Is This How to Carry Your Gadgets?

mightypie writes "What's the best way of carrying a Visor Prism, mobile phone, cybertool, digital camera, wallet & keys? I just don't like the vest solution Somebody here must have the solution" That is the most disturbing ad I've seen. Someday my phone/camera/pda/mp3 player will be one tiny happy box. As it stands my solution is baggy pants w/ big pockets.

I have in my small backpack

[magi]

Weapons
a blessed +1 butterfly knife (alternate weapon; not wielded)
an uncursed +0 mini-axe
an uncursed +0 laser pointer

Armor
an uncursed waterproof +0 Goretex jacket

Comestibles
an uncursed candybar

Tools
an uncursed very expensive digital camera [0:340]
4 uncursed rechargeable AA batteries
an uncursed mini tripod
an uncursed +3 rechargeable flashlight
an uncursed Palm IIIxe PDA
an uncursed Palm III keyboard
2 uncursed AAA batteries
an uncursed cellphone
an uncursed wallet
an uncursed 0.3mm pencil
an uncursed 0.5mm pencil
an uncursed mini-magnifying glass

(Yeah, I really carry all that stuff every day in my backpack. Well, ok, not usually the axe.)

The vest

[Anonymous Coward]

If the vest is you, then you have gone beyond geek to dork. I'd recommend an inventory of your gadgets and then start eliminating what you don't really need. The first step is realizing that you have become a dork and if you even think the vest is a good idea, you are a dork.

Of course if you must carry every techno toy you lay your hands on then, I'd suggest you carry a briefcase. If you carry a laptop, stuff your toys in there.

Convergence is...

[DougM]

Follow the lead of the mobile telecoms industry: take a crud phone and add an awful PIM.

May not do the job, but it sure helps keep the trousers up.

As wired as I am? Hard to believe

[bravehamster]

A vest as wired as you are!

So they finally agreed to put in the Mountain Dew Camelbak? Excellent news! Now I can finally get a look at this "outside" that everyone keeps talking about.

"A vest as weird as you are" ;)

[Telcontar]

I just couldn't help misreading their ad slogan :^)

The solution

[Cabby]

Two words. Cargo-pants.

make a fashion statement!

[i0lanthe]

My solution is a nice-looking yet deceptively large purse. ...'course, I suppose this is one of those times when it helps to be female.

The Doctor's coat?

[blair1q]

I mean, it's obvious.

Even if you only need room for a sonic screwdriver, a bag of jelly babies, and a key to the TARDIS.

--Blair

How about the Banditos solution?

[JoeShmoe]

You know that strap across the chest with all the shotgun shells? Wouldn't that be perfect?

You could have loops of various sizes (or preferably with velcro to size them yourself). They loops should have some kind of elastic strap that is rubber-coated to keep things in place. Or a series of pockets.

Or, something like the shoulder holsters that law enforcement uses. You could wear it beneath a jacket and no one would be able to peg you for a geek. Just be sure not to reach for your pager when the cops pull you over.

- JoeShmoe

Their video

[Jade E. 2]

Their crappy video scares me. First it targets an earbud and identifies it as a communications device. Then it targets the headphone loop and identifies an audio device. Then it targets a PDA and identifies it as such. Then it targets the guys mouth and identifies it as an 'Other Pocket'.

Just how many bodily orifices are they including when they say it gives you 15 pockets?

eHolster to the rescue!

[jchristopher]

Allright, you asked for it --> the eHolster. [eholster.com]

By the way, I can't imagine that wearing one of these would be better than the vest solution you mention... but at least it exists.

Please buy one, so we can all laugh at you.

utilikilts

[Anonymous Coward]

someone had to say it Utilikilt [utilikilts.com]

Too bad I don't wear a suit...

[adjuster]

This shoulder-holster [phone-holster.com] looks interesting. The 80's cop-show goodness is almost too much to pass up-- too bad I don't wear a suit jacket at work.

Velcro. Lots and Lots of Velcro.

[ColGraff]

I sewed a huge segment of velcro onto the left sleeve of my jacket and a couple of informal shirts. I originally tried the self-adhesive velcro, but that stuff tends not to handle the washing machine very well. Anyway, the velcro is all along my forearm, and I used the self-adhesive stuff on the back of my Mako, Palm3C, and Jornada, as well as a few remote controls and my walkman. It looks a little odd, but I can do one-handed tasks very easily on my arm, and I always have whatever's on my velcro shirt scrolling weather, reminders, whatever. I'm planning to get a blackberry so I can have constant stock updates on my arm. I could just get a watch with text-messaging, but I hate the tiny screens.

For the Scotsman in you

[tb3]

Here, try this. Go on, I date you. [utilikilts.com]

Or a...

[dalinian]

kangaroo.

Avast ye scurvy dogs

[Unknown Poltroon]

Heave to and prepare to be scanned! We've come for your silicon baubles and yer wimmen!

How to carry your gadgets?

[unitron]

Well, if the Batman utility belt isn't an acceptable option, you'll just have to rely on a faithful sidekick who can also provide comic relief and draw minority viewers.

The Clint Eastwood solution....

[fm6]

The eHolster is disturbingly similar a weapons harness [manbehindthedoll.com]. Don't be suprised if somebody addresses you as "officer".

Re:Too bad I don't wear a suit...

[RFC959]

From that page:

Eaburcom - Say it with style

If you can say "Eaburcom" without sounding completely ridiculous, you've got a hell of a lot more style than I do...

Re:The solution

[thanq]

cell phone, my wallet, my mini-maglight, my car keys, my house keys, my airplane keys, my passport and green card, and other miscellaneous shit

I thought that they were issuing all those things in a Casio watch. Oh wait.. this is not James Bond...

Re:For the Scotsman in you

[Anonymous Coward]

Date me, eh? I suppose you meant dare. Freudian slip?

Re:Obviously...

[Moofie]

Dammit. And I'm stuck with a closet full of non-mobile pants. No wonder I'm having so much trouble getting a job.

Re:Obviously...

[Moofie]

I love the "It's all in your pants" tagline. I mean, I know that's true for ME, but I wonder about those (male) models sometimes...

I see a problem brewing...

[alexburke]

As it stands my solution is baggy pants w/ big pockets.

Well, Rob, I can see precisely one flaw in your solution:

Best Buy Security Guard: Excuse me, sir. I'd like a word with you.

Rob Malda: Me?

Best Buy Security Guard: Yes, you. Please empty out your pockets onto this table.

Rob Malda: Okay. [empties them out]

Best Buy Security Guard: Uh-huh. A Visor Prism, an iPaq, two cell phones, a pager, a 256MB CompactFlash card, and a package of AA batteries.

Rob Malda: But they're mine!

Best Buy Security Guard: You were hoping they'd be yours.

Rob Malda: No, they're really mine! I bought them! Well, in actual fact, I didn't buy them--

Best Buy Security Guard: Now we're getting somewhere.

Rob Malda No, no! My employer, Andover.Net -- uhh, make that VA Linux -- bought them for me!

Best Buy Security Guard: Can't even keep your story straight, eh, sonny?

Rob Malda: Don't you know who I am? I'm Commander Taco! Haven't you ever heard of Dave Barry?! [slashdot.org]

Best Buy Security Guard: Uh-huh. Sit here until the real police arrive...