Originally posted by TaoMaas But it's not what I store my gear in because the sides aren't padded.
Why would padding be an issue for storage? I would say it's the opposite, I want some padding in the bags I carry my gear around in. At home in a cabinet where I keep my camera gear, there are not a lot of things randomly banging into my gear... it's just sitting there... on a shelf... behind a door.
A hard case like Pelican would just not work, a case of necessary size would not fit in my cabinet without taking out a bunch of other stuff (and then where would I put that stuff?). The other drawback for hard cases is that future purchases are a bit hard to deal with when you have customized the foam inserts for your current gear. If I were a working pro then a hard case would make some sense for on-the-go field work, but I'm not.
Anyway, thanks for your replies and I'm probably going to stick with the F1X unless I find something better that meets my needs.