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B-Grade units are in very short supply, we can not guarantee how long they will remain available or if there will be more in future. If they are sold out, please do not contact us regarding when they will be back in stock, the answer will be "hopefully never" :p

Please read this carefully before purchasing .....

The BC1 is made from a solid slab of aluminium that is precision milled, polished, and then finished with a sandblasted surface and anodising treatment that seals and protects the surface. The manufacturing process is incredibly labour-intensive, especially the polishing that is done by hand and as aluminium is a relatively soft material, it is unforgiving and easily damaged. The entire process involves a great deal of manual labour that inevitably leads to defects on the surface of some units.

In addition to defects that can occur during handling, some surface marks or inconsistencies can be caused by impurities in the material that are only detectable after the anodising process. 

On final inspection, units with surface defects must be rejected which is unfortunate as these imperfections in many cases would be difficult to notice, are only skin deep, and have no impact on the functionality or durability of the product.

With this in mind and the added objective of reducing the vast resource waste of simply scrapping these units, we have decided to make the ones with superficial imperfections available in our store as B-Grade.

We guarantee that all defects are purely aesthetic, either caused my impurities in the material surface or minor knocks in handling which occur before the final anodising process.

In every other aspect, this is a BRAND NEW and FACTORY SEALED unit that has never been used. It is not the same as a returned, open box or refurbished item and is indistinguishable from a standard new unit other than the surface imperfections.

Please take the time to check the example photos that highlight the type of surface defects that these B-Grade units have. Unfortunately, it is not practical for us to provide a picture or detail the specific type or location of the defect, but the images shown reflect the worst-case scenario, so expectations should be set accordingly.

Note that the packaging and laser engraving identificaition will reflect its B-Grade status to avoid any scenario where they might be confused or re-sold as standard units.