Workout gear – Ziploc bag

Water-resistant iPhone

The Ziploc snack bag must be the cheapest running gear ever. It keeps your iPhone safe from the weather and doesn’t block iPhone-finger contact. Not just for crack dealers and homemakers any more.

1. Get snack bag size – larger bags don’t seem to be more effective
2. Place your iPhone inside with the headcord outlet on the same side as the bag opening
3. Zip the bag as tightly as you can – the seam will pinch the cord into the corner
4. Extra step (I don’t do this): if you’re still worried, place the iPhone inside another Ziploc – with the headcord at the bottom of the bag.

Testing: try sealing a paper towel and headphone cord and then spraying some water on the bag. Open the Ziploc and check whether the paper towel got wet.

Tip: don’t buy generic. It’s probably manufactured by the same company to identical standards in the same factory. But you shouldn’t skimp on a $0.05 bag protecting a $400 phone.

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Tagged as: Gear, iPhone, Weather