Pelican Archives

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

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…

Johnsons Photopia – UK distributor for Sekonic, Blackrapid, PocketWizard, Peli and more enters administration

Oct 2, 2018 John Aldred

Johnsons Photopia have announced through their website and Twitter that they have now gone into administration. There isn’t a lot of information yet about how…