Thon Rack Panel 1U 16XLR

I run a film post production studio and since most of our formats contain 8 ch I really need 16 hole panels. As a previous reviewer has already noted, this is the only one on Thomann. Sadly it completely misses the point!

As the reviewer before me mentioned (and I obviously didn’t read before buying) the metal in the panel feels like brittle plastic, the fake Ceracote plastic ”paint” is extremely brittle, the mounting holes for Neutrik D-type connectors are spaced slighty wrong and the screw holes are NOT 3 mm. I used my drillpress and drilled the 32 holes to 3.2 mm and mounted the XLRs with rivets, but that is hardly the perfect solution for everyone.

Cheap rubbish product, avoid at all costs!

The first time I'm genuinely disappointed with the quality of products sold by Thomann.
The coating (no paint to be found) immediately shatters and comes loose when looking at it with a screw (even with washers).
The screw holes are ever so slightly too small, so be prepared to drill them all out to M3.
The spacing between the connector holes is non standard and to tight together. XLR connectors are fine, but anything larger (SpeakON, PowerCON, EtherCON, ect) won't fit next to each other. Causing... "interesting" patch layouts.
The frame itself seems to be made of an aluminium/magnesium alloy, super light, but super brittle.
Let's just say it was the only panel with 16 slots on Thomann.

All too many rack panels are on the thin side, meaning that they flex when you're inserting or removing cables. Not this one!

The metal measures two millimetres thick, and there's a fifteen millimetre lip on the top and bottom to give the extra rigidity.

A small niggle is that the holes for the screws are not countersunk, meaning that you either have to use regular screws or mount the panel connectors in the front.

The holes are slightly off-centre to give you space to attach labels, but if you're not labelling the connectors it may look slightly strange.

All in all I'm very happy with my purchase.