Ruggard Electronic Dry Cabinet (30L)

Update: 3 years and working like new. I just came back to buy a second and saw my review, so I thought it was a good time for an update!This was the best price to size dry cabinet I could find, and thankfully the performance has exceeded my expectations as well. Just to give a gauge of how much gear it can hold, I have all of the following in it currently:Sony a9Sigma 50 Art 1.4, 100-400Tamron 28-75, 70-180, 35 2.8Sony 85 1.8Samyang 45 1.8Fuji XE-3 and 35 1.4Rolleiflex 2.8fHelios 44-2, and Jupiter 9In my unit, the humidistat in the unit reads about 5% low when judging against a calibrated humidistat. It's not the end of the world though, as the range it will dehumidify down to is low enough to compensate. I kept a humidistat inside as well as outside for a few weeks after purchasing: my ambient humidity was 60% and the cabinet has held it steady at 38% for months. The lights inside the cabinet are a nice touch, though I rarely use them. The seal on the door is solid; I've never had it open itself up. The lock is nice for keeping kids/pets out, but obviously not a real security measure against theft as the cabinet itself is fairly light.All in all, I'm pushing the limits of gear that it will hold, and I'd happily buy a second.

The Ruggard 120-liter dry cabinet is well-constructed. It came well-packaged, with no damage. The only installation required was plugging in the power supply, and removing the glass door handle from the inside and placing it on the outside. I'm using the cabinet in Hawaii, in an office with open windows. The humidity in the room is typically 70-80%. Right now, the humidity is 79%, and the cabinet is set to dry to 45%. It's at 46%, which seems to be about as well as it can do (for such humid conditions, it could use a larger drier/fan). Still, for electronics, they recommend 40-50% humidity, so this is a vast improvement. I love the look of the cabinet, and the easily adjustable shelves. I love the lens foam on the top shelf, but with they had included a second piece of lens foam. The lens foam slots are a little narrow for larger DSLR lenses, and they may not fit side by side in each of the depressions. Overall, I'm very happy with the product!

This is one of those items that you plug in and forget about it. It does exactly what the maker says it would do. Miy unit holds a lot of gear and looks great. It is so comforting to know my camera gear is well protected.

I have four camera bodies in this and about eight lenses, though half are Leica lenses that are smaller than the pair of Nikon DSLR lens I have inside. The shelves are adjustable and the build seems good. Very happy with that.The interior atmosphere control works well enough, set the humidity level and the box pretty much keeps it more or less in the ballpark.The external display is pretty but worthless.The humidity rating reads + or - 10 or more points to where is actually is.I got a separate meter and stuck it inside so I can see it through the door without opening the box and that tells me the box IS maintaining the humidity as it should, just the display is all wrong.For the price and build (display not withstanding) this box is a functional and good looking piece of kit that is a must have if you live in a wet climate or humidity is a factor for you for whatever reason.

Works great!

I got the 80L to store my lenses. I live in Portland, Oregon, which can be humid at some times of the year, and I wanted to keep lenses closer to a stable 40% RH than fluctuating from 30-80 which is the norm here in the fall and spring.The Ruggard 80L cabinet is great. It runs SILENT, doesn't appear to draw much power, and has plenty of room. Inside I have four camera bodies on the top shelf (various Nikons) with a little room leftover for more. On the bottom I have a ton of lenses standing up—including fairly large telephoto zooms like the Nikon 70-200, Sigma 100-400, Sigma DX 50-100 (a true monster), and a bunch of primes, including several that are 105mm or longer. They all fit just fine standing up, and there are currently twelve lenses in there. There's room for more if I added a shelf or otherwise organized them better, but I just stood them up, cap side down. There is a soft mat thingy that came with the unit that makes this seem like the reasonable way to go.I'm pleased with this cabinet not just because of the humidity thing, but quite frankly because it is a fairly dust-controlled place to put my camera stuff. I know I could just put it in a big plastic tub or something and that would be fairly similar, but this thing is a cabinet with a lockable door, and I now have a muscle memory for where everything "lives." It's great. I just hope I never buy so much camera gear that I need to buy a bigger one—this one fits perfectly under my desk without much room left over!

This looks very nice and an Independent humidity probe shows it is holding the set humidity of 45%. Enough room for my D700 and Z8 cameras with about a dozen lenses plus several flashes. Bought a 22 inch square table that perfectly fits and gets it off the ground. No polarizing filter on iPhone so happy reflections!

The build quality was awful. The door was tilted on the left side cause a huge gap between the door and the cabinet. It was a headache to return this item because of the weight and size.