Cell phone holster

In My Humble Opinion
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This is a side note for all the comments on man-bags and fanny-packs that isn’t meant to be jugemental, or against their obvious utility. But…

There are on-again, off-again trends in fanny packs as CCW (Concealed Carry Weapon) options. Both high and low end. Most such bags do still function fine as smallish carry bags, but there was a trope going around in the aughts that if you saw a guy with a fanny pack who wasn’t on a bike or actively excercising, they were carrying.

Since man-bags have become slightly more popular (even the sling version) than two decades ago, I have NO idea if this is still any sort of even incidental association, there are still tons of such bag/holsters on the market, although many of them are obviously tacticool enough to be obvious.

Again, not telling anyone to NOT buy such a thing, but it’s still a non-zero issue in ways people may look at and evaluate you.

ETA - while I didn’t intend it I do have to admit this post ties into the thread title “Cell Phone Holster” (my added italics) in a very creepy way.

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I’d rather be a dork than an asswipe like those guys.

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Exactly. I’m wearing cargo shorts for my dork costume which involves me going in my closet and deciding which pair to wear.

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Well, I kind of resemble that remark as well.

I do use the cargo pants on occasion, but mostly I think of a sportscoat as the man’s version of a lady purse. Only issue with cargo pant/short pockets is just the pockets are darned big…everything gets jumbled up. And, yes, I know of the very nice smaller leather sub-pouches to organize things, but then the weight can be a problem. Always cinching up the belt.

Sport coat?

Cell phone? No problem. Sunglasses/spare pair of regular glasses? Easy. Pocket-sized book? Right in the side. Small notebook, pen or pencil and eraser? Easy!

And it’s a little less Walter Sobchak than the full-on “fishing” vest (yes, I have one of those too)…a little more versatile.

I really don’t think there’s a better solution for a regular dude who doesn’t wish to carry a full-on leather satchel, nor strap on a belt holster (yes, I have one that is designed for concealed carry, but it’s a whole deal to remove the belt and strap it on, and it’s about as obvious a “tell” as a fanny pack, even though I don’t actually carry concealed now…if I were to, that’s fine, you know, I have the permit in my wallet and all that, but I’d rather not telegraph it, just because I wouldn’t like to).

So, IMHO, it’s kind of a man’s burden to choose between wearing clothes with enough pockets in the right configuration, or carry a small “clutch purse.”

Although, I do like the clipboard folders with large interior compartments. However, walking into most places carrying one of those, like the manager comes over and says, “Hey! We’ve been waiting for you! Right back this way, sir. You’re here from Mitch and Murray, right? Let’s get started placing that concrete!”

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Had to wear a fanny pack for the first time in my life last week. Spent a week in Belize, very few places take credit cards, had to carry a large amount of cash for the trip. Fanny pack was the best solution, both for carrying cash, and passports/ID, as no one could pick-pocket me without me being aware. Yeah, felt dorky, but it alleviated a lot of worry. And also wore my cargo shorts - perfect for carrying phone, can of tobacco, house keys, snot rags, spending cash. Color me dorked.

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My wife and I have special ‘security’ fanny packs that work quite well. Very well organized.

The problem is you might as well raise a red flag that says ‘I’m a tourist, and have valuables in here’. But really, pretty much anyone that is traveling will be easy to spot.

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so, every smart evildoer could take 2-3 CAPS into concerts and do the unfathomable?

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pet theory of mine … unbeknown to many, the rise of the cargo pants (and esp. shorts) went hand in hand with the rise of the celular …

so as the cel’s became larger (around 2007 with the smartphones) … there was space needed to transport them and neither the front nor aft pockets are really apt for those … so cargo pants it was

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It may be simply easier to clean up after a concert. But I can imagine not necessarily an evil doer throwing a capped bottle in the air out of excitement of their favorite song.

Uncapped, it would loose a lot of it’s liquid and be less heavy. A capped bottle of water is more or less a rock.