If you read this article, even if you have not used the products of "aluminum factory", you must have heard the name of "aluminum factory".
In the tails, the "aluminum factory" is the same as Apple and Weilong - in addition to being easy to use / delicious, the elegant design that looks unaffordable at first glance is also one of the reasons why many tails respect the "aluminum factory".
So what is an "aluminium factory"?
Of course, the aluminum factory sells aluminum!
The real body of the aluminum factory, iQunix, because it has been unremitting and relentless to produce a variety of aluminum alloy desktop peripheral products, was forced to be named "aluminum factory" by the melon-eating masses who looked lively and did not think about it (nor did it consider the helplessness and sadness of a manufacturer who was doing peripherals in a serious way to be blackened into an aluminum smelting workshop).
Now, it's hard to say whether "aluminum factory" is more successful or "iQunix" is more successful. Nowadays, when you talk to the tails, you say that "iQunix" will still have tails and be confused, but as soon as you say "aluminum factory", everyone will have a big understanding: Oh, it is an aluminum factory!
Judging from the real name, iQunix is not easy to get away with the porcelain i... Wrong, it's A... Apple's suspicions, but compared with what iTools, iMemory and other messy tributes from all walks of life, although the aluminum factory is just Apple's meal, but at least, it is still a disciplined, designed, and word-of-mouth factory, "than those cheap and tasteless peripheral companies do not know where to go!" (A well-informed business tycoon)"
If you have used iQunix's various Apple peripherals and peripheral products, you may smile at the nickname of "aluminum factory". Aluminum factory not only likes to use aluminum, but also easy to taste, their product design is very much for their own design of the taste, product variety is small, slow iteration, is some "factory" temperament.
The various peripherals produced by the aluminum factory are generally this temperament. Take its high-frequency Edin notebook stand, for example, on it, you can clearly deduce its product logic from its own needs - why would I need it?
1. Why do I need a vertical notebook holder instead of a horizontal notebook stand?
If I don't use an external monitor – I don't need a stand stand at all.
If I need an external monitor, and I don't need a notebook, monitor dual screen - because the desktop plane space is limited, and the vertical desktop utilization is the highest; because the external monitor most often has to deal with large programs, and the vertical heat dissipation efficiency is higher; because the interface between the workstation and the game laptop is on the left / right / rear three sides, the vertical is sometimes more convenient for the external interface; and also, because the vertical can be blocked on the desktop, allowing you to touch the fish more safely...
2. How do I stand up the notebook so that I don't fall down?
The most minimalist, of course, can only be the card slot base (the base must be weighted, otherwise the laptop is easy to fall down), is it difficult to design a hanging desktop system?
3. I have 3 laptops, from MacBook Air to Aliens, can I get stuck in different thicknesses?
Therefore, the card slot of this base must be telescopic design, which can be built with high elastic springs, but it will be too complicated, and the simpler way to do it is to clamp it with screws.
4. Aluminum alloy high-end atmosphere, but direct clamping of the laptop, easy to clip the laptop...
Therefore, it is necessary to line the card slot with silicone, and the base is also the base, which not only protects the desktop, but also can be anti-slip.
Look, this is the notebook stand you want —
Because of this self-design temperament, the peripheral products marked with the "IQUNIX" logo are simple, but most of them are very easy to use, coupled with the aluminum factory's consistent minimalist aluminum alloy design style, so it can also be called "both inside and outside", word of mouth spread, the aluminum factory's peripheral products come and go in the user group is very popular, today's aluminum factory, after receiving the invitation of the Xiaomi product platform, has begun to sell in xiaomi products, and then Tmall flagship store will also officially open a store.
What do aluminum factories sell?
In the past, the aluminum factory is more focused on apple peripheral products, such as a variety of poke in the "itch" of the mobile phone / computer bracket, MFi data cable, mouse pad, hub and other products, in addition, they will also design some in line with the temperament of the aluminum factory mobile power, U disk, of course, they are also aluminum products.
### Candy Watch for Apple Watch底座 ###
Aluminum's Candy Watch is a charging dock specially customized for Apple Watch, designed to allow you to experience the most comfortable charging angle. The shell is cnc-formed in aluminum alloy, and the middle surface protection silicone is made of high-quality silicone material with a hardness of 50 degrees, which can prevent the watch from being scratched to the greatest extent.
### Spider Monitor Stand ###
Spider monitor stand, available in two different sizes (50cm with a 31.5-inch BenQ PD2700U monitor). Although it is only an aluminum plate of the height display, Spyder has reserved openings left and right, and the notebook is very comfortable when it is stored under the bracket.
### H-Stand headphone stand ###
Aluminum's only headphone stand, H-Stand, has a minimalist design and is suitable for use with minimalist headphones.
### E-Stand notebook holder ###
E-Stand is a combination laptop stand, and aluminum has another simpler L-Stand laptop stand:
### L-Stand notebook holder ###
The design of the L-Stand laptop stand is simpler, so the price is also relatively cheap.
### Zelo pen holder ###
The double-panel zelo pen holder is also the first product for aluminum factories to experiment with the crowdfunding model.
### Panki phone stand ###
Panki mobile phone stand, is also a heavy aluminum alloy material, this is a USB-C interface version, it is not clear whether the aluminum factory will launch a Lightning interface version.
In addition to peripheral products, aluminum factories have also begun to dabble in peripheral products in recent years. Since the release of iQunix's first mechanical keyboard, lambo 62, in 2016, aluminum factories have also launched three other series of mechanical keyboards, F, X and IQKB.
Aluminum factory mechanical keyboard will use Cherry's MX shaft body (green shaft, red shaft, tea shaft mostly), but to say that what is different from other mechanical keyboards that use Cherry's original shaft, of course, is the iconic design of the aluminum factory - aluminum alloy shell! For example, these two F60S and F96 keyboards:
### F60S Dual Mode Mechanical Keyboard ###
F60s, no RGB backlit version of the red axis
### F96 Dual Mode Mechanical Keyboard ###
Aluminum factory crowdfunded F96, RGB backlit version of the blue shaft
Although the reputation is outstanding, and the design of the product is outstanding, the market volume generated by the slow product rhythm of the aluminum factory is obviously not comparable with other peripheral manufacturers that are constantly innovating and frantically iterating products, so the aluminum factory has always maintained a "small and beautiful" appearance.
However, it may be this "small and beautiful" that makes aluminum factories so attractive all the time!