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Anyone Use iPad In The Bath?

Fazzl

Fazzl

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I sold my first gen iPad and wasn't really interested in getting the new one because I just got a new MBP and have an iPhone.

However recently I have been taking nice hot baths after working out and end up reading/surfing the net on my iPhone. I would love to replace the small phone with an iPad. Does anyone else do this?
 
Fazzl said:
I sold my first gen iPad and wasn't really interested in getting the new one because I just got a new MBP and have an iPhone.

However recently I have been taking nice hot baths after working out and end up reading/surfing the net on my iPhone. I would love to replace the small phone with an iPad. Does anyone else do this?
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Oh my, oh my!


That is an out-of-warranty accident waiting to happen

o_O

and no, my iPad goes nowhere near large pools of water, including the toilet.
 
I would not do this. The steam from the hot bath can trip your water sensors. Even if you don't drop this thing in the water, which you are destined to do at some point, the water damage will void your warranty just from those sensors turning pink. Same deal with your iPhone.

Honestly, I won't take any electronics anywhere near a steamy bathroom unless they are made to handle that. Apple products are not.
 
Haha to be honest one of my favorite things is to spend half an hour on the crapper catching up on the days news with my iPad :) me time lol
 
Fazzl said:
I sold my first gen iPad and wasn't really interested in getting the new one because I just got a new MBP and have an iPhone.

However recently I have been taking nice hot baths after working out and end up reading/surfing the net on my iPhone. I would love to replace the small phone with an iPad. Does anyone else do this?
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Do it do it
 
I do. makes me a little nervous if the iPad surface is cool and vapour starts to condense... but I've never had any problems.

Used to do this all the time with iPad 1. iPad 2 is easier to hold.

It is, of course, an accident waiting to happen, but then so is taking it on the train, leaving it in a bag you put down, holding it in one hand whilst walking across a hard surface, etc, etc.
 
Fazzl said:
I sold my first gen iPad and wasn't really interested in getting the new one because I just got a new MBP and have an iPhone.

However recently I have been taking nice hot baths after working out and end up reading/surfing the net on my iPhone. I would love to replace the small phone with an iPad. Does anyone else do this?
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I've always used my original iPad in the bath. The official Apple case is very grippy which gives me the confidence to do it. :) I always used to read in the bath (and I've never dropped a book in either!) so using the iPad in there is a natural evolution.
Now that I've got an iPad2, I was going to give the original to my family - but maybe now I'll just keep it in the bathroom, instead of magazines :D
 
I used to do this with a win mobile device and waterproof it with a ziplock bag. That doesnt work so well with the apple touch screen though.
 
In the words of the late, great Douglas Adams: "If you're willing to use a PowerBook in the bath, I can only assume it isn't your own PowerBook."

Might be tempted to do if I had a cheapo Android tablet, though. And if I took baths rather than just showering.
 
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