Pelican 1745BOW Air
Very Good
Ranked #2 of 14 bow cases
$499.95
The Pelican 1745BOW is the case you buy when the bow flies more than you'd like. It's the only case here that ships with Travel Sentry locking latches in the box rather than selling you the retrofit, and it's certified to IP67 and MIL-SPEC — real standards, published, not the words "airline approved" on a sticker. Pelican's lifetime warranty is the genuine you-break-it-we-replace-it kind. The catch is the price and the fact that Pelican quotes weight with the bow interior fitted, so the empty figure isn't published.
Standout feature: IP67-certified with Travel Sentry latches included — the only case here that ships travel-ready.
The verdict
The Pelican 1745BOW Air earns a CareScore of 71.7/100 (very good), ranking #2 of 14 bow cases we’ve scored at $499.95. IP67-certified with Travel Sentry latches included — the only case here that ships travel-ready.
Scored by the published CareScore v1.1.0 methodology from manufacturer specs, June 2026.
Pros
- IP67 and MIL-SPEC certified — named standards, not marketing
- Travel Sentry locking latches included, not sold separately
- Pelican lifetime warranty
- Quiet stainless-bearing wheels
- 44-inch published interior fits a long ATA bow
Cons
- $500 — the top of the market
- Empty weight not published (Pelican's 23.15 lb figure is quoted with the interior fitted)
- Heavy in absolute terms whatever the exact number
CareScore breakdown
How the 71.7/100 was built. Each spec is normalised to a 0–100 quality score, then weighted.
Data note: Price $499.95, interior 44.01 × 16.77 × 7.94 in and exterior 46.69 × 19.36 × 8.73 in all from pid.pelican.com (a retailer lists 47.25 × 19.38 × 9.12 — manufacturer figure used). Linear inches computed from the manufacturer exterior. IP67 + MIL-SPEC and the two Travel Sentry latches verified on Pelican's page. emptyWeight deliberately null: Pelican's 23.15 lb is labelled "weight with bow interior", which is a different measurement — the same bare-vs-loaded trap the stabilizers category hit. Verifier removed a fabricated claim about international-route testimonials.
Full specifications
| Street Price | $499.95 |
|---|---|
| Empty Weight | — |
| Transit Standard | Ip67 |
| Lock Standard | Travel-sentry-included |
| Construction | Rigid-molded |
| Linear Inches | 74.8 in |
| Wheels | Integrated |
| Warranty | Lifetime |
| Case Type | Compound |
| Interior Length | 44.0 in |
| Interior Depth | 7.9 in |
| Interior | Pluck-foam |
| Capacity | 1 |
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