When I started out with the iPhone 3 there wasn’t much in the way of good cases. With the iPhone 4 the otter box was what I used and is no way water proof but adds a good layer of impact protection. I agree the lifeproof case is a very nice case for this type application. I started using a mophie battery case about a year ago for daily use and love the extended battery life. If they came out with a clone lifeproof/,mophie I could really get into that.

Here is a photo of the first charger I made for my iPhone 3. It was a 12v supply using AA batteries and a car charger to regulate charging. It worked very nice for times when you were away from AC power for long periods of time.



I have now switched to a commercial product that takes both AA recharge and throwaway batteries it is both a USB charger and an AA recharger. It also powers a small USB light I take along. There are a few similar products doing this but this is the one I use now. Link and photo of my setup below.

http://www.tekkeon.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=9&idproduct=194



I have grown away from wanting my phone mounted to the bar for several reasons the biggest is it’s for me a distraction to riding and I didn’t like it baking in the sun for long hours. I know the phone is made to take extreme heat and have had tech people tell me that is never a worry. I’m just old school about overheating electronics I guess. I run on all my bikes with some kind of a small bar bag that opens facing me. I keep the phone in the mophie case on top along with my reading glasses that I can’t see the phone that great without them maybe another reason I like to pull over to view the GPS. Sunlight and the iPhone screen don’t work well together and I find the lid of my bar bag helps with shading the display also. With the battery case and not keeping the screen turned on I can wait till the end of the day to think about what best method to use to charge the phone. I carry four recharge cells that are my normal backup power they hold a charge a few days. I carry four throwaway cells that can hold a charge for years as backup and if I use the Tekkeon when I get AC power it can charge the phone, mophie and the four AA’s recharge batteries.