Yesterday I went to a section of Middle Creek to test a case I bought to protect my camera from water while out on hikes taking pictures. I spend a lot of time around rivers, creeks, and streams and live in a temperate rain forest so I thought a water-proof case would be a good idea.
The case is a Pelican 1010 Micro Case, here is a link to their page for it.
http://www.pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1010
The case has a wide single latch that secures the case quite well, two stainless steel hinge pins, and a pressure equalization valve for changing elevations and temperatures.
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 likely wouldn't 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 untill 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
But the phone still works just fine
and after all that time being beaten against a rock 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 from the rain very well, or even if it briefly falls in a creek.
Now...., to see if they make one that is meant for swimming and submerging.
The case is a Pelican 1010 Micro Case, here is a link to their page for it.
http://www.pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1010
The case has a wide single latch that secures the case quite well, two stainless steel hinge pins, and a pressure equalization valve for changing elevations and temperatures.
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 likely wouldn't 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 untill 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
But the phone still works just fine
and after all that time being beaten against a rock 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 from the rain very well, or even if it briefly falls in a creek.
Now...., to see if they make one that is meant for swimming and submerging.
