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I just broke my wrist . I was biking downtown, and some jerk cuts me off . I went flying. Anyway, I've got a big cast on my wrist. Now the question. How do I hold my Visor?

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-Bernie

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.
-Dan Quayle

One word:

Velcro.

If you've seen the TechTV (aka ZDTV) show, "Fresh Gear", you might have noticed the commercial that shows an older Palm unit fastened to a wrist via Velcro.

Orang-Otang (http://www.orangotang.com/), touting itself as "The Wearable Computing Company" has such a product, called Peel-It. You can read Julie's review over at The-Gadgeteer.com, or PalmPower Magazine's review here.

Alternatively, there are some carrying cases with loops on the back that allow you to hold your Visor using your fingertips (if your cast isn't covering your digits). The trick is that you must make sure your Visor is safely attached to the carrying case You might even own such a case. I know RhinoSkin's 1xxx-series and Rhodina's Work-Through Visor case have a loop strap on the back (see this review that has a picture that illustrate this idea).

However, depending on how the cast was set, you might not be able to rotate your arm to easily hold your Visor this way. So-- here's...

Alternative II: This will be a less expensive variation of the Peel-It product. Go to your local hardware or automotive store (or even Radio Shack, for that matter) and purchase velcro strips to stick on the back of your Visor.

Then, go to a large department store that carries wrist watch accessories (K-Mart, Sears-- generally, any store that has a jewerly department will have watch accessories). Find a wrist watch band that is velcro-based. And more importantly, get one that has the velcro fuzz all the way around. You might have to purchase two of the velcro watch bands since one might not be wide enough to safely hold a Visor. There's a gotcha here: Some of the velcro watch bands might not be long enough to encompass your wrist with a cast over it. If that's the case, locate a REI or mountain climbing store and you should be able to find a velcro strap in various lengths.

Medical supply stores will also have such velcro straps. In the worst case scenario, the velcro strips you can buy at hardware/auto/Radio Shack stores also come in various rolls/lenghts and you can fashion a strap from that.

Then, all you need to do is attach the correct velcro side to the back of the Visor that will grip the velcro watch band/strap.

Whoops... one more idea.

If your Visor case uses a snap on/off button belt clip, like the ones found on cell phone cases, try to locate a belt-side of the clip from Radio Shack or any large department or electronic store. If it's the same type of clip that cell phone uses, this should not be hard to find at Fry's, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.

All you need is the belt-side of the clip, you don't need the button attachment that you glue to the device since it's already on the Visor case (these accessories comes in pairs-- so don't bother asking if you can just buy the clip-- you'll spend more time and effort looking for it alone than in the combo).

Velcro, tape or glue the belt-side of the clip to your cast and then clip your Visor's case to it. I don't know if I'd want to glue it personally-- that might be a safety hazard to you and others (scratching yourself or others). Using velcro should work well to attach the clip.

Way to go ProjectZero, now I want to go out and buy all this stuff (and I'm not wearing a cast)!

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(fixed a couple of typos in my previous replies)

Heh... just excercising the "thinking out of the box, using what's available" routine. I actually use the velcro strap idea to hold a FRS radio to my arm while biking with an ear/boom-mic-- makes it real easy to ditch the bike without having to worry about getting my headset ripped off my head.

Also, how about a flip-out case?
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/flipout-case-review.html

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Originally posted by ernieba1
I just broke my wrist . I was biking downtown, and some jerk cuts me off . I went flying. Anyway, I've got a big cast on my wrist. Now the question. How do I hold my Visor?

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My dad's a lawyer!

(not personal injury, no jokes, please )

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-Bernie

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.
-Dan Quayle

Depends which wrist and whether you are right or left handed.

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Ice, Ice, Baby!

I'm right handed, my left hand's injured.

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-Bernie

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.
-Dan Quayle

That's good news! I was afraid that you were going to need to attach your stylus to some sort of head apparatus!

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Ice, Ice, Baby!

Here is another idea:

http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/flipout-case-review.html

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Michael W. Cristiani
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