found here.

Compatibility:
All 13" Apple Macbooks and 13" Apple Macbook Pro, Apple Macbook Air, and several 13" Sony, Dell, and IBM laptops. A complete list coming in SOON!

Production versions of the case will be constructed with a quasi-isotropic layup which varies the orientation of the carbon layers depending on the location for increased strength and will be finished with a beautiful final clear coated layer of 3k twill weave carbon fiber.  As seen below.

Here is a couple quick photos of a prototype top half of the carbon fiber shell.  ( missing the clear coat finish and the soft foam lining )

Here is a shot of the the inside of the case (where the soft foam liner will be installed) 

And finally here is a quick peak at one of our production molds. 

I hope you guys enjoyed this sneak peak into what is coming in the future weeks at DRO Concepts.

Please let us know your thoughts and ideas.  We are always looking for feedback and suggestions.

Thanks again and have a great evening.

-DRO

Faster Turn Around and New Carbon Fiber Laptop Cases.

First things first, we have made up a lot of ground over the last week and are now going to be shipping within 24 hours (starting today!)  We have had good luck with FedEx and they have been shipping orders quickly and with almost no mix-ups.  So we are very excited to keep moving forward.

Our next step will be our new carbon fiber laptop cases that have been in development for a while now.  They will fit all of the 13" Apple Macbook and Macbook Pro lines as well as some other 13" laptops from Dell, IBM, and Sony.  We are still working on compiling a complete list.  The new laptop case is about 3-weeks away from being up on the site and we will have more details and photos soon.  Look for the new carbon fiber laptop cases to be in a 3K twill weave with a high gloss finish as well as a 3K twill weave but with a Texalium (silver) finish.  The price tag is still being finalized.   Feel free to post or shoot us an email if you have any questions. 

Thanks for reading,

-DRO

New carbon fiber cases with improved fit, finish, and a locking clip shipping out today.

We are excited to release the new carbon fiber cases with improved fit, finish, and a locking clip shipping out today.   Thanks to everyone who has been so patient and helpful with great feedback and ideas.

Talk to you soon,

-Everyone at DRO

New pics and New finish

So it took us some time to get these quick pics snapped but here they are.  *Please keep in mind these are still samples and we are still perfecting the edges and clip mechanism.*

This image shows the woven CF top and Unidirectional CF bottom.



More open face for easier access to the iPhone touch screen. UNI top Woven Bottom.

As soon as we have all the final touches perfected we will be posting new photos to our website DROConcepts.com

Thanks for looking, please let us know your thoughts.

New Carbon Fiber Cases for the NEW iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G!

After being completely out of our carbon fiber cases for over a month we finally have new cases on the way.  These new cases will be a much improved two piece slider design which we had codenamed "stealth".  Each piece had been made as a continues carbon structure, so there are no seams and no bonded edges.  This new manufacturing process has drastically increased the durability and longevity of our carbon fiber cases.

As always our carbon cases with be lined with premium neoprene for great impact protection and coated with our toughened high gloss coating. (**please note the pictures shown are JUST SAMPLES and do not have the neoprene liner installed or the final high gloss coating applied. We just wanted to give our loyal customers a heads up as to what is coming.)

These cases will fit the present iPhone 3G as well as the new iPhone 3GS that will be released June 19th.  Our new CF cases will begin shipping in mid July and will be available in our original woven carbon as well as our new Unidirectional Carbon.  More Pictures will be available here and on our site ( www.droconcepts.com ) in the next 48 hours.

Thanks for reading... and let us know what you think!
-DRO

Soft Satin finish for DRO carbon cases in the works.

After getting great feedback from customers on our high gloss finish, we have had a few requests for a textured or soft satin finish.  We have been experimenting with a few different finishing methods to the toughened coating to produce a nice soft touch feel.