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Professional_Fee_131 t1_ja7bsp9 wrote

5 years are far from a lifetime...

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ShrimpFriedMyRice t1_ja7ennv wrote

5 years for something used daily for hours and taken in and out of a pocket is pretty damn good.

I can't even get a phone to last 5 years.

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stink3rbelle t1_ja8bou2 wrote

>and taken in and out of a pocket

Where do you find pants

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flatearthmom OP t1_ja7czui wrote

‘Products that are well-made and durable (even if they won’t last an lifetime) are accepted’

For a phone handle 5 years is several lifetimes.

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ComoEstanBitches t1_ja9j6w1 wrote

Speak for yourself. The quality has gone down.

It’s an equally crap product compared its competitors, let alone a decent product. I’ve bought several brand name pop grips since 2021 and they’re all equally shit. The swappable cover pops off easily, the other swappable cover with the left press and click snapped inside (I couldn’t swap covers), the premium finishes get worn out quickly, and the telescoping plastic has torn off on two. I keep giving it chances because of the brand presence but it’s an awful product

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ComoEstanBitches t1_ja9hlze wrote

The bigger the sub the lower the quality threshold for conversation. Agree 100% with you, this is the opposite of buy it for life and deserves more downvotes and way less apologists who are trying to gaslight you from even the spirit of the sub’s namesake

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LegoRobinHood t1_ja7gtb4 wrote

My wife loves these things but I think her average is like 3 months before something gets toasted.

We reuse the parts that we can, but it's hardly a long term item.

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Thepressureofaname22 t1_ja7prfa wrote

Popsockets brand are really strong for this type of item. Given the abuse and wear they take they last well. I’ve tried two others and they don’t hold up. Given you’re trusting an expensive lifeline item to it, worth the extra dollars to get the real one.

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Optimal-Conclusion t1_ja8fbi0 wrote

Yeah, I've been using a Popsocket with each iphone for 3 generations now. Someone said something to me once about saving money with the other brands of grip, and I just said look: if I'm buying a $1k+ phone, I'll splurge $10 for the name brand grip that's going to keep me from dropping it.

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Thepressureofaname22 t1_ja8w8en wrote

Ditto. I got a freebie and gave it a whirl but it is annoying as heck (it has parts that pop off because it’s made to be interchangeable for logos) and I’m about to pry it off and replace it with a real popsocket again.

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theg721 t1_ja7ch8d wrote

TIL what those things are called, finally

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Fruitndveg t1_ja8nfj6 wrote

The bar has really dropped here recently…

5 years for a some plastic and glue and that’s apparently BiFL?

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ladyerim t1_ja7ue5u wrote

Nice. I have a lamicall metal ring holder that I love. It's only been 3 years but I see it lasting quite a while. I have replaced the double sided tape due to moving it onto new devices and cases. I love it. My arthritis didn't like the kind of grip I needed for the pop socket. Also the cover/top of my pop socket kept coming off and I got fed up.

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ADHDavidThoreau t1_ja8v4q5 wrote

> Never once doubted it.

Are you sure? Maybe just once?

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Loud-Opposite-9736 t1_ja81jq6 wrote

Then there’s me… my 2 and a half year old rips the whole thing in half where it’s irreplaceable

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Banegard t1_ja9w79z wrote

Popsockets sound like a total scam to me.
If I wanted more grip on my phone, I‘d just use a sturdy case with a wrist strap. They worked on cameras before. Or one with an integrated ring or a finger loop.

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Emergency_Table_6380 t1_jacsgi2 wrote

For a lot of people, it’s not so much about improving grip so much as it enables people with smaller hands to actually hold their ever enlarging phones.

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witchminx t1_ja8nhmw wrote

Wait whatttt? I bought one a few months ago, stupidly right before I bought a new phone, and when I tried to switch it to my new case it had lost 100% of it's stick.

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flatearthmom OP t1_ja8qvu5 wrote

I did notice some quality difference between the new one and my original, feels ‘cheaper’ only time will tell on the glue. The old one is still really sticky

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witchminx t1_ja8s9tk wrote

:( hope it was just a dud for me! I hate how often that's true with companies... They make a great product, build up a following, then switch to the cheapest materials later.

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Luckcrisis t1_ja9nxoa wrote

They are Beasts. I love mine as well. They changed the base which bummed me out as my wife had one made for, and I can't use it anymore. Still keeping it though.

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