Also another thing most don't know about hard cases or gig bags is that the foam is the most expensive part. It's not the plastic molded part and that is actually the least costly material. There are cheap plastics, bad manufacturing methods and cheap methods or bad designs but for the most part the plastic part of a hard case is the least expensive.
For the most part if you have good manufacturing methods and good plastics you get a great case but the plastic in most cases and the cases themselves are not as expensive to manufacture as most would think.
The plastic offers protection for when your traveling on planes or have other heavy gear and equipment in transport but most of the protection actually comes from the foam/padding and it's not cheap either and actually cost a lot more than most plastics used to make most cases on average.
So unless you have rowdy children running around don't recommend most but would recommend these and especially the Lux one as it is thicker with a full inch of foam/padding. If your in college or going to a local gig these are pretty solid. Would probably say hard cases are mainly just for transport or tours but for home or going around town with stuff like this, they are just solid. Just so much better than the cheap gig bags I had growing up.
I mean again not a big gig bag dude but these things are so damn nice and pretty affordable too and quality ^_^
