Pelican

Pelican turns to comfort for its new Aegis range of soft backpacks

Jan 22, 2025 John Aldred

If you’ve been into photography or video for more than five minutes, you’ve certainly heard of Pelican. They’re the industry standard cases for storing and…



How to cut your own custom case foam for camera and audio gear storage

Sep 6, 2022 John Aldred

When you need to travel with gear that you want to keep safe, it can be a pain. Sure, you can just throw a bunch…



How I restored this beat up old Pelican case to its former glory

Feb 6, 2020 Athol Hill

In a previous blog post, I mentioned I was embarking on a Pelican 1550 repair project. I was looking to buy one, but someone offered…



Pelican launches the Vault Photography Collection – A new line of lightweight rugged cases

Nov 11, 2019 John Aldred

Pelican has pretty much been an industry standard for many years now, in the worlds of both the photography and video. They’re tough, rugged, can…



Photographer got stopped at the airport three times because he had a Pelican case

Apr 5, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Pelican cases are a good choice for protecting your pricey gear while flying. But one such case recently caused a series of unpleasant situations for…



2018 DIYP Gift Guide – Bags & Cases

Dec 6, 2018 John Aldred

So now that you’ve picked out the camera, lenses and lighting gear you want, you need to figure out what you’re going to store and…



This photographer sticks his head inside a pelican’s beak to take a selfie

Aug 22, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

People do all sorts of stupid things when they are taking selfies with animals, we’ve seen it before. Young photographer Juan van den Heever wanted…



MDX Lid Organizer helps you organize gear and fit more of it in your Pelican case

Jun 12, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

When you pack your gear, you know how important it is to organize it properly. Spartan Cases has launched MDX Lid Organizer, which help you…



Hacking hard cases to provide more storage

Nov 11, 2016 Haoyuan Ren

Rugged cases like Pelicans are great at protecting your gear. They’re waterproof, climate proof, indestructible and makes a great apple box when you need to…



Turn a Peli case into a tether station with the help of a $2 bicycle quick release bolt

Mar 16, 2016 Udi Tirosh

Previously we have featured friend of DIYP Paul Adshead (@PaulAdshead) when he had the clever idea to hack an $6 IKEA storage box into a…