I was wondering if Framework sells replacement rubber feet for its laptops, and I found replacement rubber feet aren’t yet sold for the Framework laptops.
This is because my ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 6 laptop (which I’ve owned for about 6 years) finally lost both of its original rear rubber feet yesterday. (One foot fell off last year, and the last foot has disintegrated beyond recognition yesterday.)
I have non-OEM replacement feet from Amazon ready to go (hopefully they are “good enough”), but I couldn’t help but think maybe I wouldn’t have this issue with Framework laptops (especially if their laptop feet are of similar hardness on the Shore scale - I wouldn’t know, as I haven’t had a chance to test drive a Framework laptop in-person yet).
At the same time, I’ve been considering one of the Framework laptops for my next laptop and had tried finding replacement feet in the respective spare parts pages for the Laptop 12, 13, and 16 - but ultimately I find none so far.
Would selling replacement laptop rubber feet be an idea Framework might consider in the future?
It’s because practically the only way to get an OEM replacement for rubber feet of ThinkPads is to either: buy a replacement bottom cover (Which is applies to ThinkPads but not to Framework laptops), or hope the random Amazon listing in name for your ThinkPad works for you for replacement rubber feet. Not ideal and a bit wasteful, though it would still work towards that goal. (FWIW, this isn’t my only reason I’d switch to Framework’s laptops.)
(The only other idea I have is to 3D print replacement ThinkPad feet in TPU filament, or some other similar flexible filament - which you may find a few examples on Printables or MakerWorld. I curtail talk on 3D printing here, as I don’t want this to be about 3D printing - mostly because pragmatically no one “needs permission” to create 3D printed replacement feet for Framework laptops.)
For Framework laptops, currently the only hypothetical method I can think of to obtain new OEM rubber feet from Framework is to buy a new chassis - which only applies for the Framework Laptop 13 at the time of writing this post; and only the chassis could be purchases to obtain OEM rubber feet, due to all Framework laptops using a top-entry design through the keyboard cover (instead of underside entry through a bottom cover with captive screws, like many recent ThinkPads). However, this method for Framework laptop seems even more wasteful.