Pelican case for both goggles and Mavic

captainserial · May 25, 2017

I'm trying to determine which Pelican cases would be large enough to accommodate the Mavic Pro, the DJI Goggles, and some accessories.

Those of you who already have the goggles, have you looked at cases yet? Can the goggles fit into a pelican case with the band attached (easily)? Has anybody measured the footprint of the goggles with/without the band attached?

rydfree · May 25, 2017

I've looked at the goggles and currently considering this ...................

captainserial · May 25, 2017

rydfree said:
I've looked at the goggles and currently considering this ...................View attachment 13614

ROFL.

Yeah, I'm thinking it will be fairly large. But I like to have a case I can throw in the trunk of my car and not worry about it bouncing around back there.

MPPilot · May 25, 2017

captainserial said:
ROFL.

Yeah, I'm thinking it will be fairly large. But I like to have a case I can throw in the trunk of my car and not worry about it bouncing around back there.

Depends. If you can layer the items, goggles on the bottom, then foam, then Mavic and gear then you should still be able to keep the size down.

Onetwofifty · May 25, 2017

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MPPilot said:
Depends. If you can layer the items, goggles on the bottom, then foam, then Mavic and gear then you should still be able to keep the size down.

This is one of those situations where it might be better to just have the Mavic and goggles in their own separate cases (flat for the Mavic+accessories, tall and boxy for the goggles). Also look at case offerings for the Sony PSVR goggles, which have a similar shape to the DJI goggles. You'll likely start seeing molded zipper cases for these goggles in a few weeks.

rydfree · May 25, 2017

captainserial said:
ROFL.

Yeah, I'm thinking it will be fairly large. But I like to have a case I can throw in the trunk of my car and not worry about it bouncing around back there.

I was just being facetious ,lol . I was looking at my Mavic case last night and then the goggles and thinking the same thing , what am I going to do ? I initially bought the popular semi-hard case off Amazon for the Mavic then found a hard pistol case that the foam from the first case fit into perfectly . I am going to drag out the first case and see if the packing foam the goggles were boxed in will fit into it . The foam in the goggle box is actually pretty good and already cut to fit , just need to find a case it will slide into .

Onetwofifty · May 25, 2017

rydfree said:
I was just being facetious ,lol . I was looking at my Mavic case last night and then the goggles and thinking the same thing , what am I going to do ? I initially bought the popular semi-hard case off Amazon for the Mavic then found a hard pistol case that the foam from the first case fit into perfectly . I am going to drag out the first case and see if the packing foam the goggles were boxed in will fit into it . The foam in the goggle box is actually pretty good and already cut to fit , just need to find a case it will slide into .

Personally, I'd prefer to not have to plug/unplug the goggle display from the headband every time I move it around, so have ruled out using the original box/foam. I'll certainly keep it as an option for when I need to drop ship the goggles anywhere. But for now, I'm just using an old camera backpack that has a raised area in the center which accommodates the DJI goggles perfectly.

captainserial · May 28, 2017

I got my goggles yesterday. I've been measuring them in various configurations and comparing them to my existing Pelican 1400 I use for my Mavic.

They are huge. Huuuuuuge. I decided on the Pelican 1600 for the goggles and keeping the 1400 for the Mavic. The only Pelican case that could fit them and my accessories side-by-side would be one of the long gun cases like the 1700.

Lopez0015 · May 28, 2017

Which is the one on pic?

Lelantos · May 29, 2017

Will the Mavic fit inside the headband?

Lelantos · May 29, 2017

Looks like the display fits inside the headband.

Onetwofifty · May 30, 2017

Lopez0015 said:
Which is the one on pic?

If you're referring to the photos I posted - they're of an old Kata R-102 camera backpack.

FPVme · May 30, 2017

Onetwofifty said:
Personally, I'd prefer to not have to plug/unplug the goggle display from the headband every time I move it around, so have ruled out using the original box/foam. I'll certainly keep it as an option for when I need to drop ship the goggles anywhere. But for now, I'm just using an old camera backpack that has a raised area in the center which accommodates the DJI goggles perfectly.

What bag is this? Can you take more photos? Does the rest of the mavic setup fit?

Onetwofifty · May 30, 2017

FPVme said:
What bag is this? Can you take more photos? Does the rest of the mavic setup fit?

It's a very old photo backpack - the Kata R-102 (search for other product photos online). There should be newer versions of this bag out there now.

It's only large enough to hold the goggles and a few accessories - definitely no room for the Mavic. I'm only using it as a temporary solution until a custom Mavic case becomes available.