Thread: Pelican Cases or Others

i use pelican and storm[storm is worth looking for on ebay], also use a large red immitation case from tradetools for my cordless drills etc, good but the latches dont have the quality of storm/pelican

I've got 4 Pelican cases that I use for work. I treat them like **** - just chuck them in the back of the car. Had them for years, still work as well as the day I got them. Dust seal is still fully functional. Expensive, yes, but worth the dollars IMO.

I have several Pelican cases that are well over 20 years old and still going strong with regular abuse. I used to sell them about 15 years ago and still use the briefcase I would run over with my car to demonstrate their durability (although it's a bit the worse for wear nowadays)!

I recently bought four Wolfpack boxes for my 90, partly because I didn't have any Pelican cases that would fit the space I have, but mostly because I wanted something significantly lighter but still reasonably strong. The Wolfpack boxes are quite good for what they are (lighter, easily stackable and cheap compared to Pelican) but their catches are rubbish (broke two on my first real trip with them) and they're not sealed like a Pelican case (although they're reasonably dust proof in the back of a Defender). You can buy metal catches to replace the crappy plastic ones (which are now on my shopping list) and also some sort of fitted cover if you're putting them on the roof, but I don't have the covers as mine live inside, strapped down to various tie down points.

One of my Pelican cases must be at least 20 years old. It has carried my cameras overseas and bounced around the back of landrovers.
They float well!
Wouldn't trust anything else with the cameras.

Pete.

pelican is very good quality wise. overkill for most people.
there are cheaper alternatives.

I bought a kincrome pelican rip off, seems ok. Good enough for putting my multifunction tester in. Not sure if I would trust the dust/water seal though...

I bought some pelican ex camel trophy ones years back. Still have them and still use them.

My wife uses them more than me , as she is into her cameras so they live in them. They bounce around in the back of the land rover fine.

We only use pelican cases at work these days for our down hole drilling tools. The amount of abuse they cop at drill sites without falling apart is amazing.
Cheers
Steve