# Does anyone have an iPhone case/holster they are completely happy with? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-iphone-case-holster-they-are-completely-happy-with/617197 "2012-03-29T19:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-iphone-case-holster-they-are-completely-happy-with/617197/21 "2012-04-02T09:43:10Z")
> [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](#): > > I don’t tend to be very hard on my electronics…I’ve dropped it onto tile and concrete before… But you stop short of giving it [this treatment](http://www.snotr.com/video/8965), I guess. 🙂 mmm ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-iphone-case-holster-they-are-completely-happy-with/617197/22 "2012-04-02T09:52:59Z")
People laugh at me for it, but I’m a big fan of the old iPod socks. I miss mine, and can’t find them on the street any more. Mine was stolen by a pickpocket. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-iphone-case-holster-they-are-completely-happy-with/617197/23 "2012-04-02T12:12:14Z")
Bookbook. It forces a certain degree of restraint on the number of cards and stuff you carry in your wallet. The best thing for me: I carry only one thing in my pockets. The wallet I have carried since youth is gone. The leather breaks in nicely, and now it is like a comfortable old wallet. The camera is not horribly inconvenient to get to: I pull out the little leather tab and shake the phone into my hand. It slides out very easily after being broken in well. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-iphone-case-holster-they-are-completely-happy-with/617197/24 "2012-04-02T14:26:19Z")
My husband and I each have the Roots iPhone holder with plastic belt clip and we’re happy with it. They’re rubber and look kind of like a tire tread with a maple leaf on the back. They retail for around $25, IIRC. The belt clip is pretty secure and you can easily detach your phone when you want it. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-iphone-case-holster-they-are-completely-happy-with/617197/25 "2012-04-02T14:40:08Z")
I tried the Otterbox and really liked it for a lot of reasons - protected at the zoo, for one thing (otherwise I have to use a Ziploc bag) - but I couldn’t run with it. Way too heavy. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-iphone-case-holster-they-are-completely-happy-with/617197/26 "2012-04-07T01:41:45Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > But you stop short of giving it [this treatment](http://www.snotr.com/video/8965), I guess. 🙂 > mmm You laugh, but I’m serious. Due to cases, and the fact that I don’t drop them _that_ often, my phones are usually in pristine condition when I decide to upgrade. Nary a scratch on my Bold or my Curve, for instance. Same with the phones before it. I’ve never accidentally washed them, never taken them out in the rain, never closed a car hood on them (my ex-husband did that to his phone once. I winced), never thrown them in with my keys, etc. Hell, I’ve had my iPod Touch for what, three-four years now, and the thing doesn’t have a single scratch. I’m awesome like that. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-iphone-case-holster-they-are-completely-happy-with/617197/27 "2012-04-07T14:06:43Z")
I’ve only had the phone for a couple of months, so I don’t have a long experience to talk about, but I really like the [OtterBox Reflex](http://www.amazon.com/OtterBox-Reflex-Series-Case-iPhone-Black/dp/B004T9EFKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333807440&sr=8-1). It’s much slimmer than their Defender, and even their Commuter, I think. Supposedly it’s got “crush” zones built in like the crush panels on a car, so that the case absorbs any impact. I’m not an engineer, so I have no idea what really happens, but I’ve dropped the phone from waist height a few times, and it’s been just fine. The case seems pretty sturdy. Also, it’s quick on and off, if you use a docking station. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-iphone-case-holster-they-are-completely-happy-with/617197.md?page=1)