Magpul daka system in a pelican 1700 and blaser r8

[Datchew]

In case others are curious, here's a brief review of something I had high hopes for. (Well... Medium hopes)

I grabbed a black Friday deal on the well heralded Magpul daka storage system for my pelican case.

First impressions:
I like it. But I don't think it works for a r8. I need tightly arranged irregular storage spaces in a small case. This requires more real estate but is highly configurable.

Pros:
Foam is like a sturdy Styrofoam
Easy to configure the layout
Tight fit. No slop. Cool idea.

Cons:
The geometry of the storage spacing you create is limited to the geometry of the blocks on a grid that only supports fixed positions made by 1.75"x3.5" spacers. Blocky and bulky and limitng for irregular shapes.
Chunk size = no bueno

[AI Voice] Congratulations crawler, you just went full Minecraft mode in your rifle storage options, now get out there and kill, kill, kill!" [/AI Voice]
(A very small percentage of you will get that. Apologies to the rest of you)

You can't accommodate irregular shapes without expanding the area to the next larger grid area which eats up space. The barrels will bounce around unless you pad them in something and creating a place for the bolt carrier is fiddly.
No chance of squeezing in 2 optics.
I could carve the blocks but that sort of defeats the purpose.

Alas, back to my artisan-carved foam. It's ugly. It looks like it was cut by Captain Hook in his later year while suffering from advanced arthritis. But it all fits.

Suggestions for Magpul if they ever read this:
Excellent concept. Make the blocks and grid spacing MUCH smaller. Go from 128 to 256 or even super VGA.

Cheers

 

[Shako Badhan]

Thanks for the report. I have often considered the daka storage system as I have a bunch of pelican cases all with missing or mutilated foam.

 

[mdwest]

In case others are curious, here's a brief review of something I had high hopes for. (Well... Medium hopes)

I grabbed a black Friday deal on the well heralded Magpul daka storage system for my pelican case.

First impressions:
I like it. But I don't think it works for a r8. I need tightly arranged irregular storage spaces in a small case. This requires more real estate but is highly configurable.

Pros:
Foam is like a sturdy Styrofoam
Easy to configure the layout
Tight fit. No slop. Cool idea.

Cons:
The geometry of the storage spacing you create is limited to the geometry of the blocks on a grid that only supports fixed positions made by 1.75"x3.5" spacers. Blocky and bulky and limitng for irregular shapes.
Chunk size = no bueno

[AI Voice] Congratulations crawler, you just went full Minecraft mode in your rifle storage options, now get out there and kill, kill, kill!" [/AI Voice]
(A very small percentage of you will get that. Apologies to the rest of you)

You can't accommodate irregular shapes without expanding the area to the next larger grid area which eats up space. The barrels will bounce around unless you pad them in something and creating a place for the bolt carrier is fiddly.
No chance of squeezing in 2 optics.
I could carve the blocks but that sort of defeats the purpose.

Alas, back to my artisan-carved foam. It's ugly. It looks like it was cut by Captain Hook in his later year while suffering from advanced arthritis. But it all fits.

Suggestions for Magpul if they ever read this:
Excellent concept. Make the blocks and grid spacing MUCH smaller. Go from 128 to 256 or even super VGA.

Cheers

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If you don’t mind, where was the sale? And is it extended past Black Friday?

I’ve been looking for a deal on the afoul system for months.