Emergency iPod Sock- At last, a use for stray socks!

What to do when you want to go out with your trusty iPod (or small digital camera, for that matter) and a case is not available? Fear not. In 5 or 10 minutes, you'll be on the road, iPod safe and warm in your new Emergency iPod Sock!

I thought I'd be using mine for about a week. Until I tried to buy a case...

I bought a 4th generation iPod, the last with Firewire, so I could boot a Mac from it (works great), do diagnostics; and use it on machines with USB 1.0. The box arrives from Apple, I crack it open and behold the delicate, highly polished surfaces. "What a 60 Gig beauty, says I. How'm I gonna get this to work, with no case??" And so, being a resourceful Instructables addict, I set to work. Rummaging about the house. For the stuff you'll find in the next step.

If you're impatient, and have a fast connection, watch the video.

Step 1 Materials:

You'll need:

- 1 sock
- 2 rubber bands 1/8 inch (~3mm) wide. The kind comes on the newspaper should be fine.
- 1 "twisty" in the color of your choice.
- 1 iPod, (or a small digital camera or your favorite Altoid box gadget).

Comments

[wakojako]

Why do people argue so much.
It's personal opinion which player they like, just most prefer ipods. most likely because they look cool, fit in a pocket and have a good advertising campaign.
I personally prefer either an Iriver mp3 player (i own a t30) or the old zen nanos.
but thats MY opinion.

[poparoo4]

Why Do people blab on about how the device used in the ible is rubbish? Thtas what the forums fr comments are for the ibles not arguments and Ipod hating!

[bigpinecone]

i have a never ending hatred for i-pods... never will i own one... otherwise good idea

[Siebe]

Why do people hate ipods so much? Is it because it ends the cd?I mean in legal addition you MUST buy your music online so i do not find this accusation fair,unless you download your music illegal. End Qoute O___o

[baneat]

People hate anything that's popular. They think it makes them individual, when it really just makes things more complex. example, audiophiles hold the iPod's quality in high regard, who better to listen to than someone that knows their field of interest rather than someone that just likes to be a square peg in the round hole. Some mainstream things are worth straying away from like mainstream music, but the iPod is just the best MP3 player, and that's pretty much all there is to it.

[Siebe]

You explained it better than anybody ever could.

[bigpinecone]

you've obviously never had a creative player...

[baneat]

Yeah obviously not *sarcasm* Yes, in fact I have. It was a 20GB Zen sleek Photo. Guess what, it broke! yes, it broke within 6 months of buying it. I don't abuse my stuff, no not at all. In fact, I didn't use it daily like my iPod. It didn't suddenly stop working, it gradually got less reliable day after day from the first week that I got it. So, there you go.

[mg0930mg]

Yeah I hate zen's my died quick. My ipod lasted me at least 4 years...

[johnathondellway]

that is a great idea I made one right after I read it

[saintshortckt]

i bought this ipod case for $7.5 (leather) and it suckd big time.. i had to open the thing everytime i wanted to do something. 50 cents for a sock. AWESOME!

[jammis]

They do make ipod socks already. But cool idea. I own a nano and spent $6 on a samsonnite latex case for it and was really dissapointed. I went to the dollar store today and bought one and was really happy with it. Go figure.

[pppoootttzzz]

i also bought a case at the dollar store because it had a screen protector which many expensive cases don't have

[Punkguyta]

Socks go on feet not ipods

[berserk]

I ride my bike or run to work a lot. To protect the fruit I take for lunch, it gets put in a sock. Works great to reduce bruises on apples and pears.

[Marcos]

Thanks to all for the positive comments. bigpinecone, hopefully, you don't hate digital cameras too! ;-) A small one will fit in this sock. jammis- Yes, custom made by Apple themselves. For ridiculous-fifty each, and only in sets. I found an amusing video on youtube showing a guy opening a box of them, and tossing all off them away, except one. Apparently that was the only color they wanted out of the entire set.

[Erik Lindemann]

This is great. I would have never thought this up.