Business at the waterpark: Don’t drown your phone.

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My family is heading to a huge waterpark for a few days, and I need to remain available to our customers.  Since I don’t want to drown my $400 iPhone or my $100 Voyager Pro bluetooth headset, and I was planning to check my phone every 10-15 minutes for calls like I usually do when I have to leave my phone behind.

 

Alas, I had an idea while I was in the shower.  I don’t need to answer the call while I am sliding down the mega-master-blaster with my 8 year-old;  I only need to be notified of the call so that I can return the call 4 minutes later.  I needed to invent a waterproof bluetooth widget!

 

Experience has taught me to check the internet before bustin’ out the drafting table, so I searched on ‘bluetooth waterproof notify call.’  I found the following interesting gadgets:

Non-Water-Resitant

• Bluetooth Bracelet with Vibration and LCD Display – $80 
• Natural Air Man Bluetooth Watch with Vibration and Caller ID Display – $150
• Bluetooth Incoming Call Vibrate Alert Bracelet – $40

Water-Resistant:

• Bluetrek X2 Water-Resistant and Weatherproof Bluetooth Headset – $45

Close, but no cigar.  I am STILL looking for a water resistant bracelet.  Sure, I know that I could put it in a ziplock and keep it in my pocket, but that wouldn’t be ‘cool.’  If all else fails, I might just have to hack one of these non-water-resistant units open and encase the electronics in carbonite (or silicon gel).  I wonder if the rechargeable battery would explode.  Hmmmmm….

If you know of a water-resistant model, please let me know!!!

UPDATE: The bracelet only worked about 8 feet from the phone. It was fine if I was sitting in a lounge chair next to the bag containing my phone, but it certainly did not have the range required to reach the water slides.  The water parks need some sort of bluetooth-pairing RF pager system.  Any electronics/pager manufacturers listening?