Waterproof'ing my phone

SpatialStudios · Feb 18, 2012

Hello all! - I was browsing the web the other day and saw a product that waterproofs your phone's electronics. I got distracted, left my station and returned with a cleared browsing session. I cannot find this product for the life of me. I live in Seattle and this would be perfect for those rainy days. Anyone know the product?

Also, I'm thinking about getting insurance for my phone... any recommendations?

Thanks!

iPodiPad · Feb 18, 2012

Lifeproof, Aquabox, EscapeCapsule

wymi · Feb 18, 2012

http://www.liquipel.com/

Mikesus · Feb 18, 2012

http://www.liquipel.com/

Think this is the one you are looking for...

Tho the Lifeproof seems to work really well for me. Dunno if I would be the guinea pig for luquipel...

cynics · Feb 18, 2012

I have a friend that had it done to his S2. They suggest you don't test it but its more of peace of mind thing lol. He works on a boat with water splashing and misting all day. He hasn't had an issue as of yet.

b24pgg · Feb 18, 2012

It's more of a water resistant coating than a waterproof coating. It's good for drops and droplets, not dunks and submersions.

saberahul · Feb 18, 2012

Plastic bag

Mikesus · Feb 18, 2012

saberahul said:
Plastic bag

Tell ya what.

I will take my life proof and toss it in a pool. You take your phone in a plastic bag and toss it in a pool. We both post videos from the phone...

Wait, yours isn't working to post video... Nevermind.

Identity Fraud · Feb 18, 2012

Mikesus said:
Tell ya what.

I will take my life proof and toss it in a pool. You take your phone in a plastic bag and toss it in a pool. We both post videos from the phone...

Wait, yours isn't working to post video... Nevermind.

A plastic zip baggie would be fine.

808? · Feb 18, 2012

Identity Fraud said:
A plastic zip baggie would be fine.

Exactly what I do, and with the small amount of air trapped inside the ziplock bag around the phone, it will actually float sometimes - well it has saved mine on a few occasions.

ras119 · Feb 18, 2012

If anybody has ever used this can you tell me how you actually apply the waterproof coating. I am interested in buying it and just wondering how it actually works.

3bs · Feb 18, 2012

ras119 said:
If anybody has ever used this can you tell me how you actually apply the waterproof coating. I am interested in buying it and just wondering how it actually works.

I think you have to send it in to them. You can't do it yourself.

Looon · Feb 18, 2012

Mikesus said:
Tell ya what.

I will take my life proof and toss it in a pool. You take your phone in a plastic bag and toss it in a pool. We both post videos from the phone...

Wait, yours isn't working to post video... Nevermind.

How would he take a video of his phone working with his phone?

3bs · Feb 18, 2012

Looon said:
How would he take a video of his phone working with his phone?

Turn on the video camera on the phone? If you see anything then it's working

cynics · Feb 18, 2012

Looon said:
How would he take a video of his phone working with his phone?

He said from the phone. Like record it going into the pool.

Mikesus · Feb 18, 2012

Actually the bag idea isn't bad. It gives you a place to put the rice when you try like heck to get the water out of the phone.

here is the lifeproof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eASyv6bBixQ

video from phone while scuba diving...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDerD9F3sQ

here is a ziplock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2lwPje6ktc
(music and comments are corny, buy you will get the point)

So, you trust your $600 device to a ziplock? ROFLMAO!

cynics · Feb 18, 2012

Ziplock? Damnt, I was using a sandwich bag!

soco · Feb 18, 2012

I almost bought a Lifeproof case this weekend. Then the chick at BestBuy took the display case out of the water it was submerged in and let me type on it.

Atrocious experience. Did not buy.

Dviper27 · Feb 18, 2012

Lifeproof

http://www.lifeproof.com
I have it and it has saved my iPhone! Works like a charm!

Mikesus · Feb 18, 2012

soco said:
I almost bought a Lifeproof case this weekend. Then the chick at BestBuy took the display case out of the water it was submerged in and let me type on it.

Atrocious experience. Did not buy.

Bloodraw850 · Feb 18, 2012

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)

Search on YouTube for that snazzy iPhone guy, he tested liquipel and dunked his phone in water and let it sit and it was fine. Amazing stuff

3bs · Feb 18, 2012

Bloodraw850 said:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)

Search on YouTube for that snazzy iPhone guy, he tested liquipel and dunked his phone in water and let it sit and it was fine. Amazing stuff

The question is, is it still fine now?

b24pgg · Feb 18, 2012

Bloodraw850 said:
Search on YouTube for that snazzy iPhone guy, he tested liquipel and dunked his phone in water and let it sit and it was fine. Amazing stuff

There's also a guy who dunked his Liquipel-treated iPhone in water and it got ruined (you can skip to ~1:15):

Mikesus · Feb 19, 2012

Strange when you listen to luiqipel pitch, states it good to 3 feet and rated that way, but don't do it. Even if its waterproof, it would not stop the water from acting capacitively, and in theory could cause a state where the value could cook the circuit. I would see this as maybe a water resistant type scenario, rather than waterproof...

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