Discount Pelican 1300 Case with Foam for Camera - Orange

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Went on a 6-day rafting/camping trip with a Nikon digitial SLR so I wanted to store it away in something waterproof and sturdy so that it could take a few hits on the rapids and be fine. This Pelican 1300 served my purpose perfectly. I had only the kit lens, but for any kind of telephoto or bigger lens, you'll need a bigger Pelican case.

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The Pelican cases are very reliable and protective to valuable but delicate items. I'm using this 1300 case to store and transport my US$600 SIGMA macro lens.

Perfect, and colour is so sharp and won't lose attention from any junk of luggages.

Don't forget the lock!!!

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Works great!

I use it for kayak fishing every day!

Keeps my camera working great, no matter how wet the box gets the inside stays dry!

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I would give this 5 stars, if not for the one flaw that this case does have. This case is rock solid and as advertised in terms of protecting your valuable products.

The Good:

I bought this to protect my $600 video camera and accessories on a cross country road trip in which we spent a lot of time outdoors in all the National Parks. The road trip was 12,000 miles and 8 weeks long and the pelican case absolutely did its job, not only protecting it from physical trauma, but also protecting it when left in the car in 95 degree heat.

A couple notable examples of the amazing protection were a hike 10 miles down into the Grand Canyon with a 3 night stay. The sand on the hike was like powder and got absolutely everywhere, except inside this case, the case also protected against the bangs and bumps that will be inevitable on that type of outdoor excursion. The other more tangible example was that I chucked the case with my $600 camera inside down a huge hill in Badlands National Park in South Dakota, and the camera didn't even flinch, it completely protected everything inside.

The Bad:

The one weak spot on this case is definitely the latches that snap down to close it (I will add a picture shortly so you can see exactly). It takes a good bit of pressure to snap the case closed, which is fine because it makes it very secure when closed, but it puts a lot of pressure on the thin spot on the latch, which eventually caused this latch to crack.

Luckily this was after the road trip was over and didn't compromise my equipment, but I called Pelican and they were very responsive and sent a pair of replacement latches right away and said it is pretty easy to replace yourself. It is definitely not easy to replace as the pin holding the latch on is embedded in the thick plastic so there is no way to unscrew with a wrench or needle nose pliers and even if it was sticking out a little bit, the pin is round so it is nearly impossible to get a solid grip on it. You definitely need specialty equipment to replace this, which I still haven't found 3 years later (granted I haven't needed the case as much since the road trip).

Conclusion:

All in all, the case is as advertised, all but bulletproof and I love it for that, unfortunately the rugged construction quality of the case makes it very difficult to replace the latches, hopefully I will have an update on how to replace them if I ever figure it out.

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great quality. looks and feels durable. i'm yet to test it in actioin though. nice color. i use this for my canon 30d with 50mm lens attached with room for portable battery charger, a mini 3" tripod, a couple of spare batteries and an extra CF card. still haven't taken it out yet tho I only wish I bought one of these for my cameras back in 2006 when I started frequenting beach trips. There were a few occassions when I didn't bring my camera fearing the elements would mess up the electronics especially in salt water so I didn't get a chance to document some spectacular places we saw.

PS, I read a few people complain about their case being "too small" and penalizing the product's rating because of that which I think isn't fair--Pelican has many sizes available to fit a lot of different needs. We need to pay close attention to the case dimensions and consider the fact that you need atleast 0.5" padding for light items, 1" or more if heavier.

Buy it now coz the only regret you'll have is probably that you didn't buy it any sooner!