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Good Evening All,
Thanks for the write up, good points made. My thoughts are tempered with the fact that I have a couple of pelican cases that are nearly 30 years old and so no sign of failing. New foam and seals, and they take all the rough and tumble of travel with valuable contents undamaged.
If divide the cost of the case by sum of the value of the contents, this ratio should guide your selection. For example a Pelican Case for a TAK OTA gives a ratio of 0.1, good value for the case. Start squeezing in a few eye pieces and other goodies in a case and you will see that 1/10th for transport and storage is great insurance.
Just a note, that the local Pelican supplier said that if my 30 y.o. cases failed he would simply replace them as they still carried the sticker to show where i had purchased them in Australia
Hope this helps, Cheers Garth
PS if there is a pungent odour with the foam or case I would be cautious about out gassing from the manufacturing process or materials. A few days opened outdoors would be a good plan.
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