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I just wanted to chime in with a review of the foam trays I ordered from Battlefoam a couple of weeks ago. I had an empty Motor Pool case from Sabol and ordered foam to hold my space marine army that would fit the case. The foam is excellent, and a great fit. The custom etching is very high quality, and I was even able to get my chapter logo on a topper, which is pretty cool.

My only complaint is that the trays are slightly larger then the sabol trays, by about half an inch. This, unfortunately, meant that I was not able to put 2 of them side by side in the Motor Pool case. I could get them to fit, but it deformed the trays pretty badly. I was able to find a solution by putting 4 inches of trays upright and the rest flat, so I have all my trays in a single bag, which is all I was after.

The new bags look really sweet, but the pricing is out of my range at the moment, since I have all the storage and transport I need currently.

elijahdprophet wrote:
My only complaint is that the trays are slightly larger then the sabol trays, by about half an inch. This, unfortunately, meant that I was not able to put 2 of them side by side in the Motor Pool case. I could get them to fit, but it deformed the trays pretty badly. I was able to find a solution by putting 4 inches of trays upright and the rest flat, so I have all my trays in a single bag, which is all I was after.

That's the only thing keeping me from ordering a bunch of foam from them. . I have the sabol mark II, where the zipper is on the side. I worry that that extra .5 inch will make it really hard to zip up. I hope someone can put my fears to rest, or at least show me an easy and clean way to shave half an inch off the tray (who needs the engraving anyway?)

Hi guys,

One of the main reasons our foam is 1/4 inch bigger is because we can not copy Sabol or GW foam sized exactly. That would be an IP problem and would cause legal issues. Just like other companies can not copy our exact sizes for our new foam. By making the Sabol foam we provide just 1/4 bigger you get more storage with very little sizing or fit issues.

Please call us if any of you have questions. I am always available to workout a solutions to any bag you may have. After all, our customer service is our #1 objective.

Hope that helps.

Romeo
Battle Foam

It certainly does help, I was just hoping to hear from someone with the same kind of case as me saying that the wider foam wasn't a problem with the zipper. I don't want to do any cramming.

Wait, 1/4 inch wider? I thought it was 1/2 inch (Yours are 8 inches, that other company's are 7.5 inches, right?).

.25 inches might be ok, actually.

I just got 1st order from battle foam for my sabol case . The form is great
They hold my mini's great, if you have lots of nobs like I do or some crazy positioned boyz the nob tray holds them great
The troop trays hold boyz and my csm figs, my 1k sons heads are a little big but you can fit 2 of them in the nob sized slot.
The trays are not flimsy like those other weedy foam trays.
Service: A
Shipment: A
Product: A
I will be orderinf from Battle foam again

I just got my order of Battle Foam for the GW plastic case and have to agree that this is an awesome product. I can Finally fit my platoon on to one BF tray (10 across and 5 down), vs. the GW's idiotic 9 across, 4 down. who uses 9 man squads? not guardsmen I'll tell you that.

but yes A's across the board from me to. I will be ordering more battle foam for sure!

yeah,

Jep'ray can you fit four of those 50 man trays in a GW case?

Panic.

couldn't honestly tell you, i only own 2 of thee troop trays will have to order more to find ut, but it looks doable...

Any word on the Terminator precut yet? Ive noticed that is was mentioned back in January that it would be put up in a few days... I've also talked to someone on the phone and was told that it would be put up later that day..then the next day I talked to someone again and was told the web guy dropped the ball on it and it would be put up today and that i would be notified by email when it was done. I would like to see the product before I make a purchase. Heck even a email with a pic attached would work. I guess Ill go spend my money on Resident Evil 5 instead...

Dahlberg66 wrote:Any word on the Terminator precut yet? Ive noticed that is was mentioned back in January that it would be put up in a few days... I've also talked to someone on the phone and was told that it would be put up later that day..then the next day I talked to someone again and was told the web guy dropped the ball on it and it would be put up today and that i would be notified by email when it was done. I would like to see the product before I make a purchase. Heck even a email with a pic attached would work. I guess Ill go spend my money on Resident Evil 5 instead...

I have one but my wife is out of town with the digi cam and I use a ghetto fab phone, so no picture taking ability.

If you look at this pic the cutouts on the far left of the upright tray (The ones that look like arched doorways) are the termie cutouts.


EDIT wow, that pic is huge, and I don't know how to resize it...

I know, I know. We suck right now with putting the new product up on the site. We are truly working our butts off at this point just to get ready for Adepticon. I promise everyone that the termy trays and a few other goodies are going up by Friday afternoon. We are also redoing our website and will launch the new look sometime next week. Once the new site is up, shopping with us will be a whole lot easier.

Things to come by Friday Afternoon.

Chaos Space Marines P.A.C.K. 432 Pre Loadouts
Tau P.A.C.K. 432 Pre Loadouts
Eldar P.A.C.K. 432 Pre Loadouts

Terminator trays for GW and Sabol trays.

Terminators and Rhinos tray.


Things to come by Monday Night.

Tyranid trays for geanstealers and a bunch of other bug goodies.

Later next week.

New Site and easier shopping.


That's it guys, and sorry for all the delays.

Romeo
Battle Foam

My trays arrived today. I got 2 troop trays and 2 grav-tank trays for Sabol cases.

My reactions is positive, with a few minor caveats.

The biggest problem I had was with the troop tray.



It's fine for Guardsmen and Marines (I tested), but it won't fit Dire Avengers. It does fit Guardians though. It might not also be the best solution for Fantasy Spearmen.

This meant I needed to change my plans a little bit. Fortunately, I had a spare 2" Sabol tray that could fit the Dire Avengers. The trouble with this was that it meant that my army could no longer fit into a standard Sabol Army Transport case - but only barely.

I noticed that the Wave Serpent tray had extra space at the top, so I gave it a haircut (if you look you'll see I'm not much of a barber, but everything still lays level and it protected). This gave me the space I needed to fit the tray, and between the 2" tray and fitting models into the 1" troop tray, I actually have space for another squad if I want to bring the army to 2500. I could fit every model but the Autarch. I resorted to some more butchery to the Falcon tray and made him a nice home using extra space.

Result: 2300 points of Eldar, including 4 Grav Tanks, a Vyper a Wraithlord and an Avatar fit into a single normal AT case.

A few couple images showing the army (yes, I know it's unpainted - it'll be my reward for finishing my last 100 Guardsmen):




And the trays stacked neatly in my gaming closet (this image also shows the difference in width, which didn't pose a problem in terms of fitting the trays in the case):


Overall, I'd give the trays an A. You should check the heights of your models before deciding on the troop tray - I would have been better off getting one with slightly less capacity but a little more space for each model. They are very easy to modify, and they'll do nicely to protect my army.

ASMODAI - Holly cow, I think my heart dropped right out of my chest when I read that you took a knife to the foam. Big guy, that's what we are here for. We want to take that problem out of the picture for you. We want your trays to fit perfect and not have to make you do surgical operations to fit things.

I really want to fix this problem for you so here is what I need you to do. Please give me a call when you have some free time. I will send you out a free eldar troop tray to fit all your taller models. I had no idea you needed something bigger since we never talked about. Again I will get you a tray for free with bigger slots for those taller minis.

Next, I want to get you another free tray in the 2" size that fits larger models. We call it our 18 Large model tray for Sabol cases. This tray in a 2" size should take care of some of the stuff you plucked and picked in your pictures.

I know we did nothing wrong when it came to this order, but you are now one of our customers and we feel that you should be 100% stasified with your product. If that means us sending you free trays without you asking, so be it.

Looking forward to your call and getting these freebies out.

Romeo
Battle Foam

I am satisfied actually, though I certainly won't complain about free trays.

I'm planning on ordering a set of trays for my Guard anyway.

Sorry about the heart dropping thing.

Well heck right there is why I'm going to order some trays first thing when I start getting back in the hobby when school is over, as I have neither time nor money during the school year.

Yeah, I'm now pretty convinced that the extra .5 inch will fit ok in my sabol case (maybe someday I'll get the battlefoam case). . .

Just to find out, I took my GW foam and cut it to exactly 8x13 inches. Closing the bag wasn't a problem at all. I'll enjoy this makeshift solution for a few weeks, and when it gets irritating I'll buy some battlefoam.

New Eldar and Chaos Space Marine Pre Load Outs for the P.A.C.K. 432 are up on the site for pre order. Enjoy.

thanks

Romeo
Battle Foam

Romeo, I wanted to ask you what the BATTLEFOAM solution is for AOBR Ork Boyz. We all know that they have choppas and guns raised in the air in a dramatic but inefficient pose. The problem is that I can't fit them properly in my hard case foam. Do you have anything that will help me?

Chrispy - As some of you guys know, I run Orks. I normally field a green tide army with 6 squads of 30 boys. To get that many boyz I have bought around 7 AOBR boxes to add to my already normal ork boyz squads. I personally use the 72 troop tray with the AOBR boyz facing down. This points their guns down into the foam and shows you their backs. The weapon in the other arm just hangs a bit outside the foam onto the spacer. This works just fine for me and really helps me with my green tide because I carry all of the boyz in just 3 of the 1" trays.

If you want to totally make sure all their bits fit into the tray than go with the Large Model trays that fit ork nobs. This may be your answer if you don't want to lay them out like I have.

Hope this helps, and feel free to give me a call if you still need any help.

Romeo
Battle Foam

Wow, these look really great!

Are there any plans Romeo for having a tray for the Stompa or should we "outline" a pattern for a custom fit like your video had illustrated so well?

Looking forward to getting these soon.

Thanks in advance!

War Grot

cerberez wrote:Yeah, I'm now pretty convinced that the extra .5 inch will fit ok in my sabol case (maybe someday I'll get the battlefoam case). . .

I have the Sabol mk2 case. The foam is a bit larger, but fits just fine.

What I really liked about my experience with BattleFoam was the customer service. I had some questions about my order, and Romeo was very enthusiastic about answering everything to my satisfaction. I don't see that with a lot of companies.

I'll be ordering more BattleFoam in the future.

Question. On the site it says the foam is 1" thick. Is it really just 1" thick, or is it 1" deep? The GW foam is 1" deep, with a ~1/4" foam underneath.

Aduro - Our trays are measured by their thickness without counting the 1/4 bottom section. So if a tray has a 1" size, it's actually 1 and 1/4 inch thick because of its bottom.

Weinas - Thank you for the comment, and we will always make customer service our number one priority. Foam can be replaced, but repeat customers and happy people can not. I personally feel that every customer we have is just a gamer like me that works hard for their money and minis. The lease we can do as a new up and coming company is treat you with the same respect and consideration I would want.

War Grot - My orky mind has been wheeling about the stompa since I got my box a couple weeks ago. As soon as I put mine together I will create something that fits it. Until then just email me your outline and we'll make that baby fit. Promise.

Hope that helps.

Romeo
Battle Foam

Talked on the phone a little while ago (like 4pmis eastern time)

I have to say the service is A+

I will be doing some math to figure out what to buy, but I will be ordering soon

Sgt Diablo wrote:LOL Cyporlean - Very funny post, and you've hit the nail on the head.


Joyous_Oblivion - The point here is not the extra $5.00 per custom tray, but the fact that we still do not know what you actually want because you have yet to place the order. As of right now, your foam may cost $15.00 per tray. We don't know until we receive the order and do a custom order quote.

We do a quote before we charge any amount to someone's credit card. We always discuss your order with you and in most cases if your the first person sending in a design we get you free shipping. This covers some of the extra cost that your paying for adding a new setup. The extra charge is for spending time on the computer rearranging your custom setup. Again, if you wanted the same exact setup with no changes as the last reaver you would get the same price. If you changed the layout or weapon positions then that would require us to reset the program and would require computer time. That is the reason for the extra $5.00 per tray.

The reaver order you are speaking of had multiple parts and cost different prices for different trays. Some trays $20, and a couple $25. You are not getting overcharged anything because we still don't know what you actually want to order. I would suggest getting the items you need traced and faxing or emailing in the order. Once we have it we will quote you according to your specific order. If you don't want to send in traced items and want the same layout as the other customer, than the same price applies.

Until than no price I say will be true or correct. We really just need to see your order first. That will answer 99% of your questions and get you a final price.

Hope this clears things up.

Romeo
Battlefoam

Ok, quick question, so judging by this post custom trays aren't always $25? Does it depend on how long it takes to move everything around to get the most out of the foam? If it does, what if we arrange everything ourselves and then fax the outlines to you, does that entitle the slightly cheaper price? Would a 1" tray custom cut cost the same as say a 4" or 6" tray? I'm looking to buy the PACK 432 eventually, but I need to figure out how to not go broke if my three or four custom trays (which will use pretty much exclusively your shapes for the Eldar Jetbikes, 2" tall figures, Grav Tanks, and 2" by 2" large figures) are all going to cost $25 each. Basically I'll be drawing up my best estimate of the size of your cutouts, and arranging them myself in a 3D modeling program to figure how I can fit all of my stuff into 6" of Battlefoam foam. The only "new" cutouts would be my two Wraithlords, which would be 4.5" by 3" rectangles, and two 1/2" by 1/4" cutouts on the front of two Jetbikes for my custom shuriken cannons on the underside(using the new ones from the Wraithlord/Warwalker sprues which are significantly longer than the 1992 version on the Jetbikes.) Last thing, I know you've been really busy, when can we expect to start seeing some of the more generic 15.5" by 12" trays on the website? Right now the only things in that category are the bags and army loadouts themselves.

I'll second that last request. I'd really like to see some more options for your BF size trays. It'd be awesome if you'd do a Cygnar P.A.C.K. 432 and just try and fit one of every model/unit and maybe two of a couple (like Lancers). I'd totally go for something like that. Plus I'd like to see some more generic cuts, even if you just take pictures of customs you've done before you send them out and post them on the website.

Guys,

We are first changing the look of the website. The site we originally built was set up for a fun and over the top look. Our current website is not really build for an e-commerce experience. The new battle foam site is going up in the next couple of days. Once that goes up, everything will get updated. New products, new trays, and new features. All of these items will make a big difference on how you guys shop on the site.

We will continue to grow the brand name and product line. It just may take a bit longer to get everyones items up and posted. After all, we just launched our name and site on Jan 1 of this year.

Hope this helps people understand our situation better.

Romeo
Battle Foam

So when can we see some Warmachine Preloads? My Menoth are starting to out grow their current tool box home. I'd be very interested in seeing some Warmachine preloads

Sgt Diablo wrote:Guys,

We are first changing the look of the website. The site we originally built was set up for a fun and over the top look. Our current website is not really build for an e-commerce experience. The new battle foam site is going up in the next couple of days. Once that goes up, everything will get updated. New products, new trays, and new features. All of these items will make a big difference on how you guys shop on the site.

We will continue to grow the brand name and product line. It just may take a bit longer to get everyones items up and posted. After all, we just launched our name and site on Jan 1 of this year.

Hope this helps people understand our situation better.

Romeo
Battle Foam

Sweet, sounds great. Sorry about the impatience.