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• Belkin Sport Armband for iPhone 3GS

  

  Disapointment

  Written by BS from BUNKEFLOSTRAND

  25-Nov-2009

  I use this to take my iPhone to the gym + running. I think it keeps the phone safely in place, though the armband it's self does loosen and require re-tightening. The volume / silent-mode controls are really hard to use, but the biggest issue I found was, that it lets sweat through. After a good run, I was pretty much taking out my iPhone from a pouch of sweat! Not something I like to do with such a valuable device. Lucky me, the iPhone doesn't have too many joint gaps for fluids to get inside...
  
  I would only suggest it for non-sweaty activities!! …More

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• Belkin Sport Armband for iPhone 3GS

  

  Very badly designed.

  Written by GP from WARWICK

  03-Nov-2009

  Chose this over others, as I liked the idea of a built in pouch for your door key - usually I have to hold it in my hand as it bounces out of my shorts pocket.
  
  The armband part is ok, soft comfortable & easy to use velcro to adjust.
  
  However, the bit that actually holds the iPhone is rubbish.
  
  Firstly it's quite tight to squeeze in the first couple of times, leading to bubbles under my screen cover. But then stretches out very quickly & I fear it'll be too loose to actually the iPhone in place.
  
  Secondly, the gap you slide the iPhone through at the top is permanently open - relying on just the tight stretchy fit to hold it in place - doesn't feel secure at all - if it's facing down (best way to see the screen while running) I'd worry about the iPhone falling out, especially as it seems to get stretched out very quickly. It's also close to the skin so it's gonna let sweat onto the iPhone. If you turn it so it's facing up, it'll also let rain, as well as sweat, onto the iPhone. It's such a badly designed fit - the top of the iPhone sticks out a bit - making it feel even less secure.
  
  Thirdly, it's such a bad fit, that not only does the top of the iPhone stick out a bit but the (very thin and cheap) plastic cover that goes over the screen bends up to make a little dome, leaving a gap between it and the screen, meaning you can't actually use the screen naturally - you have to kinda press the domed up plastic down onto the screen, then while holding it pressed down hard you have to try and use it (imagine the friction when your fingers may be a bit sweaty during a workout), which is a very awkward and fiddly process.
  
  I'm not convinced they actually designed this for an iPhone 3GS despite what the product title says - I bet they were lazy & just repackaged what they'd originally designed for the iPod Touch, which is a different length and thickness.
  
  Fourthly, the bit in the description where it says easy access to the volume controls is just a flat out lie - they're not only covered by the neoprene (with a couple of raised lumpy bits over them as a weak attempt to help you find them), but due to the way it shapes itself around the iPhone they end up tucked behind the hard non-stretchy bit of plastic that frames the screen, and against your skin, and therefore you can't actually reach them at all unless you twist your hand awkwardly and pull the whole thing away a bit from your arm with the other hand - utterly ridiculous...and I don't have fat fingers - actually quite thin.
  
  Overall a waste of money. One star for the soft comfortable material used for the armband bit. …More

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