I wanted share a little life hack that a friend told me about a year or so ago which has worked out quite well for me. I was talking about needing to get one of those arm bands that people use for running, and a friend shared a link with me which showed how to make one out of a tube sock. Sure, you can buy an armband which works pretty nicely for the smaller phones like an iphone 5c etc. but finding one that works for a larger phone like the HTC One M8 that I have is a bit more difficult. It turns out that a tube sock fits the bill perfectly for me.
Now, most of the tutorials that you will find online, seem to be more suited to the smaller phones. They show a method of turning the sock inside out, sliding it over your arm and then folding the sock up over the phone. How to Make a Tube Sock into a Workout Armband
As you can see in the picture, this works very well for smaller phones.
For bigger phones, not so much.
You would have to have a pretty long tube sock to be able to use this method with a phone like mine which is a whopping 6 inches long. (You know what they say about the length of a guy's phone... Ok, they don't say anything) The 6 inch length means that in order to use this fold over method, you would need a tube sock of which the leg portion (everything ankle and up) is roughly 12 inches long. That length of sock would come up roughly to my knee. Although some women probably have tube socks that length, most guys do not. The leg portion of the tube socks that I have are roughly 6 inches long so when folded, it only covers up about half of my phone. This does not work well when you begin to run as the phone is not secure enough to stay in place and is constantly in danger of bouncing out of the sock. NOT GOOD!
For my larger phone, I've found that using the sock without folding does the trick and I couldn't be happier with the results.
Here is what I did:
1. Choose a tube sock that still retains nice tight elasticity at the upper leg portion of the sock:
2. Cut off the leg portion of the sock. This is everything from the ankle up:
3. Slide the sock onto your arm and all the way up to a few inches below your shoulder:
