madorangepanda Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Hello all, I'd like to gauge the interest out there for buying the following Zarges products, we don't do them at the moment but have the option to do so. Racks - IP65 rated and shockproof aluminium rack cases. http://www.zargesuk.co.uk/Products/Cases-and-Trolleys/Mitraset-19-housingBoxes, cases etc - Some of these are IP rated, shock proofed etc, have a look here. http://www.zargesuk.co.uk/Products/Cases-and-Trolleys If this is the type of item that you would potentially purchase it would be nice to know what you think of the products and what you think the competition is. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grum Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 The cases do look interesting, these are the first questions that came to mind: Are they much of a weight saving over a traditional flight case? The info says they're thermally efficient, does this mean that my equipment is going to cook when I leave it in the sun on a festival site? How easy are the catches to use after the case has been sat in a truck overnight in sub zero temperatures?Will the box dent when it inevitably gets dropped during a load out?How easy is it to repair?And most importantly, how much does it cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjb304 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I can't answer about sub zero, but I can answer for about 0C. We had 6 zarges cases on our trip to Iceland over the summer. They had geophones in them and were left out on the glacier for almost a fortnight, and were checked daily, during that time. I never once heard a complaint about the catches, which I would have done if they were problematic. From speaking to the geographers on the project Zarges cases are a fieldwork standard item and are regularly used in Antarctica, and in fact that was where the ones we were using had just come from. Hopefully that goes some way to answering the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy jim Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I honestly thought this was going to be flightcases for sets of ladders. Is it bad that I'm slightly disappointed? Sorry for the mini hijack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth A Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I honestly thought this was going to be flightcases for sets of ladders. Is it bad that I'm slightly disappointed? Sorry for the mini hijack. Same - though I was thinking how much easier it would be to just slide the ladders up and over the flight cases and not worry about them getting damaged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LXbydesign Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 What - the ladders or the flightcases? hehehehe :** laughs out loud **: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madorangepanda Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 @Grum, just as a comparison. A 12u shock proof rack case is 43kg, the Zarges equivalent is 18.6kg. Yes they will dent, the cheaper ones more so as they are thinner aluminium but the thicker ones will take an awful lot of abuse. Spares are available and if you do dent it the simple fix is to bend it back again. As for price, we should have pricing later this week, once we do I can start seeing if they are competitive against wooden cases. Oh and as for Flight cases for ladders, A bit of cardboard on the edges and top and bottom rungs is all that is needed in our experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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