Thanks, Simon. This was helpful. I don't have a lot of camera gear, but I want to take good care of it. I live in a cool, humid environment so this would probably work well for me, though I would be getting the smaller size.
I am glad to hear you have found this useful! it is such a nice edition to help keep the gear protected and also to dry out your gear after a shoot in wet or humid conditions. Don't forget to set the humidity percentage to 45 this is what mine is set to. If it is too high it will damage the seals on the camera gear and components and too low it will do nothing. I'd recommend going for the next size up to what you think you need, just in case later on you get more gear and you need more storage room. Mine today has far more gear inside of it with 5 cameras and 13 lenses, 2 drones and video gear. All the best and enjoy your photography journey! :)
No problems at all! I am glad I can help. In all honesty even though it comes with a really good lock the glass is quite thin and easy to break I suspect. I am only using mine for temp and humidity control, it is working a absolute treat though I'm starting to run out of room in mine now. Best to go for the next size up than what you think you need.
Hello, I am particularly interested if you meanwhile have an information or experience over the last 2 years whether the patented TiO2 (titanium dioxide) technology used by Sirui and the associated chemical process of photocatalysis for drying humidity and eliminating fungus and other bacteria might have any potential negative impact on the lubricant in the helical gear when used as a long-term storage solution for lenses. I want one, but it has to be safe for my equipment especially for vintage lenses. Your experience and advise would be great. Thanks a lot Gunther
I have been using mine every day since I got it and storied a variety of gear in it and when stored at the right humidity of ~45% it hasn't caused any problems to my camera gear, seals are still as they where when new and it certainly hasn't effected the lubricant on delicate parts of the lens. It is still drying out my gear when I have shot in the rain or in humid conditions. I will be using mine for a number of years.
Hi Simon, Thanks for the video. I just bought hc-50 version and I have a question: does the green led light blink all the time on your cabinet? I'm asking b/c on mine the whole display (the green led included) turns off after ~30sec and you can't really tell if the cabinet is even on.. It turns on again only when I press any of the control buttons.
No problems at all! With mine I just had a look and all the lights are off including the display, it basically just dims completely, but if you get a light onto the display you’ll see the humidity and temperature readout. It’s certainly on all the time, I think it use’s very little power and it doesn’t always need to be running since the cabinet is completely sealed. I have only found the lights to come back on when I open it up and when it needs to control the levels inside the cabinet.
@SimonPhillipsPhoto The display on mine goes completely off after ~30secs and no readout is visible until I press a button. Which I find very annoying. The reason I asked is that in the video I noticed that your cabinet's display kept blinking with green (the leftmost led light).
Maybe there’s a slight difference on the time out due to my case being larger more than double the size of yours. I can guarantee the unit is still working even when you can’t see the display lighting up.
I’ve not had this problem before, perhaps there’s a fuse which has blown. I don’t think you need to replace the drying out unit. If you can’t get it working again even after talking with the manufacturer you could always use silica gel packs, pelican sells them in metal cases and when they are no longer effective you put them in the oven for 20 minutes for them to become good again.
haha didnt expect to hear about the crappiness of living in Perth.., one of the reasons I left was because of the appalling customer service you have to endure every day.. 2 months to ship, no information, - a familiar story. I just ordered mine here in Singapore - 48 hours free guaranteed delivery. obvious reasons why there are differences of course. but I really dont miss these annoying aspects of Perth life.. trying renovating a house, total nightmare
Damn this is an old video haha. Oh yeah Perth is so isolated it makes for some interesting shipping times, it is often faster for me to get something from America or England than it is in Australia. I bet when you where renovating your house in Perth you wondered like me why everything would have to come from over east and take a few weeks to arrive, I really wonder why not have a warehouse with stock loaded here if you're a big store like Bunnings. That is such a great delivery turn around time! here I see that and I go plus a few days hahaha
I almost not articulate and for foreigner like ne its almost impossible undertsand you. rember youtube its for all the world . :( you talk about everything your gear thr shipping company and less about the thing that interrested the surui HC and how he work :( :(
If you have any questions just ask and I’ll do my best to answer, others have asked me questions which I didn’t cover in the video. I did go over some of the features and how it works in the video. I can do another one in the future once I’m setup on the other side of the world, currently I’m homeless.
Thanks, Simon. This was helpful. I don't have a lot of camera gear, but I want to take good care of it. I live in a cool, humid environment so this would probably work well for me, though I would be getting the smaller size.
I am glad to hear you have found this useful! it is such a nice edition to help keep the gear protected and also to dry out your gear after a shoot in wet or humid conditions. Don't forget to set the humidity percentage to 45 this is what mine is set to. If it is too high it will damage the seals on the camera gear and components and too low it will do nothing.
I'd recommend going for the next size up to what you think you need, just in case later on you get more gear and you need more storage room. Mine today has far more gear inside of it with 5 cameras and 13 lenses, 2 drones and video gear.
All the best and enjoy your photography journey! :)
Thanks for this video! Would you say this is a good solution for security, or strictly on temp / humidity controlled storage?
No problems at all! I am glad I can help. In all honesty even though it comes with a really good lock the glass is quite thin and easy to break I suspect. I am only using mine for temp and humidity control, it is working a absolute treat though I'm starting to run out of room in mine now. Best to go for the next size up than what you think you need.
@@SimonPhillipsPhoto Thanks so much Simon! Makes sense, thanks for the incite.
Hello,
I am particularly interested if you meanwhile have an information or experience over the last 2 years whether the patented TiO2 (titanium dioxide) technology used by Sirui and the associated chemical process of photocatalysis for drying humidity and eliminating fungus and other bacteria might have any potential negative impact on the lubricant in the helical gear when used as a long-term storage solution for lenses. I want one, but it has to be safe for my equipment especially for vintage lenses.
Your experience and advise would be great.
Thanks a lot
Gunther
I have been using mine every day since I got it and storied a variety of gear in it and when stored at the right humidity of ~45% it hasn't caused any problems to my camera gear, seals are still as they where when new and it certainly hasn't effected the lubricant on delicate parts of the lens.
It is still drying out my gear when I have shot in the rain or in humid conditions. I will be using mine for a number of years.
Thank you very much for the kind explanations, now I'm convinced, I don't worry anymore, that's a very good solution, kind regards from Germany
Hi Simon,
Thanks for the video. I just bought hc-50 version and I have a question: does the green led light blink all the time on your cabinet? I'm asking b/c on mine the whole display (the green led included) turns off after ~30sec and you can't really tell if the cabinet is even on.. It turns on again only when I press any of the control buttons.
No problems at all! With mine I just had a look and all the lights are off including the display, it basically just dims completely, but if you get a light onto the display you’ll see the humidity and temperature readout. It’s certainly on all the time, I think it use’s very little power and it doesn’t always need to be running since the cabinet is completely sealed. I have only found the lights to come back on when I open it up and when it needs to control the levels inside the cabinet.
@SimonPhillipsPhoto The display on mine goes completely off after ~30secs and no readout is visible until I press a button. Which I find very annoying. The reason I asked is that in the video I noticed that your cabinet's display kept blinking with green (the leftmost led light).
Maybe there’s a slight difference on the time out due to my case being larger more than double the size of yours. I can guarantee the unit is still working even when you can’t see the display lighting up.
Hey man, can i store my batteries inside dry cabinet?
Good question. I have been doing this and I’ve had no problems at all doing that along with my other gear.
@@SimonPhillipsPhoto thanks man!
Very informative. Thank you
I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Hi does it come with the foam please I am looking at buying one please
Yes it does. Best to buy the next size up to what you think so you have plenty of room, I now have more stuff in it today.
Are the shelves completely removable for larger lenses etc
They sure are or you can remove them completely.
can i store the camera and action cam batteries inside?
I do this with it as well and never had a problem.
@@SimonPhillipsPhoto should lenses be stored without their caps inside the dry cabinet?
@moyg2932 most of the time I keep the caps on, but if I’ve just been out in wet conditions then the caps come off so it can dry out.
@@SimonPhillipsPhoto oh i see tnx sir for answering my queries. ☺️ God bless, more subscribers, more likes☺️
Elle est bien ou pas monsieur ??
It certainly is a great unit and still going strong today, I’m using it for all my cameras and lenses.
@@SimonPhillipsPhoto thank you
what to do with the dry cabinets if no current? do i need to unplug and put silica gels?
I’ve not had this problem before, perhaps there’s a fuse which has blown. I don’t think you need to replace the drying out unit. If you can’t get it working again even after talking with the manufacturer you could always use silica gel packs, pelican sells them in metal cases and when they are no longer effective you put them in the oven for 20 minutes for them to become good again.
haha didnt expect to hear about the crappiness of living in Perth.., one of the reasons I left was because of the appalling customer service you have to endure every day.. 2 months to ship, no information, - a familiar story. I just ordered mine here in Singapore - 48 hours free guaranteed delivery. obvious reasons why there are differences of course. but I really dont miss these annoying aspects of Perth life.. trying renovating a house, total nightmare
Damn this is an old video haha. Oh yeah Perth is so isolated it makes for some interesting shipping times, it is often faster for me to get something from America or England than it is in Australia. I bet when you where renovating your house in Perth you wondered like me why everything would have to come from over east and take a few weeks to arrive, I really wonder why not have a warehouse with stock loaded here if you're a big store like Bunnings. That is such a great delivery turn around time! here I see that and I go plus a few days hahaha
I almost not articulate and for foreigner like ne its almost impossible undertsand you. rember youtube its for all the world . :( you talk about everything your gear thr shipping company and less about the thing that interrested the surui HC and how he work :( :(
If you have any questions just ask and I’ll do my best to answer, others have asked me questions which I didn’t cover in the video. I did go over some of the features and how it works in the video. I can do another one in the future once I’m setup on the other side of the world, currently I’m homeless.