Mistwalker
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Since I live in the mountains in a temperate rain forest where it often rains for days it is important that I protect my expensive electronics from such things as accidental falls, sudden rains, and the occasional accidental dunk in a creeks. With this in mind I am always looking at small weather resistant boxes that are tough and still light weight. I recently picked a new small case for testing for the purposes of storing my phone or possibly a larger one to store my camera in while under wet conditions. I bought the case at our local outfitters which is Rock Creek Outfitters. When I bought I was told the case was submersible (this same claim is made on the M.E.C. site). Before Id be willing to just throw my gear in it and head out, I had to first put the case through some tests to see how well it would hold up.
The case is a Pelican 1010 Micro Case,
It has a wide single latch that secures the case quite well, two stainless steel hinge pins, and a pressure equalization valve which I assume is for sudden or rapid changes elevation and temperature. It has thick shock absorbing foam padding in the lower section. The internal dimensions are 4.37" x 2.87" x 1.68" (11.1 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm). It is said to be water resistant, crush proof, and dust proof. It comes with a carabiner for attaching to a pack or belt loop, and has slots for attaching to a web sling or belt. It comes either clear with a colored liner of black, blue, red, or yellow, or you can get it in solid yellow or black. Pelican also makes an i1010 will built in retainer for your ipod or other mp3 player should you have a need for one.
I probably should have read their page before these tests and saw, in the bright red letters, that this case is not meant for swimming or submerging...but then again I might not have performed the test and wouldn't know just how pleased with the case I am.
I took a cell phone (not the one I use) and placed it in the case, tied some braided line to it, and tossed it out into some small rapids in the creek and just left it there bouncing and bobbing for about 45 minutes. Actually at first I gave it too much slack and it went down into a hole between the rocks and got hung there for a few until I could get out there and push it down and pull it back out.
The hole it went in
The air and water temps were pretty cold, there was ice on some of the rocks and limbs at the top of the water that were getting splashed.
In these the arrows point at the case which spent most of it time submerged in the rapids
This is how it looked when I removed it from the water, and you can see a few drops inside
and after going from being in a warm truck, tossed out into nearly frozen water, all that time being beaten against a rock while repeatedly snatching on the string trying to free it, and bouncing submerged in rapids, this is all the water that got into a box not made for swimming or submerging. It should protect my stuff in my back pack or shoulder bag from the rain or a brief accidental dunk in a creek very well.
But the phone still works just fine, you can tell the temperature is cold by how quickly it drained the battery.
Now...., to test it for toughness.
The case is a Pelican 1010 Micro Case,
It has a wide single latch that secures the case quite well, two stainless steel hinge pins, and a pressure equalization valve which I assume is for sudden or rapid changes elevation and temperature. It has thick shock absorbing foam padding in the lower section. The internal dimensions are 4.37" x 2.87" x 1.68" (11.1 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm). It is said to be water resistant, crush proof, and dust proof. It comes with a carabiner for attaching to a pack or belt loop, and has slots for attaching to a web sling or belt. It comes either clear with a colored liner of black, blue, red, or yellow, or you can get it in solid yellow or black. Pelican also makes an i1010 will built in retainer for your ipod or other mp3 player should you have a need for one.
I probably should have read their page before these tests and saw, in the bright red letters, that this case is not meant for swimming or submerging...but then again I might not have performed the test and wouldn't know just how pleased with the case I am.
I took a cell phone (not the one I use) and placed it in the case, tied some braided line to it, and tossed it out into some small rapids in the creek and just left it there bouncing and bobbing for about 45 minutes. Actually at first I gave it too much slack and it went down into a hole between the rocks and got hung there for a few until I could get out there and push it down and pull it back out.
The hole it went in
The air and water temps were pretty cold, there was ice on some of the rocks and limbs at the top of the water that were getting splashed.
In these the arrows point at the case which spent most of it time submerged in the rapids
This is how it looked when I removed it from the water, and you can see a few drops inside
and after going from being in a warm truck, tossed out into nearly frozen water, all that time being beaten against a rock while repeatedly snatching on the string trying to free it, and bouncing submerged in rapids, this is all the water that got into a box not made for swimming or submerging. It should protect my stuff in my back pack or shoulder bag from the rain or a brief accidental dunk in a creek very well.
But the phone still works just fine, you can tell the temperature is cold by how quickly it drained the battery.
Now...., to test it for toughness.
