Pelican Cases

[Kokatha man]

Aaaaahhhhh!!! - but what about those amazing stories John (also) relates about the good burghers in the wake of hurricane Katrina that found their Pelican-encased equipment in mint condition miles down-wind after the event: some of them even found new Nagler ethos ep's amongst the recovered goodies; a sort of "star-fairy" gift from the Patron Saint of Pelican Cases (and this aint no apocryphal story!)

No Chinese-chisel-case constructor could trump that "fantastic testimony!" And remember, knowledge (or experience) is no substitute for money: cheers, Darryl.

[madtuna (Steve)]

Now that's great that you can afford a Pelican, three cheers for you

What I was getting at is basically where you pretty much summed them up as rubbish fit only for farmer Browns chisels when that is clearly not the case.
Members here contemplaiting purchasing them could also use a true appraisal from people who actually own them.
Remember a lot of members here have them, as well as the cheap Bintel EP's and barlows, myself included.
So in affect you're running down our equiptment which we are quite proud of.

I can afford a Pelican, but honestly even if I had 10k worth of EP's it still would make more sense to me to put them in my clone which is EVERY bit as good and infact holds an edge due to price point, With the money I saved I could have 10.2K worth of EP's

[norm]

I can afford a Pelican, but honestly even if I had 10k worth of EP's it still would make more sense to me to put them in my clone which is EVERY bit as good and infact holds an edge due to price point, With the money I saved I could have 10.2K worth of EP's

Well said Madtuna.

Here's another baseline on whether to get yourself one of these Pelican cases:

1. are yoy likely to drive your car over it?
2. are you likely to be caught in a flood?

If the response is no or not likely - save the $200 and use it towards premium eyepieces.

A lot of stuff in China is made of rubbish, but here is an interesting story:

A well known electrical manufacturer of powerpoints etc found a clone copy of their product in shops. After investigations and research, the clone product was found to be superior in every way as the original and a fraction of the price.

I sometimes wonder when we pay top $$$ for brand names at so called reputable places if in fact we are getting the real deal - I think most of us would be none the wiser.

[Kokatha man]

How about a new twist on this thread? From my perspective it is resolving nothing: even though at least someone on this post thinks that never having eyeballed a Cr"a"ftech/Kingchrome case is no impediment to opinionated views.

What about changing it to "can you match my ability to dilate my pupils?" - a sort of "mine are bigger/better than yours."

John starts the ball rolling with his post (on another thread) which, I think, (apologies if I get it wrong mate) is a dilation of 6.5mm. Let's see if one of us can top that - but beware of trying to trump him; for as someone cheekily retorted at the time "that's better than a teenager's capacity!"

Of course, whoever wins may have to acknowledge that pupil super-dilation could be symptomatic of ingesting mind-altering chemicals!

Peace and love brothers, Darryl.

[madtuna (Steve)]

oh come on now, please be serious, this was hardly a hijack.

The original posters 2nd post asked for any thoughts, granted he did say Pelican.
Acropolite kindly suggested an alternative (which he owns) and the original poster thanked him and also stated he was looking at Bunnings.

This thread was not hijacked, it took a turn. There is no need for another thread.
All I was doing was giving an honest counter apraisal of the Bunnings clone of which I own and have experiance with.

As this is getting beyond the rediculous, I will reply no further

[Kokatha man]

Well, well, well - actually John, quite some posts back I enquired as to whether the Pelican cases were similar to the Bunnings "equilavent." And it was "a couple of busted nails at first" not "skins his knuckles everytime he opens it." (please be factual at least John, refer posts: 23/01/08 @ 9.29 & 10.16pm)

The joke about "are they some sort of weird accessory from the Mawson Base souvenir shop..." was just that, light-hearted humour: only someone with a very thin skin and over-inflated opinion of themselves could possibly have twisted an honest question posted with a humorous introduction, into something they saw fit to reply to with what was unequivocally a sneering, pompous response!

Subsequent posts by others confirms the tenor of your reply! Again, and admittedly in an attempt to gently chide you about this tendency by lampooning; I introduced the substance of my last post: I, and I am sure others, value some of your contributions John; but despite the pervading tenor of omniscience in them you are neither the most knowledgable nor experienced of amateur astronomers.

I am sorry, but I feel many of your responses that seem to refer to the cost of your personal equipment impart an air of superiority which is not only off-putting but actually quite misplaced: but I must add that despite this I think you have many valuable contributions as well.

I personally will desist now in adding further to this thread, and genuinely express the desire for a spirit of mutual respect towards each of us in our postings.

My best regards to all, Darryl.

[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

In the best interests of "being civil" I have deleted all of my recent posts in this thread.

Cheers,
John B

[xstream (John)]

Enough Said!