The i1015 waterproof iPhone case from Pelican
I like to take my iPhone with me when out kayaking, sailing, or running around the harbor in our Boston Whaler. A cell phone doesn’t take the place of a VHF radio for marine emergencies, and I always bring my handheld VHF radio, too. But the iPhone can be super-handy to avoid Sea Tow fees by calling a friend with a boat if we happen to get stranded, or to call and let someone we’ll be later than expected getting in, or to check the weather on radar. So I needed a waterproof case for my iPhone.
Enter the i1015 waterproof iPhone case by Pelican. It’s exactly what I wanted and needed.
First off, it’s from Pelican. When Pelican says it’s waterproof, I know it’s waterproof. Enuff said. There’s no other waterproof case that I’d trust to be completely waterproof. To be clear, Pelican itself says the case is “water resistant,” not “waterproof,” but it has the usual Pelican o-ring and a good tight seal. I’m confident that a brief submersion wouldn’t allow water inside. You shouldn’t hook it to your belt and go swimming or scuba diving, of course.
Here you can see how the phone plugs into the internal plug, and the earbuds plug into the external plug.
The i1015 is specifically designed for the iPhone and similar-sized smart phones. Pelican says that this case fits the iPhone, iPhone 4 & iPod Touch, and that it also fits several other smart phones, including the Blackberry Bold, Curve, Storm, & Pearl, the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, T-Mobile G1, Motorola Droid & Cliq, and Nokia 5800/5530/E63/E71/E71x/E75/N97 & Mini/N79/N78 phones. I don’t have any of those phones, but if Pelican says it fits those, then I’d believe them.
This case is the exact right size for my iPhone and nothing else. A friend of mine has a slightly larger Pelican case that’s big enough to hold his iPhone and wallet, but this one has no room for anything besides my iPhone. The phone is snugged securely into the interior rubber liner, so the phone doesn’t move around at all inside the case. I toss it into the storage compartment of my kayak and it’s just fine.
The i1015 case comes with a small carabiner. You can hook it to your belt loop while out hiking, or you can hook it to something on your boat to keep it in place, so that you always know exactly where it is.
The case is ingeniously designed with a plug for your earphones so that you can listen to tunes or answer a call while keeping the phone safely inside the case. There’s an interior plug that you plug into the phone, and there’s an exterior plug that you plug your earbuds into. So there’s no actual opening or hole that your earbud cord has to feed through. Pelican put a waterproof plug on the side of the case, which connects the interior plug to the exterior plug. Here’s a closeup of the plug on the side of the case:
The i1015 has a plug on the side for your earbuds, so that you can listen to tunes while keeping your phone safe and secure.
The clear plastic cover lets you see the screen. There’s no access to the screen without opening the case, so you’d have to open it to make a call or do anything else that requires screen interaction. But you can start your playlist going and then close up the case, and you can answer and end a call by activating the little button on the earbud cord.
The case does add bulk to the phone, of course. I can’t easily slip the entire case into my pocket, like I can the phone by itself. But it’s still small enough that I can keep it almost anywhere on any of our small boats.
Also, I sometimes think I’d like to have a slightly larger case, so that I can throw in one or two other small items: wallet, keys, things like that. These small Pelican cases are inexpensive enough that it’s feasible to buy 2 or 3 in different sizes, and I might do exactly that.
The i1015 Pelican waterproof case is available from Amazon for around $23. You can sometimes find it for less on eBay.
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