pelican case?
- Thread starter Rotaxpower
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- Coquitlam, BC
Redlight35
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- Further East than I thought I'd be
I use storm cases for my rifles and pistols. They can be purchased or ordered at any Acklands store. They may be a little more money, but they really are well made, and I've had great customer service with the local Acklands dealers
custom case co is a small shop, but since I live in Ottawa, I showed up on the doorstep and bought it that way (I was nervous about the website). I can confirm they have a pretty good inventory on hand of pelican cases and they were the cheapest Canadian distributor I could find.
Redlight35
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- Further East than I thought I'd be
You're right, pelican did buy them out, but for right now they are still producing the separate storm line... at least according to their website. I'm not sure if that is going to continue, or just to get rid of the inventory that Hardigg had built up.
Gunnerlove
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Pelican and Hardigg are being kept seperate as some people like one but not the other and by keeping both lines going they hold onto the market share of both companies.
I like the Hardigg Storm Case latches far more than the Pelican ones. Others like the Pelican.
customcaseco has good prices, if you want one quick go check out your local acklands grainger or Greggs distributors dealer or any similar parts store they can all pretty much get pelican or UK, Underwater Kinetics. I first went with Pelican but for me the latches are much to stiff so switching to all UK. the 1750 is what you need for your 700, 1720 too short.
manbearpig
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why are the storm cases better than pelicans? multi-word answers please? 
was in the market for a pelican case but now youve piqued my curiosity regarding the storm cases....
was in the market for a pelican case but now youve piqued my curiosity regarding the storm cases....
why are the storm cases better than pelicans? multi-word answers please?
was in the market for a pelican case but now youve piqued my curiosity regarding the storm cases....
believe there is a difference in the latches that some people prefer. I have a Pelican for my camera gear and haven't seen any issues/problems with it's latches
Redlight35
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why are the storm cases better than pelicans? multi-word answers please?
was in the market for a pelican case but now youve piqued my curiosity regarding the storm cases....
There are several differences that I prefer in the Storm case. On is the latches as was mentioned... I do prefer the double lock style of the Storm case and have never lost any skin to mine, unlike some other cases that I have used.
There is also a difference in the polymer resin used between the two types of cases. I'm not sure if there is really a difference between them.
The pressure relief valve on the Storm is much the same design of the Pelican, so I don't think there's that much difference between them.
I started using Storm Cases because they were locally availible. I've liked them and had good luck with them, so personally I'll continue to use them. I really is just a personal preferance.
Gunnerlove
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- Vancouver Island
After opening dozens of Pelican cases at one time to check serial#s the one Storm case sure seemed easy to open. The push button locks on the latches seem far easier to use(IMO).
