Product Material Debate

Comments focus on debating and identifying the materials of a hardware product, distinguishing between plastic, metal, aluminum, silicone, titanium, and other substances.

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JUST TehCorwiz wikipedia.org en.m plastic material metal materials cast bronze plastics elastic brush steel

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gcb0 • Jan 13, 2015 • View on HN

thru plastic or not, it's still the same compound. what's your point?

echoangle • Oct 14, 2024 • View on HN

Do you mean metal as in the material? Where do you see that?

matrix2596 • Jun 25, 2024 • View on HN

they should call it barely plastic :)

Aloha • Oct 23, 2017 • View on HN

He said 'metal' that implies not ceramic.

SahAssar • Jul 20, 2019 • View on HN

It's about the shape, not the material.

treetalker • Jun 10, 2025 • View on HN

It's not a layer … it's a new material

bagels • Sep 24, 2023 • View on HN

I wish it was more specific about the materials.

subarctic • Dec 16, 2025 • View on HN

Funny I'm Canadian and I thought it was aluminium and maneuvers

uni_rule • Nov 8, 2022 • View on HN

Sounds more composable than plastic.

mturmon • Dec 30, 2011 • View on HN

Silicone, actually. World of difference.