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Is This How to Carry Your Gadgets?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dear-god-I-hope-not dept.

mightypie writes "What's the best way of carrying a Visor Prism, mobile phone, cybertool, digital camera, wallet & keys? I just don't like the vest solution Somebody here must have the solution" That is the most disturbing ad I've seen. Someday my phone/camera/pda/mp3 player will be one tiny happy box. As it stands my solution is baggy pants w/ big pockets.

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  1. Otterbox by NavySpy · · Score: 3, Informative

    I can't believe I am the only one mentioning and OtterBox

  2. Re:How about the Banditos solution? by jchristopher · · Score: 3, Informative
    You know that strap across the chest with all the shotgun shells? Wouldn't that be perfect?

    Like the eHolster?

  3. Re:Obviously... by HarlanC · · Score: 3, Informative

    See the new Dockers "mobile pant". According to the company, "The Mobile Pant is keeping in step with the needs of men and their high-tech, mobile lifestyle by providing them with a stylish way of carrying the tools of their trade." I'm not sure you can fit a textbook in them though. And apparently they are only for men. I guess women do not have a "high-tech mobile lifestyle."

  4. Re:Speaking as a tailor... by JabberWokky · · Score: 5, Informative
    Post plans! That would be perfect,

    Okay... This seems to have struck enough of a chord to make it worth it to make a web page about it. I don't have my digital camera right now, but in the next few weeks, I'll take pictures and put together a site.

    I'll submit it to /. when done - hopefully it will at least show up as a quickie.

    As a quick and simple description, big, oversized buttons and gadget loops are your friends; every internal pocket should have horizontal elastic straps above it so oversized (long) items can be snapped into place (displacing weight), and the best bit was figuring out that nylon webbing (about an inch and a half, two inches wide) reinforcing across the interior keeps it looking like there are heavy items "sagging" pockets. Attach the nylon straps to a loop going around the back of the neck and to the armpits (of the trench, not *your* armpits, dummy). Both those locations can take weight without (and I'm no tailor, so don't flame me for misusing this phrase) disturbing the cut of the trench.

    Also, leave the waist down alone, and when you walk at a decent clip, the top stays closed (as it has weight), and the bottom flares open.

    Thinking about it, it's sorta like a backpack, only you're on the inside. Oh - and I tried using spring clips like the kind that some laptop bags have sewn in to keep you keys on... and they always dropped stuff.

    The biggest downside is you can't just toss your trench into the corner, and you wind up learning to pick it up by searching for the collar and lifting from there, rather than grabbing any part and picking it up.

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    Evan

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    "$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
  5. Correct link by alexburke · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.scottevest.com/