1020 Pelican Micro Case w/Liner

The one with a real number behind it. The Pelican 1020 Micro Case is tested to IP67 — submerged under 1 metre of water for up to 30 minutes — which almost nothing else on this shelf can say.

On the Pelican 1020 Micro Case, the Liner Is the Seal

This is the detail worth knowing. The rubber liner inside is not just padding: Pelican's own wording is that it doubles as the o-ring seal.

So do not remove it to fit something larger. Take the liner out and you have taken the gasket out.

The body is polycarbonate, the o-ring is thermoplastic rubber, and there is an automatic pressure-equalisation valve so the case does not lock shut or pop after a temperature or altitude change.

It Floats

Buoyancy 0.75 lb, so it floats with contents up to roughly 12 ounces. A phone and keys are comfortably inside that.

That is a genuinely useful figure on a kayak. A case that sinks is a case you lose once; a case that floats is one you paddle back to.

Pelican 1020 Micro Case Size

• Interior 5.31" x 3.56" x 1.68"

• Exterior 6.82" x 4.75" x 2.12" overall

• 0.55 lb

Small. It is a phone-and-keys case, not a camera case — check your phone in its case against that interior before you buy.

The Honest Caveat

Pelican print both "IP67, 1 metre for 30 minutes" and "not for swimming or submerging" on this product. Both are their words, and the reconciliation matters.

IP67 covers accidental immersion — dropped over the side, a wave filling the cockpit, a capsize. It is not a rating for deliberately taking the case diving or snorkelling. Buy it for the accident, not the activity.

Details

• Pelican 1020 Micro Case with rubber liner

• IP67 — submerged to 1 m for up to 30 minutes

• Floats, buoyancy 0.75 lb

• Interior 5.31 x 3.56 x 1.68", exterior 6.82 x 4.75 x 2.12"

• 0.55 lb, polycarbonate body, automatic pressure-equalisation valve

At our Clearwater shop, in several colours.