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I don't carry my phone in my pocket. It's in a crossbody purse in a zippered compartment, so there would be nothing sticking out for anyone to grab.Looks like a good idea for the sleep sack and "grab & runs" when your phone is on a cafe table. They may still get the phone but you will know about it immediately and be able to intervene in some.
I would worry that this might actually help pick pocketers to extract your phone from your pocket while you are walking in a busy city. It's much less intrusive to pull it out by the cable than sticking their fingers in your pocket, gripping it and then pulling it out. These events are typically done in combination with some big distractions and a little physical jostling and a helper or two.
I use a leash for my phone almost always - equally to protect against my forgetfulness as against dropping from a bridge or having it stolen. The leash is long enough that I can still take photos, but it has a quick release if I need it..I bought this leash for my cell phone
My leash saved my phone from a pickpocket in Prague. I was walking along in mid-day, without a care, with no one else on the street (except, apparently, lurking in a doorway), when suddenly my phone was dangling around my knees. Two men brushed by me and muttered something that I can only imagine! I am certain that one was lifting the phone from my bag and was going to hand it to his friend to hurry off while he bumped by my side to distract me.I would worry that this might actually help pick pocketers to extract your phone from your pocket while you are walking in a busy city.
It's better than sticking out of the back pocket untethered, the way I see many people carrying their cell phones!yes, that is a secure way to carry it.
when I pulled up the link you offered the picture below made me squirm from a security standpoint
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I bought this leash for my cell phone ...
Wear the phone on the front of your body. I carry mine zipped in a fanny pack and pinned to me.I bought this leash for my cell phone that I will attach inside my sleep sack at night. I was originally looking at it thinking of pickpockets when I'm in Paris before the Camino. The tether can also be looped around the wrist for a wrist strap. Also handy for people who tend to drop their phones.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FQWCYMK/?tag=casaivar02-20
This leash is attached to the phone with an adhesive pad, and the carabiners do lock, which I discovered because I couldn't open them at first. But you are right, I would never leave a cell phone sticking out of a pocket.In Rome, Paris, London, NYC etc...the phone in the picture above would be separated from it's owner in a short time...with or without a leash. The carabiners have no locks or deterrents and the case is easily peeled off the phone.
AHHHH.... The 'carelessness' of it all... One can only dream!!!!People ask, 'How do people get a hold of you then?' They largely don't which is just about perfect...
Flipbelt sits flat against your bod. I wear it over my pants hips with my shirt hanging over / covering it. If you buy the black one it doesn't stand out.
Cell phone (gigantoid iphone 6+) and passport fit in the front. That way they're real easy to pull out. You must buy Flipbelt Zipper for giant phones, it's wider than Flipbelt Classic. My small cash / credit card "purse" fits on front, towards the side, attached to Flipbelt's hook. In the back I zip in my Tyvek wallet (very thin) with my big cash and extra credit cards.
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FlipBelt for Travel: Secure Money Belt & Passport Holder
Our FlipBelt can be used as a versatile travel belt that can hold your passport, money, phone, and more. Learn why you should use our belt for your next trip!flipbelt.com
Hmm. Think I'll be sewing my own today. Just need to raid my stash.......Flipbelt sits flat against your bod. I wear it over my pants hips with my shirt hanging over / covering it. If you buy the black one it doesn't stand out.
Cell phone (gigantoid iphone 6+) and passport fit in the front. That way they're real easy to pull out. You must buy Flipbelt Zipper for giant phones, it's wider than Flipbelt Classic. My small cash / credit card "purse" fits on front, towards the side, attached to Flipbelt's hook. In the back I zip in my Tyvek wallet (very thin) with my big cash and extra credit cards.
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FlipBelt for Travel: Secure Money Belt & Passport Holder
Our FlipBelt can be used as a versatile travel belt that can hold your passport, money, phone, and more. Learn why you should use our belt for your next trip!flipbelt.com
I really like the idea of this, but I can just imagine how much more sweaty I would get!
@trecile, would you please remind us which crossbody purse you carry? Is is large enough to carry a credential in the plastic sleeve from Ivar, a guidebook such as a Wise Pilgrim guide, your phone and perhaps sunglasses? This leash looks like a great idea not just for a camino but for dog walking!I don't carry my phone in my pocket. It's in a crossbody purse in a zippered compartment, so there would be nothing sticking out for anyone to grab.
The last two years I used this Travelon crossbody bag, and it holds everything that you mention except a guidebook, which I don't carry, except on my kindle app on my phone.@trecile, would you please remind us which crossbody purse you carry? Is is large enough to carry a credential in the plastic sleeve from Ivar, a guidebook such as a Wise Pilgrim guide, your phone and perhaps sunglasses? This leash looks like a great idea not just for a camino but for dog walking!
Tell them you'll send postcards occasionally. I'd be terribly tempted to buy a very cheap phone, install the nosy parker tracking software, and send it off with a friend who is a long distance truck driver. I'm wicked that way.AHHHH.... The 'carelessness' of it all... One can only dream!!!!
I already had a well-meaning suggestions that I simply have to install some kind of tracking app as some of my friends, co-workers and Church members would LOVE to monitor my progress. I guess they will want the "live from Camino" updates next!
LOLTell them you'll send postcards occasionally. I'd be terribly tempted to buy a very cheap phone, install the nosy parker tracking software, and send it off with a friend who is a long distance truck driver. I'm wicked that way.
I hate the obsession that people now have for knowing every movement you make. Mobile phones are very recent, for most of my life I've walked and travelled out of contact for weeks at a time. I hitch hiked around Europe age 17, sailed around the world and then worked on various charter yachts when I was 20-21. Even as a child, from about 10 my Mum would give me some sandwiches, enough change for the public telephone, and tell me to be home for tea, and my friends' mums did much the same thing. These days if you visit friends they are liable to try to insist that you call them when you "get home safely," something I will not do.
I just gaffer tape my phone to my forehead. It works! Pickpockets won't come near me, cos they think I'm crazy or something. (But I don't understand why I am terminally single).
On a related idea, when anyone tries to log onto my phone the screen shows my name and provides instructions about what to do in any emergency. It's easy to set this up. Take a piece of paper about the shape and size of your phone. Write a message on the paper. Take a photo of the message with your phone. Then go find that photo and hunt for an option to use this image as your "desktop" image.
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