IPhone Cover - Lifeproof!

[JimC]

I recently saw one of these "Lifeproof" covers and thought straight away of anglers!
A web search showed CH Marine in Cork as dealers.
I have one fitted and it is the dogs! Very slim. I'll have to pluck the courage to film some underwater stuff with it!
Anyone else using the same or similar?

There are a range of holders and clips as well. Be grand for yakkers!

http://www.chmarine.com/acatalog/LifePr ... lack_.html

[paul skelly]

Ye have one of these because last one fell in water
They are very good but after a month it became hard to hear calls through it the gortex gets blocked checked it out in my fish tank it does work

[JimC]

Ye have one of these because last one fell in water
They are very good but after a month it became hard to hear calls through it the gortex gets blocked checked it out in my fish tank it does work

That is interesting. I have only just fitted mine so no problems yet.
I wonder would this have anything to do with it:

THE TUNNEL / MICROPHONE FIX!!! – We found the cause of the ‘tunnel / distant’ sounding voice where callers to affected LifeProof iPhones (a small percentage) had difficulty hearing the Lifeproof talker on regular phone calls – We finally caught the issue in the field thanks to some Lifeproof owners with the issue that scheduled calls with us so we can hear it. We have also tested the fix and it works 100%, both for the users, and in the lab when we recreated the same conditions. The CAUSE is very simple, and so is the FIX:- The microphone has a special thin Goretex vent that keeps the water out but allows sounds to pass. This normally works perfectly and allows crystal clear calls. However, with some cases, when the air trapped in the case causes a positive pressure, the vent is puffed outwards by air pressure a little and stretches out to touch the little protective grills (Keeps foreign objects from damaging the sensitive vent) in the bottom of the case. Sometimes the vent then rests against these grills after being stretched to that position and then cannot vibrate correctly to transmit the sound to the iPhone microphone – causing a distant, thin, tunnelish kind of voice to be heard on the other end of a call.

NOW FOR THE SIMPLE FIX: Look at the phone front-on as you would when you are about to start an app. The microphone port is the hole on the bottom of the case to the lower left of the home button and left of the charge port. Now for the fun part (Should take no longer than 3 seconds). *** Blow hard into the microphone ***. You could do it like you are blowing a candle out, or much better still you could seal your lips over the hole and blow firmly like you are blowing a balloon up – your choice. Don’t worry about blowing too hard with your lungs, but do not use compressed air. This air pressure will push the Goretex vent away from the protective grills and liberate your iPhone to crystal clear sound on video recording and phone calls again. You may (or may not) need to do this from time to time if large air pressure changes cause the vent to flex to stick to the protective grill again. Also, remember to always thoroughly shake water out of the vent area after being submerged because trapped water in the protective grill will also attenuate the sound. Happy LifeProofing!

[paul skelly]

I'll give it a shot and see how it goes cheers

[JimC]

I'll give it a shot and see how it goes cheers

Hopefully. The cover is not the cheapest so it would want to last!

[conor o]

friend of mine has one, seems to be the business. the hatch on his sea kayak wasnt fully closed while he was doing rolls. phone was swimming in salt water for a good while with no problems