Friday, May 24, 2013
forum.thinkpads.com • When ThinkPads take a shower...
We all know ThinkPads have spill-proof Keyboards. But from what I've heard most ThinkPads still don't even survive a cup of water. I decided to go try myself. But instead of doing a boring "slowly pour a glass of water on your keyboard" test I took my X220i out in the rain. Seems more realistic to me since I don't drink while typing. Anyway, when I took the first picture it was only raining rather lightly so I could leave it outside for a few minutes without getting soaking wet myself. The camera survived it as well. The X220i was unimpressed, though fairly wet and dirty on the outside afterwards.
A few days passed and I started thinking: "Maybe I didn't leave it outside long enough" As if fate wanted it, it was pouring buckets on that day. Basically, a lovely day to take your ThinkPad outside. So that's what I did. Again. Sure enough I got soaking wet, as did my X220i in a matter of seconds. I needed to get my camera though so the X220i was left to enjoy the rain for a few minutes. When I came back I took a picture as quickly as I could which wasn't easy considering that rain was splashing into my eyes and onto the camera lens. That's why the second picture looks a bit shaky.
The X220i took quite a serious hit this time round. When carrying it through the room water was dripping out of the drainage system (those two holes on the bottom) and the system was very heavy because of all the water it had collected. I also noticed some sand or dirt had gotten stuck in the hinges and under the key caps.
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