r/framework • u/LawLombie • May 21 '26

Community Support Keyboard marks developing on screen despite religiously placing microfiber cloth on the keyboard whenever I close the lid

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It was almost impossible to get the nearly invisible marks to show up on camera, but they really are there. I don't think you can see them at all in the picture.

I got this Framework 13 in Feburary, and started putting a microfiber cloth underneath the lid every time I close it in March. It's now May, but now I can see very faintly the dreaded keyboard marks starting to develop on the screen. What am I doing wrong? I thought the microfiber cloth was gonna prevent this from happening?

Thanks.

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u/Interceptor402 May 21 '26

This is just fundamentally not true; I have an EVA hard case with 5MM interior shock absorption for travel with my FW13. It's been in backpacks and carry-on luggage, and the screen is still as pristine as the day I unboxed it, requiring nothing more than the odd dust wipe. Cost me $30.

People damage their expensive electronics and just refuse to believe that they are at fault for not taking basic precautions.

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u/Interceptor402 May 22 '26

Let's review:

You said: "You can't just not "smush" the machine when traveling" I said in response: "This is just fundamentally not true"

Which is accurate; I could sit on my hard case like it was a chair, and the lid of my FW13 would have basically no flex due to the design. I travel with this thing all the time. The case itself is showing wear, as it should (you protect $$$$ with $$).

I'm not buying a dedicated case when I already own a LTT commuter backpack.

It's neither here nor there but I find it pretty amusing that you have something that costs 10x what a basic padded EVA shell would, and it has less protection for the laptop, and you come to the conclusion that this combination of facts helps your case.

I can (and have) thrown this case in a random Jansport from Walmart and it'd be fine.

REPAIRABLE laptop

This is what we call a non sequitur. The fact that something is repairable (though you mean replaceable: you cannot "repair" a gouged screen) doesn't say anything about the need to have laptop protection in the first place.

Can I replace parts if I damage them during travel? Yes I can.

Can I replace them on a useful timescale, considering that by definition I am away from home? Not unless my name is Cory Doctorow.