# Cell phone holster **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 8, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611 "2024-03-08T16:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/1 "2024-03-08T16:30:45Z")
Does anybody carry their cell phone in a holster clipped to their belt any longer? I believe it is considered “dorky.” I don’t want to be thought of as “dorky” but I sure hate carrying my phone in my pants pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/2 "2024-03-08T16:35:09Z")
I used to, back when I only had one from work and used it for work. And of course that was an old flip phone style, not a smart phone. These days, I have graduated to trousers that have an extra pocket devoted to carrying a smart phone. This pocket is smaller than the usual “cargo pants” extra pockets, it is narrow enough that the phone stays in a vertical position for easy retrieval, and ideally is long enough that the phone fits all the way inside. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/3 "2024-03-08T16:37:53Z")
> [@2\_More\_Bits](#): > > I believe it is considered “dorky.” I don’t want to be thought of as “dorky” but I sure hate carrying my phone in my pants pocket. It is not simply considered “dorky”. It is dorky. Not quite as dorky as carrying a calculator in a holster, but still dorky. So much so that I was compelled to steal a grown man’s lunch money on a daily basis. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/4 "2024-03-08T16:39:05Z")
> [@2\_More\_Bits](#): > > I believe it is considered “dorky.” I don’t want to be thought of as “dorky” Totally agree but yet I have seen people (always males) doing it ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/5 "2024-03-08T16:46:26Z")
I use the [Nite Ize](https://niteize.com/clip-case-cargo-universal-rugged-holsters#size=219) holster, clip it on my front pants pocket. I like it because has a cargo area for all my important cards, no longer carry a wallet. But I’m a grumpy old man, don’t give a hoot what other people think about it 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/6 "2024-03-08T16:48:59Z")
I saw some dork yesterday with a phone in a holster. [not that there’s anything wrong with that] ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/7 "2024-03-08T16:50:51Z")
It’s always been dorky. Now it’s outdated and dorky. Who cares though. Function over style I say! (But I won’t be caught dead with a cell phone holster, hypocrite that I am… I’ll just carry my phone around awkwardly) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/8 "2024-03-08T16:53:50Z")
I have been carrying my phone in a Pocket Plus pouch for years. For many years my job involved climbing around new 737 airplanes, carry a phone in one’s pocket was not an option. They became popular enough that our tool room started carrying them for a while. They don’t use a clip, it’s a strap with strong magnets that hold it to your belt. The nice part about that if you do have to take it off your belt, just stick it to something steel. [Pocket Plus. No Pocket? No Problem! - The Pocket Plus](https://thepocketplus.com/wp/) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/9 "2024-03-08T16:58:58Z")
I never used a holster. I recently started carrying a waxed canvas carryall for my smartphone, wallet, hearing aid case, everyday carry knife, etc. I love it. [Here it is.](https://www.amazon.com/Travel-Toiletries-Handmade-Hide-Drink/dp/B01MECX8SE/ref=b2b_gw_d_cbs_d_sccl_3/145-4460051-9619751?pd_rd_w=ztSeO&content-id=amzn1.sym.4fdff67d-8520-47c8-a60c-ff4e23c22ef7&pf_rd_p=4fdff67d-8520-47c8-a60c-ff4e23c22ef7&pf_rd_r=AE7SD2VHDBK13XF0B63K&pd_rd_wg=xKci5&pd_rd_r=c4638fe1-ffbe-4535-924a-e60c2682fdd9&pd_rd_i=B01MECX8SE&psc=1) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/10 "2024-03-08T17:01:32Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I saw some dork yesterday with a phone in a holster. - > > [not that there’s anything wrong with that] I’m dorkier than that. I carry my phone in a _fanny pack._ _And_ my checkbook. Along with other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/11 "2024-03-08T17:02:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > _And_ my checkbook. 1985 called about your checkbook. (I’m kidding, I write more checks than most people) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/12 "2024-03-08T17:06:24Z")
I have to be a victim is a disaster exercise and I’m doing it in character as a dorky tourist. I am now buying a holster for my costume. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/13 "2024-03-08T17:09:34Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I have to be a victim is a disaster exercise and I’m doing it in character as a dorky tourist. > I am now buying a holster for my costume. - Good cover story. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/14 "2024-03-08T17:09:40Z")
I used one when phones folded into a roughly palm-sized form, but an iPhone is just too bulky for that. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/15 "2024-03-08T17:11:43Z")
I have embraced my dorkyness and have worn a holster ever since I had a cell phone. I used to wear a pager on my belt so it was a natural transition for me, plus what else was I going to do with it? Put it in my back jeans pocket and take it out every time I sat down? At least this way its harder to misplace my cell phone unlike my ex-wife who was constantly losing hers. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/16 "2024-03-08T17:17:33Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > Put it in my back jeans pocket and take it out every time I sat down? Why not put it in your front jeans pocket? ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/17 "2024-03-08T17:33:53Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Why not put it in your front jeans pocket? That would be uncomfortable and unnatural for me. I only put change and my car keys (when I am out) in my front jean pocket. Plus my cell phone would stick out of my pocket if I tried to jam it in there. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/18 "2024-03-08T17:39:32Z")
Holster = utter dork. OTOH there is no great answer to carrying modern size mobiles in men’s clothing. If I’m wearing a suit jacket or sport coat it goes in the breast pocket. If not (my 99% case) it’s in the right front pocket of my pants. Which means every time I sit, it comes out to rest on the table, desk, car console etc., and every time I stand up it goes back in the pocket. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/19 "2024-03-08T18:16:43Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If I’m wearing a suit jacket or sport coat it goes in the breast pocket. The quarter-zip hoodless sweatshirt is my go-to all-occasions look, ever since I found nice looking Carhartt quarter-zips with a zippered breast pocket. It’s the perfect cell phone pocket. Bought one in every color they offered. Good thing I did, because they stopped making and selling them not that long after I’d bought them. Now any time I see a quarter-zip sweatshirt with a breast pocket, I buy as many as I can. They’re pretty rare, and I don’t understand why. The chest pocket is way more useful than the kangaroo pocket that is standard on most sweatshirts, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611/20 "2024-03-08T18:37:24Z")
Wow. I few days ago I bought a tracksuit / warmup jacket. So thinnish fleece with a full height front zipper, and two zippered handwarmer type pockets down low. It also has a small pocket on the left breast with a vertical zipper. I was mystified what that might be for, besides maybe just arbitrary useless decoration. Now I know; thanks for whacking me w the clue-stick. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-holster/998611.md?page=2)