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Waterproof phone pouch (IPX8) — For monsoon walking and river crossings
Cheapest useful insurance

For monsoon walking and river crossings

Waterproof phone pouch (IPX8)

IPX8 pouch, touchscreen through the window

4.5 on Amazon

Costs almost nothing and saves the single most expensive item most trekkers carry — the touchscreen window works, but the camera through it does not, so you take it out for photographs anyway.

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What you get

  • A few dollars against a phone replacement in Kathmandu
  • Floats, which matters at a river crossing
  • Works as a document pouch too

What it costs you

  • Photos through the window are poor
  • Seals fail if grit gets in the closure
  • Awkward to use one-handed

Do not buy this if: Autumn Khumbu trekking, where it will not rain on you once.

Treks we recommend this for

Not every route needs it. These are the ones where our guides would put it on your list.

The alternatives

Everything else we recommend in phones for travel, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.