sign me up Cermele. I've ruined my fair share of camera stuff. Thanks for the heads up. Never seen this stuff before...

I have a bad habit of storing my cell and camera in my chest pocket for easy removal. My cell is necessary because I'm always working 24/7. On several occasions while bending over the items have slipped out into the water. The advice from the electronics guy was to remove the battery immediately. It may have saved a camera but for cell phones it's 0 for 3.

This sounds like it's worth a try. But if you add a dry bag to the list from Merwin's post yesterday, you might not need this bag so often.

Sounds like a gimmick to me. Buckhunter has the best advice - remove the batteries immediately and hope for the best. When you drop an electronic device in the water, the water is likely to short circuit something in the device and it usually happens almost immediately and your toast.

But hey, if you want to buy that bag go ahead . . . and while you're at it, if you lock your keys out of your vehicle and you a wireless transmitter for unlocking your car just call your spouse and have her/him activate their fob while holding near a phone while you hold your phone next the vehicle . . . hehehe . . . did I mention I have a bridge in Brooklyn that I could sell to you, cheap too . . .

Yeah Ive ruined many cameras and phones too. This past trip i got a camera and my phone under water....as well as myself... but was lucky. I just let them dry out fo 24 hours and they are still working

I tend to take the approach that i can make a call or take a picture after i get done on the water. That usually keeps me from ever having to take the chance i'll drop it into the water, now if only the pavement and ground were a little more forgiving.

I would like to try one of these. I could use on eof these and so could my blackberry.....may it rest in peace

I can't help but think that this is nothing more than a material very similar if not the same stuff as the superabsorbent materials inside a disposable diaper put inside a ziplock baggie - for which they are charging $20 and which probably works marginally better than a bag of rice to dry out your gear . . . no, I haven't done the testing to prove this, but I could never buy this product without feeling like someone was taking advantage of me.