Re: Black carbon hoffee case
Just to expand upon one topic touched upon. White/Silver vs Black and heat.
1. There is an enormous difference in how a white/silver case reflects direct radiant heat vs. a black one. Black cases 'soak up' radiant heat at a quite alarming rate, effectively turning into an oven quite rapidly. Even internal insulation or padding only slows this down, but eventually the interior will try to equalize with the exterior:
2. This does only apply to direct radiant heat, however (and then only at certain points in the thermal spectrum). It has minimal effect upon heat from other sources, ambient, convection, and especially conduction, etc. So - inside a boiling hot car having a white or silver case will not do you a lot of good as it will acquire heat from the ambient air temperature and from conduction with the car seat, trunk bottom, etc. It will still reflect and direct radiant heat better, say, sunlight through the windows, but the hot air in the vehicle will still heat it up rapidly.
Worth knowing, as otherwise you might get a false sense of security.
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