As I always move fast I have a problem with feeling like I loosely strapped a brick onto myself when I put my phone in my pockets, including waist and knee ones. It chaotically moves at each step and I’m tired of that. To the point I take it in my hand when I’m in a real hurry.

I guess, Lemmy has a lot of people who either run or do outdoors activities and labor.

What are the best positions on the body to make it move less when you walk or run? Are there some great smartphone holders, straps that you can recommend? Can I use it with casual clothes without it looking weird?

I suppose the ones you place on the belt are obvious to suggest first, but I haven’t seen them since the death of small button phones and current smartphones are kinda big for that to work. And no, putting it into a bag, a suitcase or a backpack wouldn’t work for me for I prefer not to be dependent on carrying them on me.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
    14·
    2 months ago

    Don’t see how front jeans pocket is too loose. Still not sure what your use case is, but you can try an arm band if you need constant access to it. If you don’t like how it’s slippery in your pocket, you can get a case with rubbery outside edge that will make it not slide. But that’s could make it annoying to slide into you pocket.

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      My phone when placed in front pockets hits my belly or my leg when I’m on the go or sitting and makes moving that side uncomfy because it’s placed right in the place that warps a lot. I’m probably looking for an accesory that can hold it on my long straight bones.

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 months ago

    Amusing. This conundrum, exactly as described, has also been bothering me, on and off, for years. Having tried a bunch of solutions, I have recently settled on one that I’m quite pleased with.

    A bumbag. AKA waist pack. (AKA another name which sounds both comical and vulgar to British ears.)

    You’re not gonna look cool but it works.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    One of my friends wears a lightweight (mostly mesh) cargo vest thing that looks good on him. But he’s one of those assholes who looks good in anything. I would look like a doofus wearing it. Anyway, it has multiple pockets on the front.

      • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Let us know if you ever find a good solution. Stuff in my pants pockets annoys me, too.

        • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Okay, so I tried a couple of accessoriea and for me the holder on the belt did it.

          An illustration of a somehow different product:

          a phone holder to strap on the belt

          My holder has a little loop for a carabine (to put it onto a neck strip?) as well as vertical and horizontal loops that can secure it onto your belt either way. Unlike legs and hands, my ass doesn’t move that much, so if a phone fits the holder, you won’t feel it moving by itself.

          Of vertical and horizontal placements I’ve chosen horizontal on my side. I pick my phone with my hand going from my side to my crotch. It proved to be more natural than lifting it up, and unlike vertical placed phone it doesn’t hit your legs and stomack and also wobble even less.

          Downsides are that it can look like you are taking up a gun if you are in the US and also you’d need to wear a t-shirt tucked under your belt for it not to get into your way. A jacket can go over such holder with no problem, but everything tight should go behind it.

  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
    7·
    2 months ago

    I have sprinted without this being an issue so color me very confused.

    Do you wear very loose fitting clothes by any chance?

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Maybe, since my complection is a bit unstandard for my place. Thus I wish to probably outsource that one thing to a fitting accessory because I don’t feel like I can afford a tailor’s work.

  • ictRider@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    My opinion is you need to use a smaller phone. Then a regular looking running waist pouch, arm band, or even a good pocket will work. Look into the small(er) s24, iphone se, iphone normal, pixel, BLU or Tank brand phones.

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      My doomscrolling device is some 4.5 inches (?), that’s smaller than average. I would have liked a Steve Jobes’ standard small screen like from the first iPhones, but I can’t buy a small smartphone anymore thanks to their producers, and the smallest I can get without sacrificing hardware and app compatibility doesn’t fit my big hands anymore. Like, I can’t use that cheap small model without placing my little finger under it’s bottom side to support it.

    • IMALlama@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Arm band! I have a generic one I got on Amazon and it’s been very handy. It does slowly slide down my arm over 45 minutes or so, but I don’t really know how anything else would do better without being even tighter or having a more grippy material that I don’t really want again my skin.

  • Toes♀@ani.social
    5·
    2 months ago

    My outfits tend to have small pockets, my phone fits snugly with absolutely no room for anything else.

    So maybe you just need smaller pockets or a watch phone thingy.

  • Krzd@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 months ago

    If you’re wearing a jacket a chest holster could work, either one with a chest strap like this
    or if you wear your jacket open one without.

  • pixeltree
    4·
    2 months ago

    Waistband is the place to put it. Some running shorts come with a waistband pocket, in front is ok but in back is what I prefer. You can also get… A waistband with a pouch is the best way to describe it, just big enough for a phone and keys pretty much and you can put it under your clothes easily