U/W Photograhy: Recsea Housings & Recsea Direct

So right about the time I picked up my new Canon G7X mkII camera Recsea temporarily dropped all of their local Taiwan distributors. Sadly I believe there was some shenanigans with bait and switch going on.

This left me out on a limb as I had been eyeing the Recsea POM (Polyoxymethylene) underwater camera housing.

So who is Recsea? Recsea is a Japanese company who make some of the most compact, durable and ergonomic underwater camera and video housings available in the market.

The housings are precision engineered, and manufactured using CNC machining from a solid block of Aluminum or Plastic. The underwater housings are hand assembled and then depth and function tested to ensure quality. This focus on quality over quantity ensures a reliable product supporting operating depths that ranges from 40 to 3,000 meters depending on the type of housing.

Although this was going to be my first Recsea camera housing I had sort of set my mind on getting it, a few of my dive buddies are already rocking them for their Sony Rx100 mkII, III and IV cameras and seem very pleased. Everyone I have spoken to has been really happy with the housings, with no regrets and so I felt confident about purchasing one myself.

Searching for an alternative source, I closed in on a supplier in the US however shipping costs were fairly high.

It was at that point that I realized that Recsea had just recently started their own online store Recsea Direct where you are able to purchase directly from the manufacturer.

Being in Japan, so relatively close this seemed like a good fast option, and I liked the idea of dealing directly with the manufacturer.

I reached out to them on their facebook account and asked a few questions, as we’re almost in the same timezone feedback was fast within hours.

You can reach them on their facebook account at https://www.facebook.com/RECSEA/

After chatting directly to them and feeling confident I selected the options I wanted. I placed my order at 09.59am on a Friday morning, and I selected the EMS international Express Mail Service. I paid with PayPal in USD and that was that.

Within minutes I received an order confirmation.

Goods arrived in Taiwan from Japan in less than 48hrs

Being almost the weekend I expected to receive the shipment in around 1 week.. how wrong I was…

By 2pm the same day Friday I had a shipping confirmation. What was even more shocking was Sunday morning I got a knock at the door and a courier was stood there package in hand… how’s that for service. Great news there were no duties or additional customs charges required just a signature. That means the total cost was USD499 plus USD33 for shipping.