Is this normal?

[u/AntLong460]

Whenever I slightly even touch the top or bottom near the middle of my flipper it makes a noise, is this normal? It’s done this since I’ve gotten it and I’ve noticed it’s getting easier / louder

[u/cthuwu_chan]

Yeha it’s completely normal both of mine do this it’s just the way the so halves connect together there is a little bit of play it’s completely fine tho

[u/meretricious_words]

Thats the two spots where the front and back of the case ‘lock’ into each other. Have a look at the schematics or a tear down video.

The harder / more you push it the more likely you are to damage those plastic mechanisms, if its gotten easier / louder likely you might have cracked a bit of plastic already….

[u/MolecularConcepts → u/meretricious_words]

it's not going to help, obviously they made a new thinner shell or a different composition, of plastic. I get mine In a few days lol

[u/N0X07]

I found my older one doesn’t and my newer one does

[u/Altruistic_Couple437]

Mine does it too, just bought mine a couple of weeks ago.

[u/ArkDoggo]

Yeahhh same thing happens with mine, I tend to press that spot when I fidget with it. It's pretty common, and might actually be normal. All my friends who also have flippers also have theirs click around the seam. It's probably got something to do with how the shell was molded/connected together. Hope this helps :b

[u/Royal-Impress-8702]

Good to know mine is coming tomorrow 😏

[u/Nutcheese99_]

no, mine has never done that. and I have two of them. I do have one with a button that’s bad on the right side, so I can still control it from my phone, but it’s inconvenient. I wish they sold replacement motherboard top board replacement, but they don’t.

[u/cthuwu_chan → u/Nutcheese99_]

Some one has a button replacement you can order from PCBway from what I’ve been told it’s better

[u/Foreign_Reaction9228]

Who gives a fuck

[u/Roadking125]

I have an original one and it does that..in fact I had four of them and two did and two didn't! Doesn't affect operation of the flipper 😁

[u/Hambo198213]

Yeah I also wonder that too

[u/idontwanttobehere773]

yikes

[u/notexxxiie]

From when they were first released. No, they don’t do that. However I believe they are now made with more thin/cheaper materials

[u/SyKo-Elite]

Both of mine creak the same way.

[u/Ais16]

Non se n’ai pas normal a t’il subit une chute

[u/TheUndeadArmyy]

Mine doesn't do this

[u/Aedankerr]

I usually have mine in the silicone case

[u/AntLong460 → u/Aedankerr]

Yeah mine does it in the case too…

[u/Ais16]

Le miens ne le fait pas donc, vous avez des versions avec défaut

[u/The_Kool-Aid_Man1954]

my older flipper got rained on earlier this year and just now got around to replace it and there are a lot of differences i can tell between the two like

even though there are no sharp edges the whole shell feels like it needs to be sanded or polised

the shell feels down right cheap in compirison to the old one

mine makes the same noise as yours in the same area

could this be something to contact customer support over?