Received: from zonker-fddi.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA21748; Mon, 30 Jan 1995 14:02:57 -0800 Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: by zonker.hpl.hp.com (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA19309; Mon, 30 Jan 1995 14:02:52 -0800 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 14:02:52 -0800 From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9501302202.AA19309@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Watertight Pouch for Cell Phone?
I have used roll-over pouches and they are NOT suitable for windsurfing-
style immersion. They leak. What does work is the SeaSafe from
Basic Designs. These come in two sizes, and have kept my safety gear
dry for over a year. They are available at West Marine.
But this only solves the long-term problem. You also need to ensure that
the phone remains working when you take it out of the SeaSafe. Figure
that you're in 2-8 foot swell, occasionally breaking, with 15-30 knots
of wind. You need a phone that (a) can be turned up very loud to be
heard over the wind, and (b) has to be either water-resistant and
kept in a bag you can talk through or completely immersion-safe. Even
my "waterproof" marine VHF radio is not immersion-safe. I use a bag
designed for VHF handhelds (also at West) and operate it through the
bag.
If someone knows of marine "waterproof" cellular hendhelds, please post.
Ken Poulton
poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
"It is a far, far better jibe that I do, than I have ever done before; it is
far, far more indestructible gear that I seek, than I have ever sought."
-- Ken Brown
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