Carbon fibre (or carbon fiber if you are American) is an expensive material that is used in various applications such as racing cars, motorcycles, high-end bicycles, aircraft and even spacecraft. If you want to learn more about carbon fibre and how it is made then please click here.

Yes, our cases are made from real carbon fibre. Many other cheaper products are available that use a “carbon-look”, “carbon-design”, “carbon-pattern” or “carbon-effect” material which means they are just made from cheap plastic, or even a sticker, that looks very tacky and does not possess any of the physical or aesthetic properties of genuine carbon fibre.

Real carbon fibre can be easily distinguished from a fake carbon material by just quickly looking at it. If you hold a piece of real carbon fibre in your hand and rotate it under a light source you will notice that each carbon strand will shimmer and change colour from a deep black to a glistening silvery grey colour depending on the angle you hold it at. Fake carbon fibre does not do this and will just appear as a solid pattern that does not change colour or shimmer as you rotate it. This looks very cheap and nasty in our opinion and does not possess the same structural properties that genuine carbon fibre does. You will also notice that real carbon fibre is extremely lightweight and yet it feels unusually strong and stiff. You can also usually tell by price. Carbon fibre is an expensive material to produce. It costs about ten times the price of plastic so if you see a very cheap product that claims to be made from carbon fibre it is probably fake. Look out for words such as “carbon-pattern”, “carbon-design”, “carbon-effect” or “carbon-look” which typically means it is just a cheap plastic material or even a sticker that is meant to imitate genuine carbon fibre. It can sometimes be difficult to tell from an image on a screen whether your are looking at real or fake carbon fibre, that is why we have included videos of all of our products, on the product page, so you can see the shimmering, glistening effect that only real carbon fibre produces.

Weaved carbon fibre, usually just referred to as carbon fibre, is the more widely used type of carbon fibre. It is made from long strands of carbon filament which are weaved together into a fabric and then set into shape using a mould and which is then placed into an industrial oven called an autoclave which applies heat and pressure to harden the carbon. You will find this type of carbon fibre on many sports and racing vehicles such as F1 cars, MotoGP bikes and high-end bicycles.

Forged carbon fibre is a newer and less widely used form of carbon fibre. It was originally developed by the supercar brand Lamborghini in 2008. Forged carbon fibre uses smaller pieces of carbon that are pressed into shape under high pressure to form a unique carbon matrix pattern. This gives it a more raw and natural look.

Both forged and weaved carbon fibre types are extremely strong, lightweight and possess very similar physical properties. Please feel free to check out our product store to see images and videos of both the forged and weaved carbon fibre products that we offer. If you would like to read more, in-depth, about carbon fibre and how its made then please click here.