Hard case for FP3plus

[tacoos]

I need a hard case for my FP3plus. Hard (case) to find. Or not? Any suggestions?

[Incanus]

Welcome to the Fairphone community.
What exactly do you call a ‘hard case’? Can you show an example?

[anon9989719]

Hi Welcome to the community forum

Hard cases don’t exactly absorb much of the force from impact, so what use requires a ‘hard’ case and how hard. Wooden, titanium ??

[tacoos]

Water proof and shock resistent 2meter.

[AnotherElk]

I’m tempted to suggest a large enough waterproof phone bag to hold the phone as well as enough bubble-wrap around it, because it would meet those requirements … but it would hardly be hard .

[urs_lesse]

The protective case on its own isn’t that far from 2 metres according to the official Support article:

Bumpers, Back covers and Protective Cases FP3/FP3+

Regarding waterproof, I think there is no way around a proper sealable bag, indeed.

[tacoos]

That is a logical answer. However I want to put the case on my bike to navigate. Must be easy to read. I had one from ghostek, with a quad lock connector to my bike.

[ArtureLeCoiffeur]

@tacoos

Water proof

There are several levels of waterproof. Check the Wikipedia article IP Code, section Second digit: Liquid ingress protection for details. You probably want at least IPx3 or IPx4. Better will not hurt.

The phone itself is not (very) waterproof because of goal conflict - you can’t seal a phone that needs to be easily repairable. I’d almost bet that not phone with a replaceable battery is waterproof to any significant degree. Probably the best you can get is IPx2, “Dripping water when tilted at 15°”.

[anon9989719]

The Fairphone case is solid and will cushion against bumps. I would suggest you just warp it in cling foil before you put it in the case and mount it on the bike.

[BertG]

@ArtureLeCoiffeur

Probably the best you can get is IPx2, “Dripping water when tilted at 15°”.

Well, there are solutions, e.g. by Samsung the XCover Pro, that is IP68 and even MIL-STD 810 certified and has an exchangeble battery (the XCover 4 / 5 as well):

Buy Galaxy XCover Pro Enterprise ed. 4GB/64GB | Price & Deals | Samsung UK

It’s just some special solution and the dealbreaker for the FP-design is rather the modularity and the repairability than just the battery.

[Alex.A]

@ArtureLeCoiffeur

You probably want at least IPx3 or IPx4. Better will not hurt.

@ArtureLeCoiffeur

The phone itself is not (very) waterproof because of goal conflict - you can’t seal a phone that needs to be easily repairable. I’d almost bet that not phone with a replaceable battery is waterproof to any significant degree. Probably the best you can get is IPx2, “Dripping water when tilted at 15°”.

According to iFixit, the FP3 has an IP54 rating. So…