To provide a damper 1 capable of reducing a fitting space in relation to a precision apparatus such as a portable HDD and having excellent shock absorbing performance and vibration absorbing performance.

This damper for a precision apparatus is formed of a fitting part 11 to be fitted to an apparatus body and a required number of shock absorbing parts 12-14 extended in a shock input direction from the fitting part 11 to abut on an outside member of the apparatus body. The shock absorbing parts 12-14 are provided with holes 12a-14a, and the shock absorbing parts 12-14 are bent for deformation in a direction crossing the shock input direction by a load in the shock input direction, and exhibits excellent shock absorbing performance as a low spring.