Carbon fiber door boasts biometric scanner, $15,000 sticker

Being the home cinema fanatics that we are, we'd much rather spend around two large to snag one of QuietHome's THX-certified doors, but our love for all things biometric still manages to make this one tug on our delicate heartstrings. Masterfully crafted by the carbon fiber gurus at Brazil's own Chaote Carbon, this 99-pound, 7.5- x 4.9-foot door was carefully wrapped in carbon fiber and equipped with a biometric scanner to keep unwelcome guests waiting in the rain. We can't say we totally see the value proposition considering the $15,000 price tag, but we get the idea the buyer here probably has more money than he can figure out how to spend.

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[L.M.L.Y.P @ Dec 6th 2008 7:39PM]

2001's Moon monolith?

[i.c. weiner @ Dec 6th 2008 7:39PM]

Why?

[Starvine @ Dec 6th 2008 7:42PM]

You mean you DON'T have fifteen grand in your door fund? I guess times are getting tough...

[dhughes @ Dec 6th 2008 7:49PM]

If people spend $15,000 on a flat-screen TV, they'd buy the door.

I'd buy it, I think it's the coolest door I've ever seen!

[m @ Dec 6th 2008 9:14PM]

security is a big concern in countries without effective law enforcement. i'm sure this thing pays for itself, compared to hiring an armed guard. next time you complain about paying your taxes, remember that.

[kojo87 @ Dec 7th 2008 2:27AM]

$15K sounds kinda ridiculous. although one of the doors at the restaurant i work at cost $4K. and that is just a stupid normal door. not even one of those swingy two way doors. just a door. the swingy one costs more according to the owner/my boss. so $15K is actually not too outrageous.

either that or my boss got absolutely boned at the door store.

[OneLove @ Dec 7th 2008 6:32PM]

maybe the door sales girl put out?

[KarlW @ Dec 6th 2008 7:42PM]

Just smash through the glass next to it.

And steal the door while you're there.

[Mobius_1 @ Dec 6th 2008 8:23PM]

Alright, I'll take what's in the safe ;)

[Flashpoint @ Dec 6th 2008 8:56PM]

This will go PERFECTLY with my basement crack lab !

[Forcewinder @ Dec 7th 2008 2:26AM]

Wheres the peephole??

[BigD145 @ Dec 7th 2008 1:43PM]

Kool-Aid Man needs no door.

[LackOfKnowledge @ Dec 6th 2008 7:43PM]

What's the point of having a biometric scanner equipped carbon fiber door if you attach it to a glass wall? Hmm, how could I circumvent these impossibly secure conditions?

[dhughes @ Dec 6th 2008 7:51PM]

Maybe it's sheets of quartz.

[Will H. @ Dec 6th 2008 8:04PM]

I don't think there's anything sensible about a $15,000 carbon fiber door, so it makes perfect sense to put it in a glass wall.

[William @ Dec 6th 2008 9:14PM]

People that Live in Glass Hosues...

[KarlW @ Dec 6th 2008 9:56PM]

... should learn to spell, before they catch a clod.

[who? @ Dec 7th 2008 12:59AM]

Well, if I spent $15,000 on a door, I wouldn't want someone damaging it breaking into my house...

[Evan @ Dec 6th 2008 7:52PM]

It's Choate, not Chaote.

foo.

[Hüseyin Erkmen @ Dec 6th 2008 7:54PM]

They are using it in medicals in here. www.iamlittle.net

[Nate @ Dec 6th 2008 7:56PM]

"This first ever interior house door tested by Top Gear."

[Stem $ell @ Dec 6th 2008 9:48PM]

Perfect device for Door-ks... nuk nuk nuk!

[Gad Get @ Dec 6th 2008 8:06PM]

Carbon fiber is sooo '90s! Give us the carbon nanotube door!

[ProfessorKaos @ Dec 7th 2008 12:02PM]

well its only a matter of time until we have sliding doors and a space station that can destroy a small plant ;D

[Rekit @ Dec 6th 2008 8:18PM]

Pardon me while I go get my shoes on... for I will be running out to get one of these immediately!

[LEE @ Dec 6th 2008 8:21PM]

....READ MY LIPS.........AIRLINER COCKPIT CABIN DOORS..............

L

[Artie Lange @ Dec 6th 2008 8:27PM]

I can't see your lips over teh interwebs.

[Dave Chappelle @ Dec 7th 2008 9:23AM]

Actually a thick block of steel works a lot better... and it would for my house to, well if i lived in L.A

[zioncat @ Dec 6th 2008 8:24PM]

Wow I gotta have one no wait I forgot I don't have 15k to blow on yet another impossible to own gadget.

[Artie Lange @ Dec 6th 2008 10:01PM]

iEye, I don't care what they say, I thought it was funny. The best comedy is often the most misunderstood.

[iEye @ Dec 6th 2008 8:25PM]

$15,000 = 50 X 4GB 1st Gen iPhones...

[GFL @ Dec 6th 2008 8:45PM]

Or 15,000 tracks from itune store.

[andres @ Dec 6th 2008 8:45PM]

how many football fields would 50 iphones stretch if they were lined up? and how many libraries of congress could they store?

[who? @ Dec 6th 2008 9:57PM]

I don't like you:

[] Naughty --> [√] Naughty

[who? @ Dec 7th 2008 12:48AM]

@GFL

1515.15151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515...

;-)

[Matthew C @ Dec 7th 2008 5:01PM]

I do not understand the ranking scheme in this series of replies... what?

[Artie Lange @ Dec 6th 2008 8:25PM]

I shall gaze upon this from my solid-gold chair as I eat Giant Panda steak off of diamond plates and sip liquified platinum out of stem wear made of moon rocks.

[-slycooper_rocker- (lorddshadow the amazing) psn: shahanasalam @ Dec 6th 2008 8:51PM]

and after dinner, you will go to your solid gold bathroom, and use your sapphire and ruby-encrusted platinum toilet and then proceed to take a bath in your solid emerald bathtub .

[KarlW @ Dec 6th 2008 9:05PM]

You should have a door made of antimatter. I for one wouldn't go near it. Keep the particles in place with a Penning trap.

At 62.5 trillion dollars per milligram, you may need to wait until the financial markets clear up before considering a purchase. You may also want to get a door in the mean time, considering it would take 2 million years to produce.

[Artie Lange @ Dec 6th 2008 9:22PM]

Slycooper, sapphire and ruby toilet? Do you live in a trailer park, too? My indentured servants hold out their hands and then wipe me with Picassos.

[maveric101 @ Dec 6th 2008 9:22PM]

if you're having trouble figuring out how to spend all your money, i'm sure i could help.

[-slycooper_rocker- (lorddshadow the amazing) psn: shahanasalam @ Dec 6th 2008 9:53PM]

lol nice

[Sam @ Dec 6th 2008 9:03PM]

Why is it coated in carbon fibre? CF is strong but it's not hard, someone could tear it all off with an axe or something.

No, what you want is a giant chrome door....with diamonds in. Now thats class.

[JMA @ Dec 6th 2008 9:17PM]

Good accoustic properties (I'm curious about that)? Anyway, since it's just wrapped or coated it's probably more a question of marketing than anything else. Also at 100lbs the core is probably wood and/or metal covered. Since it's an indoor door, I guess it's not so important to be, hum, axe proof. ;)

[Mike C @ Dec 7th 2008 11:46AM]

A door of that width would need to be incredibly light to be framed into a glass wall. Otherwise it would rip out at the top due to the torque. I would imagine they ran the costs for a steel door and said f it once they got the required bracing back from the engineer.

[33scottie33 @ Dec 6th 2008 9:20PM]

$15K and no peephole?

[bill cant fart @ Dec 6th 2008 9:22PM]

Will this fiber help my bowels?

[bill cant fart @ Dec 6th 2008 10:28PM]

Aww... How sweet. I don't like you either.

[Sammi @ Dec 6th 2008 9:29PM]

Ok to put things into perspective...3 things, first of all y the hell would u need a bloody THX certified door in ur room when the room is made of glass...second y would u need a biometric wateva if its an inside door, i mean a safe would be a good alternative to keeping highly classified docs, unless u live in a prison with high tag inmates for family.....and finally carbon fiber means light yet strong but it doesnt mean bullet proof!!

oh then again ppl with the current crisis have no idea in wat to to invest their money in...mehh...

[Abuzar Baloach @ Dec 6th 2008 9:39PM]

This isn't the THX certified one.