![]() ![]() Thirsty Bag Molecular Sieve pouches are sealed at the factory where they are made, and not exposed the the atmosphere for longer than 2 minutes during packaging where they are resealed and prepared for you. Also, as rice sits on your shelf, and the shelf at the store before you bought it, in unsealed boxes and bags it slowly sucks in water out of the atmosphere around it, reaching it's absorption capacity. It may absorb the liquid water on the case, but our real problem are the tiny drops inside. Rice has a low capacity for atmospheric absorption. Unfortunately, rice is not an effective desiccant for a couple of reasons. The iFixit website claims that the Thirsty Bag is better for these reasons: In short, he found that kitty litter or white rice can sometimes do the trick. His full article, and the video segment he did for the CBS Early Show, are here. What about other solutions? A few years ago, Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun Times got Verizon to give him a few phones that he could destroy, and he tried out several methods of drying them out. I suppose it is a $7 insurance policy, albeit one that is not guaranteed to work. Obviously, to take advantage of a Thirsty Bag, you have to already have it in your possession so that it is nearby soon after your iPhone takes a swim. Hopefully, I will never be the unfortunate victim of the scenario outlined at the start of this post, but I am thinking about buying one just in case. Even though I do have some old iPhones in my house, I don't want to risk destroying them simply to review a $7 product, so I don't plan to review the Thirsty Bag myself either. I put the word "review" in quotes because iMore didn't actually dunk an iPhone to try out this product, they simply describe how it is supposed to work, much like I am doing here. ![]() ![]() You can also remove the two pouches, put them in a larger Ziploc bag, and use the product to fix a wet iPad. You place an iPhone (or camera or iPod or other electronic device) in the Thirsty Bag as soon as possible after it gets wet, and the two Molecular Sieve pouches in the bag remove all of the water from the device so that it (hopefully) works again. Thus, my interest was piqued when I saw the website iMore " review" a $6.95 product called the Thirsty Bag from iFixit, a company well-known for fixing iPhones. Yikes! Fortunately, this hasn't happened to me yet, but it does seem like it is just a matter of time. Your iPhone is in your shirt pocket, you lean over when you happen to be near a body of water such as, say, a toilet, and the iPhone falls in the water. If you have any questions about this, just send me an e-mail or post a comment on a specific product review. Often, I will also provide my own commentary on the product, and while my goal is to be honest, please keep in mind that I was compensated to promote the product. When I discuss products from these companies on iPhone J.D., I do so to pass along information provided to me by the sponsor. (4) Some of the ads that run on this website are from monthly sponsors of iPhone J.D. Other ads are from paid advertisers, and if I discuss a product from a company that is a current advertiser, I will note that. If one of these ads comes from the seller of a product reviewed on iPhone J.D., that is a coincidence and I do not believe that it colors my review of that product. ![]() (3) Some of the ads that run on this website are selected by others such as Amazon or Google. Again, I do not believe that I let that color my review of products. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. (2) When I post links to product pages on certain stores, including but not limited to Amazon and the iTunes App Store, my links include a referral code so that when products are purchased after clicking on the link, I often receive a very small percentage of the sale. I sometimes keep and continue to use these products that I did not pay for after posting my review, which might be considered a form of compensation for my review, but I do not believe that I let that color my review. Pursuant to 16 CFR Part 255, the Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, please note: (1) iPhone software and hardware developers routinely send me free versions of their products to review. ![]()
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