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Old Oct 5, 2014 | 10:02 pm
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Does it really keep out water as well as it seems to suggest it does? I'm thinking of cases where it briefly falls off a boat on landing in shallow water or when a place quickly gets flooded and someone may wake up in the middle of the night to find their room flooded with a closed suitcase on the ground.
Originally Posted by Pinned
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In my experience, Pelican's cases are watertight. I would have no hesitation putting my laptop into a Pelican case and submerging it underwater.
I had a Pelican 1514 with some serious photo gear fell out of a raft into white water, It was tethered to the raft. After wiping down the outside and releasing the pressure valve everything inside was still DRY!
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