Hi Rose, You can take an iPhone underwater if you use a case that is made for scuba diving. Pelican makes a waterproof and crush proof hard case, but of course you can't "use" the iPhone as you can't access the touch screen when it is in the case. The case does have an external headphone plug-in, but that's about it. I bought another case at the dive shop on Maui where I did my last dives, but unfortunately only found out about it at the end so I couldn't try it any more. This one allows you to take the phone I believe as deep as 100 feet which typically is more than enough for most dives. I know 100 feet doesn't sound much when you walk it, but going straight down in the ocean it is a lot and even with an Advanced Open water certificate you typically don't go deeper than 130 feet, anything beyond that becomes technical diving and requires you to calculate decompression stops and so on. Normal recreational diving does not require decompression stops if you observe the maximum bottom time. You typically do what is called a safety stop at 15 feet for 3 minutes, but strictly speaking it's not required and in an emergency you could surface from 100 feet down in one go.
The case I bought is made from heavy vinyl and it has a seal at the top where it closes. Inside the case is a cable which you plug into the headphone jack and it is connected to a swiveling headphone arm on the outside similar to that on the Pelican hard case. You can plug your headset in that and it is isolated from the inside, i.e. no water can push through. The case I have has a valve on the outside and it comes with a rubber ball which connects to the valve and as you compress the rubber ball it sucks the air out of the inside of the case and in essence you vacuum package your iPhone. This also makes the vinyl go perfectly smooth and tight across the touch screen so you can actually use your phone and I assume with an underwater headset you might even be able to hear something, but best would be one of the waterproof bone conducting headsets. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
