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- Oct 28, 2006
Not something I'd care to experience again!!Oh my goodness on the phone—that must have been agonizing! I’m so glad it was found. Love the pics!
Thanks, glad you're loving the pics!
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Not something I'd care to experience again!!Oh my goodness on the phone—that must have been agonizing! I’m so glad it was found. Love the pics!
Thanks! I'll look into that! That sounds like a really good idea. I'd purchased a rubber bungie thing that goes around my neck for the ziplining days, but didn't use it except for the ziplining. It went right on as soon as I got back. It's a pain in the rear because the straps block parts of the phone, but I wasn't taking any chances after that!!!I’m not even interested in the NZ trip and still love this trip report!
BTW w/r/t losing phones, I purposely bought a phone case that has a spot for a wrist strap. After one too many Disney trips when my phone would fall out of my (too small) shorts pocket I wanted a way to attach it somehow. So I bought overpriced straps from Tom Bihn that can clip onto my shorts (or a bag if needed), and then use a quick release strap to clip it onto the wrist strap. It isn’t necessarily the “most” attractive setup ever, but I never have to worry about my phone hitting the ground nor leaving it behind on a ride when it’s attached to me, and it’s easy to pull out quickly when I want to take pictures. Bonuses - when handing my phone to my kids they’re less likely to lose it if I tell them to use the wrist strap, and it’s also instantly identifiable among the sea of iphones with black covers on it.
I had thought to just keep the wrist strap on when I travel, but I find it so handy that it’s on all the time, and save the Tom Bihn connector for “special occasions."
I'd appreciate a picture.The one good thing about my setup is that it isn’t annoying like that. We bought something similar to what you have for hot air ballooning in Africa and I agree that it wasn’t practical. This current setup works really well for my purposes.
For those interested, I use the Tom Bihn key straps (I have looked for cheaper alternatives but they’re really nice, so I suck it up and buy them), some cheap wrist strap from Amazon (came in a 5 pack I think), and smallest s-biner clips sold at Home Depot. Usually the TB clip attaches to my belt loop or I’ll clip it to a safety pin in my waistband, and the s-biner goes into the wrist strap so it’s quick release when needed. My phone case is from Mous and the wrist strip thing slides in on the side, but there are probably other ones that have similar features as well. It’s fine, nothing to write home about, but I wanted something durable because I have 2 kids and phones are expensive and so far it has worked out. I can grab a second phone to take a picture of it if anyone is having trouble visualizing what I mean.
Thanks! That looks like a good setup!The first picture shows how my phone is “leashed” to my shorts. The second shows how my phone is normally with the strap separated.
I've packed my bungee away; I'll see if I can find it and take a photo. But not only did the straps cover parts of the screen, I was constantly having to fiddle with the body of it in the back because the camera lenses are on one side of the phone, and I had to keep the bungee off-center to not cover the lenses, and it kept creeping back to the center and covering them. Plus the straps would sometimes creep over one of the buttons or the mic. The problem is that it's a "Universal" bungee, and not made specifically for my Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G, and it just didn't fit properly. I was REALLY glad I had it while we were ziplining so that I didn't have to worry about dropping my phone, but it just wasn't that practical overall.I've been struggling with what to do with my phone when I hike. I hate that I have to choose hiking pants based on the pockets (my long term vent is WHY do designers assume women don't need pockets????) I want something that would keep it up around my backpack straps and not in a back pocket in case I fall on my butt down a gravel/rocky path. I've seen those rubber bungy type things, but am disappointed to hear they cover some of the phone.
AbD guide Kira swears by this Koala phone harness -Good point, thanks for the review. I'll have to keep looking!
That looks a lot like the one I bought at EcoZip Adventures on Waiheke, but maybe this one would fit better. I may give this a try. Also, the one I got at EcoZip is meant to go around your neck.AbD guide Kira swears by this Koala phone harness -
https://www.hangtimegear.com/
I picked one up after my AbD NZ last year & seeing hers. I’ve used it on several trips, and like it. No wrist strap, but it does have both a carbiner type hook and also a binder- clip type clip that locks, so a couple of different options. I’ve used the clip attachment to hook it to a sleeve or shirt, and it is pretty strong.
That looks a lot like the one I bought at EcoZip Adventures on Waiheke, but maybe this one would fit better. I may give this a try. Also, the one I got at EcoZip is meant to go around your neck.
I just bought this wrist band thing on Adorama.com, but I'm a bit leery about the fact that the pad that holds it in my phone's case, even though it's extremely thin, still causes the face of my phone to bump out just a tiny bit past the edge of the phone case. That's not a good thing if the phone falls face down. And it *is* only a wrist strap.
https://www.adorama.com/br275005.html
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Me personally? Generally not. But there are frequently teens and young adults on these trips, and I imagine they base their menus/meals/snacks around that. I think in general, they believe better too much food than not enough. And I do know there are people who consider a good meal to be a large meal. It's easier to eat less than they serve then to eat more than they serve!What always strikes me from your trip reports is how often AbD seems to be feeding everyone. Do the guests really need that much food??? But as always, I am really enjoying living vicariously through your travels.