Hi everyone,

These things are a nice idea with the rise of mobile phone snatching. Doesn’t obscure the charging port on my phone and also useful to prevent dropping one’s phone, I bought it on Amazon for £8.09 UK.

According to a recent BBC article “Some 78,000 people reported having their phones or bags grabbed in the year to March 2024, according to UK government figures. Hotspot areas are often train and bus stations.”

I used my own detachable Cordweaver wrist strap with one of my Peak Design type camera quick release connectors. The strap is made out of Type III 550lb breaking strain Paracord with 7 internal strands and is very strong as it’s a lot better than the strap and lanyard provided which I’ll most probably find another use for It also tightens around one’s wrist like a slip knot if you let go of or pull on the attached item. Better than any security features built into phones.

Kind regards

Leigh

PS. I dug out my macro lens and updated the post to show the bottom of the phone. I have a Motorola G-30 phone to which is I fitted an armoured outer case. This thing comes as a good sized sticky pad with the tab and ring attached. One can either stick it to back of the phone or, as I chose, not to stick it but to have it sandwiched tightly between the back of the phone and the outer armoured case and pass the tab and ring through the USB C charging port hole in the outer case before placing it back on the phone. I’ve tried this with a USB-C charging cable, an OTG cable adapter or my Anker Nano power bank attached and they all fit fine as the port isn’t obstructed by the tab and ring. I chose to use my own wrist strap, the straps supplied aren’t so bad but I preferred my one for its strength, slip knot tightening action and being bright red it’s pretty hi-vis which, in itself, might hopefully act as a form of deterrent to a would be thief, you could use one of your own choosing if you so wished.