Lighted Chassis Feet

The first product I'll show you is actually the main reason for this review, the Sunbeam Lighted Chassis Feet, or as Sunbeam calls them "case chassis" o_0. Since a picture says a thousand words, here's a quick 4,000 words for ya!

Blue Chassis Feet

Green Chassis Feet

Red Chassis Feet

Blue-Red Chassis Feet

Applicable PC Cases

Most of you probably got the idea already on what these are and where they go. But for those of you looking at this like (o_0), here's a closer look . Once you remove the chassis feet from their retail packaging, here's what you'll have to work with...

The Complete Set

Closeup

Connection Complete

Only One Connected

One Connection Closeup

Test Lighting...w00t!

As you can see, the connection process all the feet are linked together with one very small unit, similiar to the pc speaker connection pins on your motherboard. I liked this alot because when I first heard and seen of this product, I was having nightmare images of 4 seperate molex connections! lol. Thankfully, sunbeam put some thought into the ease of powering all four feet together using one pass-thru molex connector. Nice job here.....but what about the wire length from the connection to each foot? Is it long enough? Let's continue shall we.... After deciding that the DICEBOX would be the guinea pig for this review, it was time to light it up!...

Off with the Old	Take LED housing off foot	Feed wire thru case hole
Screw in stock case screw	Re-attach LED housing screws	All four ready to fire

Once I realized I had to remove the two microscopic screws that hold the clear cover over the internal LED, installation went pretty fast. The design of these are really superb. The wire feed thru perfectly and without interuption due to excellent design and thoughtful touches like a slotted "nub" that inserts into the bottom of the case. If that made no sense to you, just trust me, you'll notice when you install them that there's a little extra room for the led wire designed in there for you....nice touch sunbeam!

Hmm, That's IT!

Plenty of wire, just not where it counts

Need...More...Wire!@#

DOH#@! WHY DOES THERE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A DRAWBACK$!@$#!: I guess the good times had to end eventually. Now, this isn't a major problem for most people, just the geeks out there with more than a couple things in there case already, or for those who are anal about the inside looks of there case and wiring. the problem here is this: There's not enough wire included between the feet themselves and the connection. Meaning, they basically meet in the middle of the inside bottom of the chassis. Bad move! So, in this situation, there's no way to hide the wiring, or even run it along either side of the inside bottom of the case. A few more inches of wiring would have gone a long way for these chassis feet. The only way to hide the wiring at all with these led feet is to extend the wires yourself and run them outta sight. A minor oversight by sunbeam to some, a huge oversight to many others. This doesn't effect their performance of course, so .....

Let There Be Light!

The overall appearance of having this product installed on your case is like most lighted items - "looks great at night, looks like it's missing something in the daylight". But the nightlite effects are totally worth it. I think having the feet lite up are just the right amount of "pimpy looks" for most people. The semi-soft glow of the feet are much more appealing to some than a full-blown window and eye-bursting cathodes. The LED's in these feet are not "soft" by any means, but the reason I say "soft glow" is because the direction of the light from these are pointed towards the floor, versus right into your eyes....which is a good thing and serves their purpose perfectly.

The ease of installation alone will make these appealing to those not so likely to cut their case open, but want some lights never-the-less. I think they'll also appeal to the people with windows and lights and lighted baybus'. These feet add a perfect finishing touch. the only drawback is this particular design is only designed for one particular style of case, luckily, it's the most popular case design in history!!

Pros

Cons

If you like what you see , and I think you will...you can pick them up at Directron for $19.99 or Frozencpu.com . Don't forget to Check out SunbeamTech's site for more on the future of lighting! My thanks go out again to Sunbeam for sending me these products and also for continuing to improve the pc lighting market. Now let's take a quick look at the other new Sunbeam products including the Meteor Light, Laser Beam Led, and Strobe Lights .