Review on 🧳 Seahorse 920 Wheeled Case with Foam - Enhanced Protective Features by Ben Alvarez

It's somewhere between Love it and It's OK. I think I had higher expectations. First of all, I will immediately talk about the possibility of hand luggage on the plane. You'll get glares walking past people at the airport check-in counter, and you'll most likely get a tag to leave on the plane door to go under the plane. This SE920 case fits in the trunk of an airplane if you're usually concerned about 10+ hours of travel. For shorter flights, the travel time is 5 to 7 hours, you are flying on a smaller plane and it doesn't fit in the overhead bins. You might be lucky if you're seated in row 5, just behind first class, where you'll have luxurious extra legroom and seemingly more underseat space. I'd like to see. The Pelican cases I've seen are stronger and more solid. Every time my suitcase is touched by porters, it sheds plastic, like in bullets and nicks. I won't send mine through the main baggage claim area where you get tickets but had to send them to the landing gear at the plane door like a lot of other people with roller bags. With just that amount of airport handling, it looks like it's been brushed into the sides. Inside, the contents were fine, but it was hard to see the object you paid $120 for slowly deteriorating. More recently, photographic lamps have broken inside, even when in a protective case with all that foam. Talk about a sudden blow or bump. There's also a bit of hassle when you pull out the handle and set the bag up to stand, there's no slide or rubber feet. That purpose is served by the very edge of the case cover, where over time it will look like someone has seriously mocked it on rough concrete. Again, something purely cosmetic, but can become uncomfortable over time with heavy use. I like the locking feature on the zippers, but I'm not sure if they can be locked by the TSA. So if they are accidentally locked and the TSA needs them, they will cut them. Children. As with the optional TSA locks, this area is all plastic and gets thin at its thinnest point. Pelican cases have a metal lining in this area. I could have foreseen that. The bag got caught in a chute or crevice on a conveyor belt, or was thrown onto a metal support on an airplane, straining the TSA lock you have. I'm not sure if this place won't be compromised. Plucked foam is a good option, but the two layers can shift a bit and not make the plucked cutouts/gaps as clean as they could be. Also, when pulling out the gear, the top segment of the foam layer wants to come out with the item to be pulled out. Was thinking of a way to glue them together but not sure of my approach yet. The wheels are as hard as plastic can be, but appear to be (probably) on possible bearings. Wheels cannot simply be swapped out by the owner. Makes a serious rumble on various surfaces that can be heard in airports, especially in a parking lot/garage when you have to travel a long way to your car. I wish the softer rubber would transmit less rolling vibration to camera bodies, lenses, flashes and fragile items. The lid stops when opening, as in the picture, instead of falling backwards where it has some resistance. That is good for me. Also a bit boring like plastic on the outside, I think it's a decent option. I'm not really sure if I would sit on it or stand on it with my expensive camera because one of my $1500 lenses stands upright to save space. The top and bottom will sag a little inward. You may wish to ditch the foam and mailer with separate soft bags for camera lenses and similar soft bags for bodies and flashes. Just a double layer of protection if other people are accessing my work related/income related camera and most likely misusing it.