Expensive, tiny, flimsy waterproof pouch? Nah, tupperware and a day bag.
Expensive, tiny, flimsy waterproof pouch? Nah, tupperware and a day bag.
I've been looking for a simple solution to keep my wallet, phone, and Bluetooth headset dry and secure while I'm swimming, but every waterproof bag was either very tiny, very difficult to open and push things into because of the tacky plastic coating, or expensive and only useful for one purpose.
After scoping out the options at sports stores, I realized I already had a very strong, lightweight polyester day bag so I went bought a large round screw-top container with a rubber gasket and I was done.
easy to put everything in and take everything out, very good seal.
Took it into some crashing waves for an hour with my phone, wallet, and t-shirt inside(and some tissue papers so that I could periodically check if any water was getting in) and the thing works like a charm.
Bonus buoyancy means I can use the container as a small pillow while floating
The water was pretty busy today, but I'll definitely have to try floating again, the neck pillow was very comfortable during the short test runs i was allowed.
This is a great tip!! I've been thinking about something similar for fishing trips as sometimes I'd rather go into the water to clear some vegetation than lose a lure. Though I've used similar containers for meal storage and I've found they can crack from time to time, so you might wanna keep a zip lock bag around the electronics for some extra protection.
Thanks, my strongest emotion was relief that I didn't have to keep researching the pros and cons of different waterproof pouches.
This container checked all the boxes right out of the shrinkwrap.
Ziploc's a good idea, cant hurt to double up.
If you put pressure on the middle of that cheap plastic container, it will deform enough to cause the lid to leak or even pop off.
I’m not sure where you were looking at prices but you can get arbitrarily huge dry bags for very little money that won’t leak unless you subject them to pretty serious abuse.
I wouldn’t rely on your solution for anything that costs more than the plastic thingamajig you’re putting it in.
i can't see any evidence for that happening with this particular container, which has just the amount of robustness and flex i was looking for, especially with rubber sealed screw tops, which create a strong seal, but it's something to keep in mind.
dry bags cant be submerged, unfortunately, and are fairly limited in use while taking up a lot of space.
I do have one, but dry bags are water resistant only above water, while this container is waterproof even submerged.
it's on my back in the ocean, so it won't be facing down vise grips anytime soon.
Again, I don’t know where you get your dry bags but they can be submerged just fine and stay dry inside. If you’re talking about how aggressively they float, that can be controlled by how much air you trap inside before closing them. I’ve done quite a bit of kayaking and never had a dry bag fail, even when repeatedly rolling the kayak (usually on purpose).
This. It's not challenging to make a watertight container. It's challenging to make a water tank container that will remain watertight under various types of duress.