Richard E Johnson, MD wrote: > I just had my trusty leather 680 case (sold as "AT&T") with a belt > clip that was spring-loaded (i.e., very firm grasp) come apart on me > after about a year and a half of fine functioning. It became caught > on my car door handle as I was getting out and just pulled the whole > clip assembly off the case so looks unrepairable. I bought the best > replacement I could find at the local ATT store but they only had a > side-mounted case (prior was upright) with a non-spring-loaded clip > (just leather-covered bent metal) that promptly fell of my scrub > pants at work yesterday two times, fortunately without apparently > damaging the Treo. Does anyone have a good recommendation for a > sturdy case, easily accessible to the phone, that has a very firmly- > grasping, probably spring-loaded, belt clip? The problem seems to be > with latching it onto a pair of thin scrub pants which I wear at work > every day which only has the pant material plus a thin fabric rope- > tie (i.e., "belt") - very little to grasp. Wearing it on a regular > belt has rarely been a problem as far as it coming off the belt. >
I had a similar experience with a `swivelling rigid leather` belt-mounting 680 case which `argued` with a house door handle! After looking around a great length I concluded that the best alternative was a camera case. There are loads of belt-mounting ones to choose from. I settled for a well-padded one with a Velcro fastened over-closure with an internal zip fastened compartment for the 680 which lives `face to my hip` and `head down`, plus a couple of inner pockets which hold my earphones and spare battery. Much better arrangement IMHO. YMMV! :-) -- Tony Cooke http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tonyandgillcooke/ "There are few things easier than to live badly & die well" -O. Wilde
