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 No more zip locked bags...
#6832868
07/24/17 11:02 PM
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Guy
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So yesterday I'm cleaning my pool, take a wrong step, and I fall into the pool, lol. I'm 55 and I have never just fallen in a pool before. So I get out of the pool real fast, get wallet, and put in the sun to dry off. My phone, where is my phone??? I check my pockets not there... Look in pool, there it is, at the bottom. So I dive in after it, sure enough it don't work. Left out side in heat to dry out all day, still did not work this morning... So maybe God is talking to me? "Guy, you are getting old, your next spill might be off the GatorTrax, 20 degrees, etc..".. I'm pretty good about putting iphone in zip lock bag when I go out on the water, but not always. And I hate the waterproof cases. So figured time to get iphone 7 plus, they are not "water proof", they are not going to guarantee you can go scuba dive with it, but you can go swim with it, for sure will handle taking a spill out of the boat. Had iphone 5 before, so nice upgrade with big screen as well, I can read THF better when ducks are slow. 
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6832914
07/24/17 11:41 PM
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leave your phone in your truck like I do ----- never just fallen in the pool before ??? Brace yourself,LOTS of stupid things like that will begin to happen to you. !
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: nate33]
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07/25/17 12:21 AM
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leave your phone in your truck like I do ----- never just fallen in the pool before ??? Brace yourself,LOTS of stupid things like that will begin to happen to you. ! If I had to leave my phone in the truck when I want to go duck hunting I'd have to take up golf. Running my business requires a phone on me pretty much full time. My buddy has commenced shooting at landing ducks while I've been on the phone taking care of business.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6832998
07/25/17 12:24 AM
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SnakeWrangler
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I was just using my phone while sitting in the hot tub...... 
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6833267
07/25/17 04:19 AM
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I too stick my phone in a zip-lock bag when I'm going to be on/around the water. Too bad my camera was not in one too last Thursday, when I unexpectedly checked out the water temperature in a cold Rocky Mountain stream.  I'm going to try to milk another year out of my current iPhone, but I will likely go with one of the waterproof ones next time.
We all need to practice Whoa more.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6833291
07/25/17 05:00 AM
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Life-proof case has saved my phone many times. It did fail one time when it fell out of my waders in a few inches of water. Somehow the case was cracked open and a little water fried it.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6833360
07/25/17 11:44 AM
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reeltexan
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I'm with Nate. I prefer to leave the phone in the truck while hunting and fishing. There's times in life when life is better without.
Oh, and I don't think I'll be paying $700 for any more phones. There are many options that work fine these days.
![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/KjZZqFj8/point-with-bird.jpg) "Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war." - General Patton
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6833384
07/25/17 12:16 PM
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LifeProof rocks, its like extra insurance
I also use a waterproof sleeve (at Academy) when fishing, just in case, it floats.
Deer blind, so I can text my other hunters while bored
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6833561
07/25/17 02:40 PM
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ndhunter
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So yesterday I'm cleaning my pool, take a wrong step, and I fall into the pool, lol. I'm 55 and I have never just fallen in a pool before. So I get out of the pool real fast, get wallet, and put in the sun to dry off. My phone, where is my phone??? I check my pockets not there... Look in pool, there it is, at the bottom. So I dive in after it, sure enough it don't work. Left out side in heat to dry out all day, still did not work this morning... So maybe God is talking to me? "Guy, you are getting old, your next spill might be off the GatorTrax, 20 degrees, etc..".. I'm pretty good about putting iphone in zip lock bag when I go out on the water, but not always. And I hate the waterproof cases. So figured time to get iphone 7 plus, they are not "water proof", they are not going to guarantee you can go scuba dive with it, but you can go swim with it, for sure will handle taking a spill out of the boat. Had iphone 5 before, so nice upgrade with big screen as well, I can read THF better when ducks are slow. Lifeproof works pretty good When my older son got an iPhone 7 he told my they were waterproof. I told him I had my doubts about that at which point he tossed it in the pool. I asked him not to do that anymore while he was on my phone plan. You're getting old. I think the Life Alerts are waterproof so no need for a waterproof case. You may want to consider a PFD while you are around the pool.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
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07/25/17 03:04 PM
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 Wait until you're 75 years old, have an anterior left hip replacement and then try walking on your new titanium joint without a walker or cane. 
Cappy ... At my side for thirteen years, in my heart forever. 
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Buzzsaw]
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07/26/17 10:33 AM
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LifeProof rocks, its like extra insurance
I also use a waterproof sleeve (at Academy) when fishing, just in case, it floats.
Deer blind, so I can text my other hunters while bored don't have service on my lease except at camp so we do not have to text in blinds. This is fine by me. I take my phone to work and that is about it unless I am travelling. Stays on end table when I am home. No need for phone when I am cleaning pool or mowing. Normally do not even take on boat while fishing.
2017 Tundra 5.7 CM 4x4
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: BDB]
#6834525
07/26/17 12:43 PM
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colt45-90
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leave your phone in your truck like I do ----- never just fallen in the pool before ??? Brace yourself,LOTS of stupid things like that will begin to happen to you. ! If I had to leave my phone in the truck when I want to go duck hunting I'd have to take up golf. Running my business requires a phone on me pretty much full time. My buddy has commenced shooting at landing ducks while I've been on the phone taking care of business. how did the world rotate before the dam cell phones
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6834612
07/26/17 01:55 PM
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PKnTX
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My iphone wouldn't work for a couple days after getting wet.
Finally took out to air compressor and blew out all the ports.
High pressure. Blew it out good and it started back up and worked fine.
Give it a try, can't hurt.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6834645
07/26/17 02:18 PM
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Dunked my Iphone a year or so ago and thought it was probably dead. Put in bag with a couple of the silica packets from old shoe boxes and within a couple of days it was back in business. Still working today.
Dalroo
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How about that Brandon!
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6834731
07/26/17 03:36 PM
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I have the iPhone 7+ and still use a Lifeproof when out on the water. No clue if it's actually water proof, but, even if it is, salt water has a way of making water proof things not so water proof...
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Dfwguy]
#6835226
07/27/17 12:13 AM
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Guy
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I hated the Lifeproof case, the buttons never worked right, sound recognition did not work right, made my phone more bulky, so I did not use it.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: ndhunter]
#6835230
07/27/17 12:16 AM
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You may want to consider a PFD while you are around the pool. lol, yep.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
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07/27/17 01:10 AM
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I hated the Lifeproof case, the buttons never worked right, sound recognition did not work right, made my phone more bulky, so I did not use it. Just got rid of mine.....edges of the phone were unresponsive.....people couldn't hear me as well....and thumb cover fell off rendering it non-waterproof.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
#6835360
07/27/17 02:18 AM
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Sat in the hot tub for 15 minutes with my galaxy s7 edge. Pulled it out and good as new. Their waterproofing is legit.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
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07/28/17 01:40 AM
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No phones in the marsh. No phones in the deer blind. No phone in the pool. No phone at the beach, no phone at the range, no phone while I'm training my dog.... I'm there to get away from that crap. Don't call my cell phone to talk about business when I'm with my family. Don't text me when we can talk eye to eye..... My son used to ask, "well what are we gonna do if something happens"? Jeez. How about "we take care of ourself". The convenience of cell phones is nice at times, but for some it is spirialing out of control.
Ok. Rant over.
Smokey Bear---Lone Star State.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
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07/28/17 12:07 PM
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We have saved a few of our kids dunked phones by putting them in a zip lock bag full of rice. Works sometimes but sometimes it don't.
Last edited by BigAL33; 07/28/17 12:07 PM.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Smokey Bear]
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07/28/17 01:07 PM
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Guy
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No phones in the marsh. No phones in the deer blind. No phone in the pool. No phone at the beach, no phone at the range, no phone while I'm training my dog.... I'm there to get away from that crap. Don't call my cell phone to talk about business when I'm with my family. Don't text me when we can talk eye to eye..... My son used to ask, "well what are we gonna do if something happens"? Jeez. How about "we take care of ourself". The convenience of cell phones is nice at times, but for some it is spirialing out of control.
Ok. Rant over. Lol. I fought the cell phone thing for years, I was probably one of the last to get one. The only reason I got one was because my wife was worried about my safety because I hunt alone a lot. I figured I owed it to my family and her to be safe, and carry one to the blind. So first day with it in the blind, ring ring, my wife "What are you doing? When are you going to be home? Can you get some milk on the way home? The washer is not working, can you come home and fix it?.." 
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
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07/28/17 03:07 PM
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My wife knows better. I keep my phone handy tho cuz I hunt during the week mostly, just in case the other boss calls.
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
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07/30/17 04:28 PM
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I just got the seven and it's an awesome phone. I was at an aquarium in Dallas last week and dunked it to take a few pictures of fish in the water. The cam on that phone is amazing. Don't forget to turn live mode off
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Re: No more zip locked bags...
[Re: Guy]
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07/31/17 12:07 AM
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Buy a Samsung..been water proof for years.
Have the 8+ currently and weekly I fill the sink up with water and dunk her for a bath.
'It's Only Treason if You Lose."
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