How To Take Your Phone Paddle Boarding
Where do you put your phone when paddle boarding?
This is the 21st century and there is no way that you are going to be caught without your mobile phone. It does not matter whether you are stand up paddle boarding in the ocean, river or lagoon.
Well, if you have been following our blog for some time, you know we said that a mobile phone is among some of the things that you must bring with you for paddle boarding.
You cannot enjoy this sport without getting wet. Therefore, you need to know how to bring your phone for paddle boarding.
So where do you put your phone when paddle boarding? First, you need a floating, dry and waterproof case for your smartphone. That way, if it falls into the water, it will not sink. The same applies to your keys. Put them inside a floating, dry and waterproof bag. If they fall into the water, they will float.
It is not hard to know how to take your phone paddle boarding. You need to keep it dry and afloat if it falls into the water.
Remember, it only takes a small amount of water to damage the phone. On the same note, you really do not want your smartphone to float away with the current.
Therefore, keep it with the rest of the stuff in your carry bag and secure the bag to the board with a rope.
How to bring your phone paddle boarding
Should you bring your smartphone with you when paddle boarding?
Well, it depends on the person in question. Some people will just take their whistle with them.
Some people do feel the need to take their smartphone with them just in case an emergency arises. If this is what gives you comfort, you can indeed take your smartphone with you on the water.
When you get to your favorite spot in the water, you can take out your smartphone and commence taking photos, videos, and even using the navigation apps that you have downloaded.
If you are using an exercise timer app on your phone, you need to bring it along.
How to secure your phone for paddle boarding
When you want to bring your phone paddle boarding, you face two imminent dangers. One is the risk of damaging your smartphone with water.
The second one is that of losing your smartphone in the water. It can fall in the water, sink and disappear for good.
Now that you know the risks, you can find out how best to protect your smartphone when you go to SUP with it.
Here are a few things that you need to do:
Buy a waterproof phone case
You can get a waterproof phone case from amazon.com or from other online marketplaces. Consider, for example, the Mpow 097 Universal Waterproof Case that you can buy on amazon.com.
It can fit almost all phones. The manufacturer says that you can use this case to carry your phone to the beach since it can also keep sand outside.
This case is also good for kayaking. Once you slip your smartphone inside and lock the case, it stays watertight.
When you are taking the phone with you on the stand up paddle board, you will need to go an extra mile rather than just packing the phone in this case.
With the smartphone in its case, you can then slip it into the dry bag that you are using to carry other items in.
Since this dry bag is completely waterproof, the smartphone is now double-waterproof. Even if the dry bag slips into the water, it is not going to sink, and it is not going to let water in.
Among other items that you can pack in the dry bag include food/snacks, a change of clothes and any money that you might have on you.
You can also use a waterproof phone case for fishing. Such is made to keep water out and since this is what you need most, it can help.
How to pack your smartphone for paddle boarding
In addition to knowing how to bring your phone paddle boarding, you need to know how to pack it correctly.
Once you get your waterproof phone case for paddle boarding, kayaking, swimming or fishing, you need to test it before you can pack your phone.
There is a simple way to test the waterproof smartphone case. Just pack it with toilet paper. Lock it and then toss it in a basin full of water. You can even push it in so that it is submerged. Leave it there for at least an hour.
Remove the case and open it to access the toilet paper. If the toilet paper is wet, well, that case is not waterproof. If the toilet paper is dry, the case is good.
Make sure the dry bag will float
Every SUP enthusiast needs a dry bag for carrying his or her items. However, you need to know that the bag is going to float. Some items such as keys would just sink if not contained in a bag.
In addition, the dry bag also needs to be waterproof. In addition, pack the small items in their respective bags. For example, pack the keys in their own little bags, this means the car and the house keys.
You can also pack your snacks in their waterproof bags and once everything is packed, throw everything together in the dry bag. That way, all the items are doubly waterproofed.
Conclusion
Where do you put your phone when paddle boarding, your keys and indeed all the other items that you need to take with you? Dry bag and waterproof cases are the answer.
It is best to pack your smartphone in a waterproof case, then put it in a second waterproof case, a ziplock for example, and then put it in the dry bag. That way, you will have created secure, waterproof walls all around it.