Have You Tried Putting Your Phone on a Leash?

How many of you have dropped your phone?  Me!  How many have cracked your phone’s touchscreen?  Me!

I recently dropped my phone on the parking lot pavement as I exited my car.  I was crushed…and so was my phone screen!  Had I been using the iKeep, this wouldn’t have happened.  OK, this isn’t true.  The iKeep is only for Apple products, so I wouldn’t have been using it anyways, since I own an Android.

While at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, I fell in love with a simple smartphone accessory from a company called Poldera called the iKeep.  The iKeep is a simple looking accessory that attaches to your belt loop or purse on one end and the other end attaches to the port on your iPhone, iPod, or even iPad via a retractable cord.  To put it in more simple terms, it’s brilliant.  How many of you have lost a phone?  OK, how about this, how many of your kids have lost a phone or iPod?  The iKeep is the answer to “keeping” your phone safe.  The iKeep has given me great assurance in these situations:

I plug in my iKeep into my iPad when I’m going to be in a busy place.  The other end I either attach to my purse or work bag.  The iKeep provides me security so I can keep a better eye on my iPad in a crowded room.  It also gives me peace of mind that I won’t forget it because it’s attached right to my purse or work bag!

 

Traveling iPods

This Christmas, we gave our kids their first iPod’s.  Hardly a day goes by that they aren’t listening to them.  We like them to keep their iPods at home.  But occasionally, one of them brings their ipod on an outing to Gramma’s.  As my kids get older (ages 6 and 8), I know they’re going to want to take them out of the house more.  They think the iKeep is the coolest thing – they love extending the retractable cord out and bringing it back in.  The iKeep is the perfect accessory to help them keep tabs on their iPod and keep it close to their side.  It’s perfect!  It gives me better security in allowing them to take their iPod places.

 

Every Day

If you have an iPhone, this is a great accessory to help you keep a leash on your phone.  The retractable cord gives you enough room to make a call without feeling tied down.  In fact, it has a unique catching mechanism where you can pull out the cord three inches and it stops, pull it out another 3 inches and it stops, you can do this up to 25 inches.  Sometimes you don’t need much cord if you’re charging your phone at an outlet attached to your purse but when you make a call, you’ll probably use all 25 inches.  Clever.

 

Pricing

The Poldera iKeep comes in many different colors: black, white, gold, silver, blue, pink, and yellow.  The iKeep retails for $19.99 and is available from the Poldera website.

 

A Mom’s Perspective

I think this is a great contraption.  And I love that it comes in many different colors to accessorize with your outfit.

You may wonder about how strong the connection is to the port.  It is very strong and durable.  However, that being said, you are best advised to keep your iPod or iPhone in your pocket or in your purse, rather than have it dangle down.  Dangling down is dangerous because your device and swing and possibly hit something and get damaged and it wouldn’t be good for your port either.

I would really like one for my Android phone, but I just don’t see the mini USB port being strong enough to support it.  Apple’s patented port helps ensure the plug is secured.  In order to remove the plug, you have to squeeze the ends to release it.  Android simply does not have this feature.

The Poldera iKeep gives you extra insurance to protect you against your phone getting stolen, losing your phone, or dropping your phone.  At $19.99, that’s cheaper than most replacement insurance packages.

 

 

 

*  I was given a Poldera iKeep in exchange for my honest opinion.  All opinions are my own.