Originally Posted by
khutch
A cell phone is just a tool. You don't have to carry a pump, you don't have to carry a phone. You will find either one useful from time to time and you will find the phone useful far more often than the pump.
I've used my pump on the road probably 10 or 12 times. I've never used my phone on the road. If I did use it, it wouldn't be to call for a bail-out unless I had an appointment I was going to miss, it'd just be to leave a message that I was walking the rest of the way home and I'd be an hour late.