Rugged Phones

[chopperpete]

Introducing Land Rover Explore, The Outdoor Phone - Bullitt Group

BULLITT-GROUP.COM

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22nd February 2018: Land Rover and Bullitt Group have unveiled details of the Land Rover Explore Outdoor Phone...

Its 2018 ad, was expecting it to be run over by a LR..but its not that tough!

Edited November 26, 2021 by chopperpete

[rapalaman]

Not tried an Otter Box but I use a Seacosmo for my iPhone and not had any breakages in 5 years

[daltontrees]

We have a Ulefone 7 and a Ulefone Pro 7, both great so far, a few maddening eccentricities, but so did my previous Galaaxy. You MUST get a temepered glass screen for them though. They come with a polycarbonate one but it gets scratched and loses sharpness quite soon.

Extraordinary cameras, Built in clinometer. Decent torch. Assignable side button. Waterproof. Lanyard attachment point. Battery goes on and on if you switch it to dark mode and stay off the 'location' and 'moble data' functions and spend a couple of minutes finding the several things you need to do to disable Google Play, which still manages to send notifications telling you that you have disabled notifications. Grrr!

£110 on Amazon.

[manco]

15 hours ago, Conor Wright said:

As said above, otterbox. I've dropped my phone numerous times, including into a bucket of warm coolant and the otterbox has saved it every time. Best 20 quid you'll ever spend.

i spent 20 quid on a lapdance before covid and i think it was better than a phone case

[Spruce Pirate]

Thanks all.

 

Looking into Ulefones and Otterboxes.

[Big J]

2 hours ago, Spruce Pirate said:

Thanks all.

 

Looking into Ulefones and Otterboxes.

Regardless of which phone you go for, I really recommend something with a massive battery. I've had mine 4 or 5 months now and haven't once had to charge it whilst out and about. It's like having an electric car with a 1000 mile range. That anxiety is totally absent.

[Richard 1234]

2 hours ago, Big J said:

Regardless of which phone you go for, I really recommend something with a massive battery. I've had mine 4 or 5 months now and haven't once had to charge it whilst out and about. It's like having an electric car with a 1000 mile range. That anxiety is totally absent.

Do you really get phone battery  anxiety ? I’ve learnt to leave mine at home. It’s incredibly freeing. I get the thing about kids and needing to be available in case of a problem, but there is two of us so I can leave mine alone as my wife has this phone anxiety problem too😂 just try switching off for a couple of hours, it feels good to not be a anyone else’s beck and call

[Big J]

6 hours ago, Richard 1234 said:

Do you really get phone battery  anxiety ? I’ve learnt to leave mine at home. It’s incredibly freeing. I get the thing about kids and needing to be available in case of a problem, but there is two of us so I can leave mine alone as my wife has this phone anxiety problem too😂 just try switching off for a couple of hours, it feels good to not be a anyone else’s beck and call

I live my life on a headset. It means that when people need to get in contact with me, they can. 

 

Also, when I'm machine operating it means I have access to the world of podcasts, Youtube and Radio 4. I'd get very bored indeed without the phone.

 

The headset in question is a Peltor WS Alert XP. Also very highly recommended - I think mine is now getting on for 5 years old and works as well as the day I got it. They are expensive (£250-350, depending on how lucky you are on eBay), but well worth it.

[Richard 1234]

1 hour ago, Big J said:

I live my life on a headset. It means that when people need to get in contact with me, they can. 

 

Also, when I'm machine operating it means I have access to the world of podcasts, Youtube and Radio 4. I'd get very bored indeed without the phone.

 

The headset in question is a Peltor WS Alert XP. Also very highly recommended - I think mine is now getting on for 5 years old and works as well as the day I got it. They are expensive (£250-350, depending on how lucky you are on eBay), but well worth it.

That’s fair enough. I used to be the same. I have the same headset. Not used it for months now. I’ve grown to like being off grid so to speak. Each to their own.

[Vedhoggar]

I have had my iPhone in a Lifeproof case for years and the phone is like new inside, the case is drop proof, dirt proof, water proof and you can attach a lanyard to it. Lifeproof cases are similar to the Otterbox case which has been mentioned. Not cheap but I drop my phone regularly, it gets covered in dust and very wet at times too, without it the the phone wouldn’t have survived very long and the phone camera works fine with case on.