Where do you carry your phone?

[ed&arch]

Strange question, ha!
Where do you carry your phone when riding? In particular on a hack/in the summer.

I don’t like riding tights or leggings so the down the leg, deep pocket isn’t an option.
It’s too big to stick down by bra! I’m thinking a running belt around the waist could be a good option - or a gilet, but I hate being too hot riding?

Leaving at home isn’t an option either. I actually have two phones, business and personal but I only need to take one.

Where do you all put yours without the risk of them flinging out?!

 

[Irishcob6]

I stick it down the side of my boots - there tight enough that it stays at the top but I can push it low enough down to avoid it falling out otherwise get a hi via with a zip pocket!

 

[Hipo]

I slide mine down my riding boot and it’s fairly snug so it doesn’t move once it’s down there.

 

[Coblette]

I normally wear a ‘fanny pack’ as the Americans call it ?. Handy for keys/phone etc

 

[Griffin]

I use a running belt or bum bag depending on how much I need to carry.

 

[milliepops]

The ginormous phone pocket is the best thing about tights. Embrace them ?
I used to leave my phone behind before they came along, if it was too warm for a jacket with pockets.

 

[Flame_]

Smallish belt bag.

 

[Dontforgetaboutme]

I have a fluorescent tabard with pockets. I got a trek one so can carry keys and a pick too

 

[Surbie]

Bum bag, every time. The phone's in the back bit, hoof pick and a carrot in the front.

 

[MuddyMonster]

Riding tight pockets. I honestly dont know what I did before they came along ?

 

[HollyWoozle]

I use a ‘Horse Holster’ which straps around thigh.

 

[Tihamandturkey]

Hi Viz bike jacket pocket ?

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Strange question, ha!
Where do you carry your phone when riding? In particular on a hack/in the summer.

I don’t like riding tights or leggings so the down the leg, deep pocket isn’t an option.
It’s too big to stick down by bra! I’m thinking a running belt around the waist could be a good option - or a gilet, but I hate being too hot riding?

Leaving at home isn’t an option either. I actually have two phones, business and personal but I only need to take one.

Where do you all put yours without the risk of them flinging out?!

I have put it in my bra, but recently in my hi viz jacket pocket, and do have one of these. https://www.eqco.co.uk/products/riding-and-running-phone-and-key-bag






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[J&S]

A little zippered bag on an elastic belt, charity shop £1.00 purchase.

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

A running belt

 

[saddlesore]

I have a fluorescent tabard with pockets. I got a trek one so can carry keys and a pick too

That’s what I use too. A V-bandz trekking one ?

 

[marmalade76]

Interesting question. I have a new phone which I haven't started using yet because it's bigger than my current one and I don't think it's going to fit in any of my pockets ?

 

[Surbie]

I have put it in my bra, but recently in my hi viz jacket pocket

Putting it in a bra always makes me wince - Mum fractured her sternum and 2 ribs by doing this then falling off the top of a Landrover while we were in Kenya. Incredibly painful and I've avoided stuffing things in there ever since - my phone used to be tucked in quite happily before then.

 

[asmp]

I have a hi viz arm bag which i actually use strapped on to my ankle

 

[Tiddlypom]

Phone belt holsters permanently attached to my jodhs, jeans or whatever I'm wearing. I've got several.

I had to upgrade my phone recently after my trusty iphone 5s died, and luckily the new iphone SE 2020, although a tad bigger, fits in the same holsters.

Huge screened monster phones have no place in an active life.

 

[w1bbler]

I've embraced riding tights, honestly they are fab, but to answer your question, I used to use a running belt.

 

[DirectorFury]

Cavallo do proper breeches with the deep phone pocket on the thigh, plus zippable waistbands, so I own several pairs of these!

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

Bum bag, every time. The phone's in the back bit, hoof pick and a carrot in the front.

Same but my bumbag also has a very basic first aid kit (wound pads and plasters), an emergency £5 note and a pack of tissues in case of bird poo.

 

[palo1]

I have got an arm holster thingy that I have had for years and it works perfectly but I don't have a huge computer phone to lug round. I have given up on riding tights even though the phone pockets are fab; they are just not, on the whole, durable enough nor do I want the icky synthetic material that they are all made of.

 

[Ossy2]

My hi viz has zip pockets, I’m also I riding tights hater but I have discovered proper breaches with belt loops but also with a phone pocket, got mine from Kramer.!

 

[marmalade76]

I have got an arm holster thingy that I have had for years and it works perfectly but I don't have a huge computer phone to lug round. I have given up on riding tights even though the phone pockets are fab; they are just not, on the whole, durable enough nor do I want the icky synthetic material that they are all made of.

I've had the same thoughts about riding tights, they don't look very hard wearing and some of them are really quite expensive. I'm tending to ride in those cheap stretchy jeans more & more now, partly because of all the pockets. They're not particularly hard wearing either but they're so cheap, it doesn't matter.

 

[Surbie]

Same but my bumbag also has a very basic first aid kit (wound pads and plasters), an emergency £5 note and a pack of tissues in case of bird poo.

Like minds - phone has emergency cash in, though to be fair it's generally for a pub stop.

 

[cauda equina]

I've had the same thoughts about riding tights, they don't look very hard wearing and some of them are really quite expensive. I'm tending to ride in those cheap stretchy jeans more & more now, partly because of all the pockets. They're not particularly hard wearing either but they're so cheap, it doesn't matter.

They may not look hard-wearing but that's deceptive, they're tough as anything
I've pretty much lived in mine (Dublin ones) for the past year and a bit - not just for riding but mucking out and gardening too
There's one tiny hole where a thorn got them, otherwise no obvious wear or damage

I love the thigh phone pocket although with a big hanky in there too I look like a bee loaded up with pollen

 

[scats]

I have a sports belt for general hacking but if I’m going to a farm ride and I need to pack the wagon keys aswell, I use a very fetching and highly fashionable bum bag...

 

[pansymouse]

My hi viz has very large zipped waterproof pockets - my phone also lives on one of them.