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I suppose that is true. They are not cheap. I don't worry much about customs people, which might be foolish. My cases are well battered and scuffed, which helps on the expensive part. They were expensive once. Now, they are just ugly. And they don't exactly have some fancy designer label. I don't recall ever seeing a Pelican case for sale used. Maybe there is a resale market.
Pelican Air cases are lighter, but your point is well taken.Not to mention their weight - the one I got is 30” diagonal and weighs almost 9kgs!! So that eats into 10kgs of the basic 20kg baggage allowance then if you add typically 14kgs of Scuba gear + 7kgs of clothing you have another 11 kgs left so you end up paying for the 15kg bracket of excess baggage fees … moreover the weight of camera electronics and batteries basically consumes most of my carry-on baggage so no option to stuff clothing in the cabin bag.
My pelican style case lies permanently below my bed frame as a long term storage box for my scuba gear.
It’s not the cost of the case, but the cost of the possible contents that require a protective case.
Makes sense. I have been using it as a suitcase and never thought much about it. Aside from carrying equipment for work, I mostly carries clothes and toothbrushes and the like. Your point is well taken. My case looks pretty shabby now. That may not be much camouflage. I don't know how big an issue this is.
