[jrm]

Hi all,
 
My Westone Es3's are in getting ready for a recase.  I noticed a fracture in the monitor and the sentence has been handed out by the techs at Westone... time to get them recased.  I'm thinking I need a stronger case to keep them in while traveling.  Westone supplied me with a wonderful pelican case when i first bought them, but that puppy is really big and can take up a lot of precious real estate when traveling light.  Can anyone help me find the smallest/best pelican (or pelican type) case out there?  I just need it to hold up a pair of coiled IEM's.  When traveling I don't take the cleaning tools or dessicant that live in my main storage case.
 
I'd been using a generic Shure IEM case for travel, but I'm thinking it might be time to move to something more substantial.  I don't know if it was a "case failure" that lead to the crack, but I'm determined to take out as many variables as possible after these get fixed.
 
On another note, are there folks here that use a pelican case to house their entire portable rig (ipod, amp, and IEM's)?  I bet that could be a nice compact solution.... just wondering.
 
Thanks for any direction!
 
-jon

 

[Wildcard30]

I bought an otterbox 1000 for my iems from Amazon.

 

[dfrost]

Here's what I use:
 
http://www.amazon.com/Earphone-Case-Clamshell-Enclosure-Exterior/dp/B002NX7M9O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1276118953&sr=1-1
 
The interior space is about 7/8" deep - is that enough for Westones? The shell is not completely rigid, but you'd have to push pretty hard to collapse it.

 

[akcmusic]

Jon,
 
I was in a similar situation recently. As of last year, I had been through two pair of old Shure E2's since 2007. I thought the sound was alright, but when looking to replace the 2nd pair I needed something with better performance so I could run my monitor levels a little softer.
 
Bought a pair of Shure SE535's in the spring and was paranoid about another failure (my previous two were in cable connections, not drivers). I bought a Pelican 1010 Micro case which is quite compact and is their smallest case. My IEM's fit well in them, although I personally was paranoid about them being wound tightly (about as tight as you would with the case that most IEM's come with from the company). I bought a Pelican 1060 with a pick n' pluck foam insert so I could coil the monitors very loosely and have them secure inside.
 
If you're looking for some serious protection in as compact size as possible, I'd recommend the 1010 case. I used this site (http://www.pelican-case.com/microcases.html).
 
For size reference, if you've ever seen the pelican cases available form westone for their ears, they use the 1040 size (http://www.westonemusicproducts.com/products/Custom%20Fit%20Pro%20Audio/Deluxe%20Monitor%20Case).
 
If you're still looking for a case, hope this helps!
-Andrew

 

[Vloeibaarglas]

 
Quote:

Here's what I use:
 
http://www.amazon.com/Earphone-Case-Clamshell-Enclosure-Exterior/dp/B002NX7M9O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1276118953&sr=1-1
 
The interior space is about 7/8" deep - is that enough for Westones? The shell is not completely rigid, but you'd have to push pretty hard to collapse it.

The exact same case can be had for $2-3 shipped from eBay. I bought 10x last time to keep all my cheaper IEM's.
 
I think Pelican 1010 is indeed the smallest Pelican case. 

 

[rymd]

This is an old thread, but I just wanted to add that you can make your own micro pelican case by clearing out an altoids tin and lining it with foam