Electronic Dry Cabinets Are Like Wine Coolers for Protecting Camera Gear
If you live in a relatively humid environment and don’t mind dropping some cash to keep your camera gear safe from fungus and corrosion, you may want to take a look at getting an electronic dry cabinet. They look like wine coolers, except they’re designed to protect your cameras and lenses from moisture, dirt, and dust.
The cabinets don’t double as safes for protecting well against theft, but they do feature a lock on the rubber-sealed glass door (each cabinet comes with 2 keys). The surfaces you rest your gear on inside the cabinet are also padded, helping to prevent scratches — the padding on the 30L cabinet’s shelf is also contoured to help your lenses stay put.
On the top right corner of the cabinet door is a large, dimmable LCD display that shows ambient temperature, relative humidity, and the cabinet’s settings.
Open the door, and built-in LED lights will help illuminate the space, allowing you to more easily see and retrieve the gear you need.
The cabinets are electronic and powered by an included multi-voltage power supply, but they’re dripless (so you don’t need a tray) and virtually silent (they lack a fan or compressor).
The Ruggard 80L and 30L electronic dry cabinets are available exclusively through B&H for $250 and $150, respectively. If you need even more capacity, there are other pricier dry cabinets at B&H and Amazon that may fit your needs better.
(via B&H via Leica Rumors)
