I spent a lot of time researching a ‘hardened’ or ‘hard case’ for my Canon AH X1 video camera and the rest of the gear needed to produce Mobile Industry Review and Mobile Developer TV remotely from the likes of Barcelona.
I eventually settled on a Peli Case. The model I chose was the Peli 1630. You can get internal ‘foam’ that you can shape to your exact requirements, but instead I opted for the special configurable dividers that they offer.
The case arrived the other day — it’s big, but it’s brilliant. I can’t wait to pack it properly and see how I get on with it at the airport. It’s a proper flight case — it even has an air-pressure valve for equalising pressure as necessary. Something like that. I just nodded and hit ‘buy’.
Apparently the case is almost indestructible. And it floats too.
Precisely what you need when you’re flying back and forth across the Atlantic and to Barcelona.
I think the case is almost 17kg empty. So I’m expecting to have to pay a bit of excess when I get to check-in.
Here’s how it looks:
I’ll let you know how I get on with it.
