# USB Key enclosures

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/usb-key-enclosures/19775>\
**Category:** New Product Ideas\
**Created:** [March 6, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/usb-key-enclosures/19775 "2011-03-06T10:11:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Elysiumtech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Elysiumtech](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Elysiumtech)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/usb-key-enclosures/19775/1 "2011-03-06T10:11:05Z")

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Hi SF,

I’ve been eyeing the USB enclosures from Bud Industries but so far only mouser and digikey seem to sell them. I can certainly order through them but when shipping costs $35 for a $2 part it seems kinda not worth it. I could buy 100 of them to make it worth while but I only need 2-3.

[http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSea … USB-7201-C](http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?vendor=0&keywords=USB-7201-C)

Any chance you could stock these and sell them so I can buy some with all the other gear I need from SF and save shipping?

Et

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**Author:** ![motopic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@motopic](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/motopic)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/usb-key-enclosures/19775/2 "2011-03-07T16:05:27Z")

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try these:

[http://www.polycase.com/usb-series](http://www.polycase.com/usb-series)

let us know how they workout.

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**Author:** ![Elysiumtech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Elysiumtech](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Elysiumtech)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/usb-key-enclosures/19775/3 "2011-03-07T22:35:12Z")

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Thanks but shipping from there is a minimum of $56

Might be worth noting that I’m not in the US

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**Author:** ![Liencouer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@Liencouer](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Liencouer)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/usb-key-enclosures/19775/4 "2011-03-08T15:49:01Z")

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> Elysiumtech:  
> Might be worth noting that I’m not in the US

If you post where you are, it might prompt someone who is also there to offer up more useful suggestions.

I’ve used [http://www.newageenclosures.com/](http://www.newageenclosures.com/) before. Maybe they have distribution in not-USA?

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**Author:** ![Elysiumtech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Elysiumtech](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Elysiumtech)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 10:31am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/usb-key-enclosures/19775/5 "2011-03-09T10:31:36Z")

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I’m based in Oz so they don’t have any local distributors other than mouser and even though they are local they still charge the same shipping cost.

I like newage’s enclosures but minimum order of 250 pieces is a bit beyond me.

so my question remains, is this something that sparkfun can stock and sell in smaller quantities?

Et

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**Author:** ![MichaelN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@MichaelN](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/MichaelN)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/usb-key-enclosures/19775/6 "2011-03-09T11:16:56Z")

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Farnell has them, and has free shipping in Australia (even if the stock is overseas):

[http://au.element14.com/jsp/search/brow … allpartial](http://au.element14.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp?N=500001+1000240&Ntk=gensearch_001&Ntt=ENCLOSURE+USB&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial)