New Locking Latches for Pelican Cases

New Locking Latches for Pelican Cases
Some of you who travel frequently or who transport and organize a lot of gear may have seen some new items supplier listings when you browse the Pelican Case pages. In addition to the now-established Pelican Air case models like 1535 and 1615, you may have seen related listings with the TRVL suffix after the model number. What's up with that?
It turns out, Pelican is now offering some of their Air series cases with lockable latches. These latches operate with both a user key (the P001 luggage key, which is not all that secure or unique, mind you) and also the TSA007 key. If you're a frequent traveler and don't want to stick a gun in your luggage all the time in order to use high security locks... maybe you're interested in Pelican cases whose latches can lock?
The thing is... Pelican is selling these new TRVL series cases at what appears to be an exorbitant mark-up. Fortunately, it is possible to purchase these new latches by themselves from 3rd parties. This is a video where I showcase the various ways to lock one's luggage and then I swap out a latch on one of my Pelican cases, installing these new TSA compatible locks.
These latches are on Amazon here... www.amazon.com/Pelican-Case-L... ...they appeared to sell out rapidly upon the upload of this video, but they are back in stock at this time. That's not an affiliate link, I just enjoy sharing good details with you all. =)
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[@DeviantOllam]

Hey, cool update news!... @SkylarxLily hit me on twitter and informed me: "Did some sleuthing and found those TSA latches in your vid. If you email colorcase, which does a ton of Pelican sales, they gave me a private link for the same 40$ price that has been out of stock on amazon now forever. Hopefully they keep doing it."

[@Teabagz4fun]

I just realized you swapped the bottles! Magnificent bastard... 🥃

[@Sarge92]

question regarding the bigger lock how much room do you get when trying to open that case with the lock still on the case? it looks like you get about a inch of wiggle there could that not potentially let someone take smaller items out the case without you knowing or tampering with the locks a quick and dirty fix would be to have a cloth bag inside that everything goes in and just put the opening towards the hinges so prying fingers cant get at any smaller items to pull them through

[@kristianskaland2485]

VJO? Well someone certainly watches AvE Also tomatoes

[@jk9554]

AvE, DvE... If he'd swear more you couldn't tell 'em apart...

[@car0lm1k3]

good ol' uncle bumble

[@joshuadowden981]

and the weeble wobbles

[@AhKeelU]

It's uncle bumblefuck. Get his name right. And do you know the backstory to the name?

[@car0lm1k3]

@@AhKeelU its a common name for machinists. At least i have heard that as long as i can remember. Dude is wicked smart though. Deceptively so.

[@yakmedic8511]

If you use a TSA lock you can add a serialized (numbered) tamper tag to one of the case locking points. This gives you a quick visual indicator to let you someone has opened you bag. They aren't too expensive ~$10-15 for 100 of them. As an alternative I have used several small zip ties with different colors (2 red, 1 green, 1 yellow, for example), super cheap and with a wide range of colors

[@JonVonBasslake]

Tomatoes used to explain Dungeons and Dragons stats: Strength: How for you can throw the tomatoes Dexterity: How well you can dodge tomatoes thrown at you Constitution: How many bad tomatoes you can eat Intelligence: Knowing tomatoes are technically a fruit Wisdom: Knowing not to put tomatoes into your fruit salad Charisma: Being able convince people to buy your fruit salad based on tomatoes

[@DeviantOllam]

This is a wonderful comment. :-)

[@car0lm1k3]

Fruit salad based on tomatoes? Sounds like a salsa! (Totally not my original comment)

[@DemmyDemon]

@@car0lm1k3 I found the bard! (Also completely original! From the same original source, even!)

[@FCCommunist]

Intelligence: Knowing a tomato is a fruit Wisdom: Knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad Charisma: Being able to sell a tomato-based fruit salad

[@keithtwombley]

a couple more tips for removing pins I learned from modding toys: When the pin starts moving, check the end that pops out with an eagle eye. If you don't see the hash marks, you're at the wrong end. BTW, If you decide to YOLO the pin all the way through the wrong way, those hashes will gouge the plastic all the way through, making it so the pin will never stay in again.

[@gamehulk]

"Vijeo". Found the AvE fan. Edit: "She's got some gravity to 'er". lol

[@DeviantOllam]

😁👍

[@lunstee]

my first clue was the weeble wobble

[@gabebol7264]

Vijayo? Got some gravity in it? This man watches AvE.

[@tomiesz]

Now wait for tsa to start getting the pins out from your latches when using the lock hatches

[@frederik7338]

TSA have keys for it. Also hopefully they would be mindfull enough to remount the latches after inspection. (they probably wouldn't )

[@jrichardson-m9m]

@@frederik7338 there have been cases where they have unlocked a tsa lock and just threw it into the luggage in the unlocked state making the lock useless. i wouldn't bee surprised if they used the bolt cutters to just cut the latch off.

I think (welcome to be corrected) that pelican latches have to be open to be removed, meaning you'd still need to unlock the latch to remove it. If some asshat TSA dude knocked the pins out of a latch and then gave up when they realized they still needed the keys I think that would be worth the investment in my mind. Wasting the time of people whose only purpose in life is to waste your's.

[@inpalpatine2067]

@ @9:37 he latches the case then bangs out the pin.

@@inpalpatine2067 Yeah but then after the pins have been removed you have to pull the latch off. I failed to say that on the latches with a push button (like the TSA replacement latches) I believe you need to actually push the button to disengage the latch. Therefore if the latch is locked it should not disengage after the pin has been removed.

[@tacpunk7996]

Aaand the latches are no longer available on Amazon.

[@esper6119]

RIP

[@nunyabiznass19]

they are as of now..

[@tacpunk7996]

jhenretta Awesome! I ended up getting a Nanuk 935 case with similar latches instead-very happy with my purchase.

[@ShutterlabCreative]

Too good to last.

[@ejbevenour]

I just found them a few days on Amazon. Picked up 2 sets

[@NunSuperior]

Now I know what was in the case in Pulp Fiction. Pappy.

[@Bostonaholic]

I have found that the Abloy PL340 fits my Pelican Air. I also use the SP321 (with the thinner shackle) for locking the zippers on soft bags. I really like your idea of swapping out the latches for the ones with integrated TSA locks. I might have to do that too!

[@meoka2368]

"Get yourself in trouble withe TSA by forgetting these were in your bag." Heeheehee. So likely to happen too.

[@ChuckvdL]

I traveled for years with a small scissors at the bottom of a dopp kit bag (forgot it was in there), never ever got flagged for it. Based on that and other info, I estimate the TSA's ability to find actual forbidden stuff at about 5%. But that's if they were real bullets. Since these are not real, and would be a false positive, which would foul up your day, Murphy's law says they are about 95% likely to find them and to go apeshit over it.

[@matthewshannon6946]

@@ChuckvdL I traveled all over the country for work. I got held up at a gate in Orlando for about 10 min. Finally, a TSA gentleman approached me and asked me if I had a "queek loader". I was baffled. I finally figured out that he thought the carrier for my Surefire batteries was a speed-loader for a pistol. Mind you, they worked completely from images and never pulled the item out for examination. Crazy. I & batteries went on but what a strange experience. Hope they're better familiarized with other contraband they're looking for as to fit a pistol, this array would have had to fit a .75 to 1.0 caliber pistol (which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist).😜

[@greasemonkeymc]

I got my bag pulled for having coral the x-ray showed it as C4 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@dasy2k1]

@@greasemonkeymc once on eurostar (no weight limit) I got pulled for having petanque balls... They literally turned the screen round and pointed to them and asked what they were. They did look awfully like grenades on the screen!

[@killstrees]

I have a classmate that went to Europe with a few 5.56 rounds in his backpack by mistake. Somehow he made it out of the US, into and around Europe including multiple flights, and was stopped in Germany on his way back to the US. Of course they took them from him, but it blew my mind he made it that far. This was about three and a half years ago.

[@matthewmiller6068]

Very excited to see a way to add TSA lock latches...I've got a few year old 1615 case (before the "air" branding) and I have basically given up on any way to lock it. The locks end up either broken off or damaged such that I can't actually remove them without tools at the other end. Even when I don't care about "stuff stolen" I worry about the latches catching and popping open in transit letting stuff fall out. Parts ordered, I look forward to a conversion! ...and I don't even fly that much, all my headaches are only within half a dozen or so legs of flights. After losing probably $100 or more in various locks until now I've decided the best hope is $0.97 keychain clips...at least they provide a small additional "oops bumped the latch" protection and they also are cheap to replace when they go missing.

[@xXTECHxKNIGHTXx]

I strapped a pelican case onto the back of my motorcycle as a tour pack, these latches seem like a solid solution to keep opportunist thieves out!

[@TheKnightofSand]

Thanks for the video! I'll have to look into Pelican's travel case lineup now. That way I can travel safely with my tomatoes.

[@chrisfyfe4047]

Big Abloy fan here , I often use them on my lock out / tag out system . Baby Abloy’s are cool !

[@sonnofa7877]

Q: How do you get rid of lazy tomatoes employees? A: Can them.

[@DeviantOllam]

I can't tell you how much you made Tarah laugh

[@tonysansom]

But do you grill 'em before or after? 😆

[@jjohnson1835]

Very cool idea, going to have to pick up a couple new locking latches to secure my tomatoes in the old pelican cases

[@fpscrash1992]

Good to hear about these TSA latches for the Pelican cases. If I'm in a hurry and not locking up anything too special, I use zip ties. Which I then cut at my destination. Keeps quick hands out.

[@sandy1653]

Oooh shiny. Thanks for the recommendation, I'm going to buy a few of those to use on the pelican cases we use to ship demo gear to customers.

[@StuttersC]

Thank you for showing ways to keep our tomatoes secure in our luggage.

[@jayeff337]

I love me some fried-green tomatoes, as long as they are seasoned and cooked correctly! Thanks D.O.! Excellent video!

[@Chirael]

Great video, especially the real world threat and disposition scenarios. Nice analysis and thanks for posting this 😊

[@jondavidmcnabb]

Your Channel is a fantastic font of information. Just got back from Vegas and your Circus Circus Steakhouse review helped me greatly. Dude just keep keep up the excellent work!!!

[@LogicBob]

Tomatoes, huh? I ordered some latches! Thanks for the heads-up! I always liked the thought of TSA not being able to cut my locks, but I hadn't ever considered that they may just keep the case. My phone number is written across the case in 2" tall letters, but you never know with those knuckleheads. Do you have any tricks for locking your luggage when you're traveling to/through a prohibited place like Chicago or Mexico? I was thinking about packing a 5.56 stripper clip because the federal guidelines say that "ammunition clips" need to be locked up like firearms, but its not serialized and won't even be recognized by most anyone. Thoughts?

[@DonzLockz]

I use Abloy 330's with a sentry key to protect my special strain of organic tomatoes. Lol. I brought over 8kg of locks from Australia to the States in 2017 and locked them in a plastic storage box with a 40mm Abus dimple padlock. They cut the shackle to see the strange blob of locks on their xray. Luckily they kept all the precious $800 Lockwoods in place and put the cut padlock in the case with a tsa card saying they inspected the case. We don't have guns here but store classified files and electronics, luckily no PL330's have been cut yet. 🤞 Thanks for the info and I'll look up those replacement latches/tsa locks.👍🏻🤓🍺

[@jmann5866]

start the message tomatoes. I enjoyed that you informed us about a wonderful locking upgrade to pelican cases, then immediately showed an easy attack on the lock by removing the hinge pin. Always great to remember that the world is flawed.

[@AdricM]

you can also open the case 1" -3" if someone opens the latches if you use a large ish hasp.

[@chandranatha4153]

My friend just buzzed this video to me on Buzz Chat. Definitely worth the watch!

[@KaneYork]

I've always wondered when I'll pick up one of these... Never really had the urge to travel the world, see all the different kinds of tomatoes out there...

[@jolufepi]

This latches are good for a Pelican V700 Vault case, thank you 👍🇺🇾🤝🇨🇦🥩🧉🦮🐎⚖️🗽

[@CheapCreep]

Awesome video. I recently ordered the 1615 Air Case (without locked hatches) because it was almost $200 cheaper than the 1615 Travel. These new locks go for ~$50. So assuming I can actually get these installed, that's a savings of $150. FYSA: Pelican offers military & veterans discount, so that's another $52.04 saved.

[@ScottGamble1]

Super cool Pelican locks. Bad guys wouldn’t get my tomatoes out of my bag with those babies on there.

[@LokiCDK]

That latch replacement is a pretty slick option. Nice find. And when you forget you're carrying these through the TSA checkpoint, your face will be as red as tomatoes.

[@Andy-jq5yw]

I just got 4 pelican cases from my wife's work, because they were going to throw them out. Apparently some companies just hate money!..and tomatoes...gonna get some TSA locking hasps to go on a few now, thanks!

[@garyanvil2354]

I grow tomatoes ever summer... Great videos thanks

[@davidholliday6772]

Nice info on the Pelican locks im a photographer and use the cases. Ill be getting some new hasps. Also I like to carry on my tomatoes in the case.

[@imaustinlittle]

Great vid! I didn't know about those TSA hinge locks. tomatoes

[@tunafishjoe]

Thanks for the info! Buying packing cubes for my pelican case now. Tomatoes tomatoes tomatoes

[@scottstokes1878]

I was at the medical .. uh .. 'tomato' dispensary the other day, and I just busted out laughing. Everyone looked at me like I was a lunatic, because I had noticed that every one of their 'secure' doors were made of steel with reinforced frames and had biometric readers... and hinges on the outside. I called the manager over and showed him the secure hinge pins on amazon and suggested he spend the extra $12 - I love these videos.. and also bourbon. (the other tomato dispensary that has hinges on the inside and rex? sensors is going to get a vape demo next time I go in)

[@andersgranath1409]

Cool, thanks for the tips

[@T-Waldo]

Deviant you and the tomatos there have inspired me to create my own penetration testing firm it's been a year and a half and I couldn't be happier.

[@0Clewi0]

On the issue of them cutting TSA locks anyway. (It happen me once and I don't even live in the US, just have traveled there a few times) They did glue it together and it's still funcional (and they did add a "nice" little message inside the luggage that of course we could only see when we were back in our country).

[@YoYoYoHD]

Ya might want to check on that 😂! It’s easy to pick and cut…even your beefy lock

[@Davisonjacob]

Thanks

[@zornhed100]

In addition to locks, I also use zip ties to secure my luggage. It definitively confirms to me if someone has been in my luggage and also adds another layer to what the TSA has to defeat to open my luggage.

[@JiSe6669]

I spent the holidays on a lovely island of Lanzarote, one of the highlights was decent hotel breakfast buffet with toast, bacon lettuce and local delicious tomatoes. Was also somewhat paranoid about the "really good" lock on the hotel sliding glass door.

[@petergamache5368]

LOL at all the AvE-isms. Not hard to guess you're a fan. Federal Cartridge used to give away drilled 22 longs on ball chains as keyrings. I still have a few, so no to-mah-to for me!

[@timbober1]

We grow the best tomatoes, our favorite time of year is the first home grown BLT. Great information on the pelican case. I don’t travel by air too often however every time I do the TSA puts it grubby mitts on my belongings. I don’t carry a firearm, I always have a knife in pocket and in my checked bag when I fly so I can have it when I arrive. I have seen the videos of you at the airport. What a joke, I can’t imagine having to deal with those officious jackballs!

[@QuiteJollyRoger]

You say giveaway, I say tomatoes. Love your videos, always the high point of my day!

[@bobsquirrelking]

I had to travel a lot for work, and have a big pelican case full of tools (nothing dangerous), and don't bother with locks. I have had the TSA break the pelican latch, despite it not even being locked. Even with it being integrated into the latch, they will still sometimes not bother getting the key.

[@playmakerbaker]

Great video

[@Bushman4]

Now you've made me have to watch "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" again... Greats tip on the pelican latches; I'll order up a few sets before they get sued.

[@imajeenyus42]

Just sayin, that spring punch tool is frickin awesome.

[@DeviantOllam]

I know, right? I should link to it in the doobly-doo.

[@glssjg]

Yes please

[@imajeenyus42]

@@DeviantOllam Absolutely!! I've seen something similar called a brad setter, but not the actual pin punch like you have.

[@Demoni696]

I was super excited about these new latches for my Pelican cases like a kid unwrapping his tomatoes on Christmas. However is seems they no longer exist on Amazon...

[@Omnituens]

Great video as always! Is there a place to look up what "allows" us to secure a case? Outside the US we don't have a pile of guns to select from and pop in our luggage. Are firearms the only things that qualifies?

[@veronly2]

The cool thing about that is you could still use a non tsa lock in the man lock hole too

[@RealUnimportant]

After many years of thinking all tomatoes were disgusting, I've recently been turned onto heritage and heirloom varieties, and the difference is like night & day. So tasty!

[@rylieolmstead5419]

Just found your channel and loving it (thanks reddit). Also, tomatoes

[@worab1]

Another great video deviant the magic word is tomatoes! Thank you 😎🔓TBP

[@thegrumpytexan]

Out of curiosity, have you considered rigging one of those ultra-loud screeching alarms inside your case? Maybe a homemade variant that can be deactivated with a magnet on the side of the case that only you are aware of?

[@kc5sdy]

Really enjoy the videos. New to the scene and learning a lot. BTW... Tomatoes are tasty!

[@xeeded]

Great cases and locks but what would -you- pick for a seal, if you’re looking for intrusion with the TSA latch? Pomodoro

[@BuzzinVideography]

All of mine have locks built onto them. One of them is broken... thanks tsa

[@danielt6939]

We all love some nice tomatoes !

[@BazvdB]

Casually slaps in a bottle of Pappy van Winkle, what a legend 😂😂

[@007lock]

Although it would add more weight - you could add washers to the shackle to reduce the amount of play and make it harder to cut with bolt cutters

[@rofltechniker]

Nice video again! This looks like a nice way to lock the case, but it seems pretty obvious to just take out the pin keeping the latch in place. Oh and tomatoes ;)

[@user-oe9di6mg2v]

To prevent cuts I add grade 8 washers and/or bearings to make it super hard to cut yet be light compared to the 330 size locks. Also shutter lock with washers/bearings. Does anyone still have issues with your lock getting cut off from baggage with firearms?

[@montanaplease]

That’s a great idea with the washers. Thanks. It pays to read the comments sometimes

[@SerynZatos]

I enjoy tomatoes, and your videos.

[@larryu3727]

I love Pelican Cases, I wonder how many tomatoes you can secure in a case before the TSA questions it.

[@huethehand1]

was just searching Amazon and then latches are no longer listed, fond the sellers link on a defiant sight and can only find them on E-bay now

[@matthewmiller6068]

Probably a game of cat and mouse...I found some on Amazon last night and got an order in. Or maybe they're just SO popular that the little 3rd parties can't keep up.

[@S.Clause]

Drive it home 😊. I dig it brother

[@atomicrhino7182]

Could you use shutter style locks so they cant cut them or at least make them very hard to cut

[@shockingguy]

And as usual tomatoes homegrown are the best. Good informative video deviant as usual, but you should remind folks to put their own seals through those hasp holes or through their connecting zippers on any checked baggage. Are usually carry a supply of brightly colored zip ties that will not be easily replaced on the other end if somebody cuts them and that way I know immediately that somebody has been in my stuff because if they just open this lock with their TSA key you’re not really gonna know they were inside and as always knowledge is power.

[@heyheyzx1479]

Hi Deviant I'm starting to fly more often and want to invest in a good hard case. What do you recommend? I fly United if that helps. I've been looking at some surplus pelicans and was considering the storm IM2750 and also might pick up the latches from this vid as well. Thanks as always. Next time I'll bring the whiskey. The red in my blood is from tomatoes.

[@manorin]

The even more expensive Pelican Elite Luggage which has a TSA combo lid lock, can be defeated with a zip tie. Found out when I accidentally scrambled the combo. You turn the latch one way to unlock the other way to program

[@crowley357]

Try Jamie's recipe "tomatoes with sausage". 15 minutes work, 1 1/2 hours drinking while cooks. Great add-on to Pelicans.

[@denniskarnes8680]

It's times like this that my anxiety starts to kick in, but then I remember I don't fly, anywhere, ever, so I couldn't care less😂😂

[@alexthespooder7544]

Now thats a hot locking latch

[@DeviantOllam]

"click here for hot latch-on-case action"

[@JChang0114]

I use a Brink's ProMax Security Stainless Steel 60mm discus lock, it can be picked, but they cannot be cut and are cheap.

[@chrisblack6901]

The Whiskey transformed!

[@matthewshannon6946]

Rules must have changed (or I was misinformed). Back in 2016 & previous...even though I traveled all over the country with my Glock 19, I remembered being forced to use "tsa compliant" locks on my Pelican case gun case. Really diminished confidence in my pistols security but I was lucky and never lost it.😀

[@CityLifeinAmerica]

Diamond Medallion. Nice.

[@chrispyk4456]

Tomatos, tomatoes. Commenting both potential versions to hedge my bets. Looking forward to the sous vide crab! Sous vide seafood is still so unexplored in its applications.

[@emtdragon383]

I need these for my existing boxes

[@oisincollins-childerson7952]

If they're homegrown, you should use an Abloy to protect your tomatoes

[@StringerNews1]

Looks to me like the case itself is the more obvious prize. I have costly ATA 300 cases to protect gear that's even more costly. But to use status symbol cases that attract attention isn't too wise IMO. I use inexpensive Costco luggage, and anything I really need gets shipped UPS.

[@chadwhiteTTV]

tomatoe. tomatoe. however you say it. lol im joining ur classes later this year. wish u did a full week in california/sandiego/losangeles areas. id have all my tactical friends to come join your class. we'd bring all the fun weird things we have too. ;)

[@thelockpickinglebowski633]

Interesting solution. I wish the core was TSA006.

[@englematic]

So I was reading about Toe Jam and Earl this morning, and wouldn't you know it there was a spin off light gun game called Ready Aim Tomatoes. Wild huh?

[@MikeWhiskeyEcho01]

I'm not particularly a huge fan of tomatoes myself, however they're great for marinara.

[@anthonymaistrello2248]

You're Italian? That's new for me... As an Italian myself I grow my own tomatoes on my backyard

[@skorkabian]

So I have watched a bunch of your talks on picking, but I can’t seem to figure out what I am doing wrong. I am using light tension, getting all the pins in place, but the locks won’t open. Any ideas what I may be doing wrong? Also, tomatoes!

[@Kinkajou1015]

That latch is really nifty. I want a nice Pelican case to store all of my tomatoes in. Or are they tomatos? Either way, I doubt that they will stop getting sold on Amazon.

[@Striiiider]

Every day I rewatch as many of your videos as I can. With each video I carefully devour two deliciously ripe tomatoes that I stole from your back yard. The time of tomato reckoning is coming.

[@blackwolf7777]

Quick question, will those TSA latches come off if they are locked and the pins are removed?

[@53yankee76]

Where do you get the hasps that protect the holes where the shackle of the padlock slips thru?

[@TheMatthooks]

9mm. The length of my... Ahem. Forget I said anything. Now then. You say tomatoes, I say tomatoes! Love to see the conniptions our customs guys and girls will have about these!

[@medoasha]

Hi, will the TSA latches locks fit the pilican storm 2720?