I have a lot of experience with Pelican road cases; I was a stagehand and handled many, many Pelican products. Those were not the luggage products (as the luggage line is brand new) but could still take serious abuse. Mainly used for projection and computer equipment, the cases were often tossed or bumped around daily. Just imagine a case loaded into a trailer, driven to the next venue, offloaded, used as a step or table, packed up, and thrown back into the trailer all within a day. Rinse and repeat 120 times or as long as the tour lasts.

These cases often contained very expensive equipment. (I once handled a $124,000 projection lens that arrived in a Pelican.) The cases withstood anything thrown at them and were certainly watertight. That said, the cases were heavy and impractical for use as luggage due to weight restrictions.

If Pelican was able to bring the durability over to the Luggage Universe, these will be a front runner in my opinion. I am saving my money to get one but waiting for my TravelPro to bite the dust before I purchase.