Thomann Rack Case 6U

It´s bigger than i though it would be, i bought it for my soundcraft ui16 mixer leaving a couple extra spaces free for future purchases.
The metallic frames are in constant friction with each other, leaving some problems when it comes to screwing in your units, the screw holes are not that well made and you might need to screw in and out some times just to get every screw in properly.
It´s a very light case so that might be a winning point.
Knowing what i know now, for a soundcraft mixer which is not that deep, i would certainly buy the wood hardcase version, it just feel´s much stronger and reliable, also a less deep case would also be recomended for these applications.
This case hasn´t failed my yet, and also hope it won´t, but i would surely recomend buying the wood hardcase just for the overall build quality, stability and safety of your hardware.

Purchased this case to replace a tired old plywood and aluminium rack which had seen a LOT of use.

I liked the fact that you could mount devices to the front and back of the case. I fitted a shelf in the rear for some non-standard devices and a connector plate with speakons and USB for convenient access to the amps and digital audio ports

However I did not think the case would take much abuse on the road. The plastic is somewhat brittle and worst of all, the front and rear covers are secured with cheap butterfly catches. These are very loose and the covers have a tendency to fall off in transit - not good!

I guess I will keep it for now but will find an alternative the next time round..

Overall it's kind of ok but has few details to be careful with:
- The lids don't feel secure with the latches they have. They don't keep well pressed and secured against the rack.
- Handle bars are very thin which gets really uncomfortable to use for carrying the rack even for a short distance of 10 meters.
- Overall plastic seems pretty fragile/cheap.
- The rail holes are not evenly distributed, at least my case, I couldn't fit of my pieces of gear due to that. I had to have a work around to avoid losing time as I needed it to move will all my equipment for some gigs.

Pros: good price and reasonable materials for the price. The case is very lightweight to carry, can be handled by one person with lighter loads. Exterior look is nice and professional.

Cons: The case has one job - protect racked equipment. Getting the equipment into the case is the problem. The case doesn't come with standard rack rails (rack nuts), instead the equipment screws into holes drilled to the side of the case wall. These holes are misaligned with standard rack heights - some 1U mounting slots are usable, some are not. I can not (easily) use the full 6U of the case. The same mounting system causes an adjacent issue - there isn't enough horizontal space between the mounting hole and case wall. Equipment with wider rack ears (still 19' compliant) won't fit lengthwise. I had to design and 3d print custom slim-widh rack ears to fit my 1u PDU