Best smart phone underwater housings

[12th Man]

Those of you who are using your smartphones for recreational diving. Which smartphone housing do have you found to be the best & easiest to use.

Thanks

 

[Sevenrider860]

I have been using the SeaLife SportDiver and I have been happy with the results.

 

[Skunky]

i love my sealife sports diver. kraken also has one. I’ll be getting the oceanic version once it come out next year.

 

[davecampbell]

kraken/weefine user here.... overall very happy with it.

 

[Pipehorse]

Those of you who are using your smartphones for recreational diving. Which smartphone housing do have you found to be the best & easiest to use.

Thanks

Got tired of toting around my Ikelite housings with the big strobes hanging off of them. I have been using the Sealife Sportdiver for a year now. Easy to use, and more versatile than anything out there, switch from macro to wide angle with a few pushes of the button. Switch from still to video with one push of a button. I am continually surprised at how well it does under low light conditions. As far as results go, you judge for yourself by scrawling back through my posts, on BHB and LBTS. All the images and all the video have been shot with the Sealife Sportdiver on ambient light. BHB and LBTS are shallow dives, nothing greater than 20ft. If it I was diving deeper more often than I might consider adding some light, The Sealife Sportdiver is made of plastic, Kraken has a very similar housing made of aluminum for approximately the same price. Kraken also allows for wet lens addons, but of course that starts to get expensive. Also if you do a little hunting around there is a thread somewhere with more information on Sealife Sportdiver.

EDIT: Adding some images here so need to go hunting around the whole board for them. Respectively, Barred Cardinal, Seahorses, Squid, Lancer Dragonet, Spadefish, Spadefish, Goliath Grouper, Zebra Sole, Wide Angle Channel Barrier, Wide Angle Shark Statues, Barracuda, Beaded Starfish, Porkfish, Scaled Sardine, Scaled Sardine

 

[12th Man]

Thanks for the input. I dove south FL last week. All three divers diving with me had the Kraken. I really liked the set up.

 

[Jcp2]

Got tired of toting around my Ikelite housings with the big strobes hanging off of them. I have been using the Sealife Sportdiver for a year now. Easy to use, and more versatile than anything out there, switch from macro to wide angle with a few pushes of the button. Switch from still to video with one push of a button. I am continually surprised at how well it does under low light conditions. As far as results go, you judge for yourself by scrawling back through my posts, on BHB and LBTS. All the images and all the video have been shot with the Sealife Sportdiver on ambient light. BHB and LBTS are shallow dives, nothing greater than 20ft. If it I was diving deeper more often than I might consider adding some light, The Sealife Sportdiver is made of plastic, Kraken has a very similar housing made of aluminum for approximately the same price. Kraken also allows for wet lens addons, but of course that starts to get expensive. Also if you do a little hunting around there is a thread somewhere with more information on Sealife Sportdiver.

EDIT: Adding some images here so need to go hunting around the whole board for them. Respectively, Barred Cardinal, Seahorses, Squid, Lancer Dragonet, Spadefish, Spadefish, Goliath Grouper, Zebra Sole, Wide Angle Channel Barrier, Wide Angle Shark Statues, Barracuda, Beaded Starfish, Porkfish, Scaled Sardine, Scaled SardineView attachment 744280View attachment 744281View attachment 744282View attachment 744283View attachment 744284View attachment 744285View attachment 744286View attachment 744287View attachment 744288View attachment 744289View attachment 744291View attachment 744292View attachment 744293View attachment 744294View attachment 744290

What phone are you using, if I may ask? It seems that phone camera software has greatly improved over the last few years, with the flagship phones able to take great pictures in a wide range of circumstances.

 

[azstinger11]

My review of the kraken is here, feel free to ask any questions.

 

[12th Man]

I'm liking the idea of picking up a google pixel 6 used, and just using that as my dive camera. I really liked the Kraken review. I'm starting to lean towards this housing over the SeaLife. I like the fact it it's aluminum and not plastic, has a vacuum seal and has a deeper rating. I'm thinking of going with the base Kraken KRHO6 and not the depth and temperature sensor model. I'll save $130.00 towards the camera. Still digging in on this one.

Thanks everyone, great info so far!

Pipe Horse, your pictures are beautiful!

 

[Rick Brant]

I have had the Divevolk housing for about a year now and have really enjoyed using it. It's very basic but has one feature I needed, which is the ability to use the touchscreen under water. I use my phone for multiple things and need to be able to switch between apps and make selections. So far I have not had any leak issues although I rarely go below 50 feet.