As the summer triathlon season approaches, I am trying to get in as many workouts as I can. The other day, I woke up knowing that I wanted to go for a morning run. It had rained the night before and was still cloudy. I’ve recently started to get into listening to audio books, so I try to listen to the books while I run – makes good use of my time and keeps me entertained during my workout. Like any other run, I took my Droid Bionic, armband and headphones out with me, and started listening to my book (my current book is “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” – we’ll see if it rubs off on me…).
So, I got about a mile and a half into my run and it started to rain. At first, it was a light rain, but within about a minute, it turned into a torrential downpour; the kind where you run from your car, through the parking lot and into the movie theater, and you’re soaking wet. My problem was that I had about a mile and a half run to get home. The armband is an open case and leaves my phone exposed to the elements. When the rain started coming down hard, I put my phone into my pocket to keep it safe and dry. But as I continued to run home through this monsoon, all my clothes, including my shoes, and my entire body became soaking wet. At this point, I am worried about my phone. I realize it’s definitely getting wet, but I’m worried about the water penetrating into the interior of the phone and ruining it (not the first time I’ve had water problems with a phone). To aid in the protection of the phone, I put my hand under the bottom of my shirt by my waist, and stretched it out over the pocket of my pants that contained the phone. I highly doubt it was doing anything to protect the phone or to prevent the phone from getting wet. But I felt I had to do something, and this was all I could come up with. At least I didn’t look completely awkward running through my neighborhood in a deluge of rain with my shirt stretched out over my pants pocket…
Finally, I made it home. The first thing I do is check my phone (which by the way kept playing my book during the entire run). It was damp on the outside, but I could tell that it was just light moisture on the exterior of the phone and did not penetrate to the interior. I quickly dried it off, and realized that I need a better solution. Enter the Aquapac MP3 Case. This is a fully waterproof, fully submersible case. You could go swimming with this case if you wanted. The dimensions of the case are 7.7” in height and 3.2” in width. The iPhone 3G/3GS and 4 will definitely fit into this case. My Droid Bionic fits into it snugly and it is a large smartphone. Its dimensions are 2.63” in width, 5.01” in height and .42” in depth. If that fits in, most smartphones will, but of course you will want to verify the dimensions first.
In addition to being a waterproof case, it has an armband and audio jack that allows you to connect headphones while still keeping the case completely waterproof. The case also allows you to operate the controls of your smartphone or MP3 player right through the case. This is the solution I need. I can run, bike, hike or whatever else I want to do outside while listening to music or books knowing that the weather does not matter…and I don’t even need to look awkward running through the neighborhood.
The case comes with the armband and a lanyard. If you don’t already have a pair of waterproof headphones, you can also get the case bundled with the Aquapac Waterproof Headphones.
Go to www.audible.com to learn more about monthly subscriptions services for audio books.
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