Liquipel: Anyone tried it?

[TCinVA]

I was alerted to the existence of this process today:

http://www.liquipel.com/

...and I was curious as to whether or not anyone has tried it with any of their devices.

[eztips]

I was alerted to the existence of this process today:

http://www.liquipel.com/

...and I was curious as to whether or not anyone has tried it with any of their devices.

I've had it done to my iPhone, saved my ass when I dropped it accidentally in the hot tub, but not any of my guns. They say it has anti-corrosive properties

[fuse]

What kind of black magic is this

So do you send your phone to them?

[JV_]

So do you send your phone to them?

I think so.

[derekb]

Phones inherently have a bunch of holes in them. Color me skeptical.

[Haraise]

Phones inherently have a bunch of holes in them. Color me skeptical.

...I don't see what this has to do with anything. Did you watch the video?

[nycnoob]

Color me skeptical.

This is one of several new "super hydrophobic nano coatings" which is supposed to come out in the next year or so. I had heard of the competitor "neverwet" which was going to be distributed in a spray bottle (or not, depending on which page on their website you read). I was really hoping for a permanent and improved version of Rain-X for my car windshield. NeverWet is still not out. Last night I came across a third product: aridion. All of these products are very new but you can see various demonstrations on the web, just google it.

[derekb]

...I don't see what this has to do with anything. Did you watch the video?

Unless they're disassembling the device to coat everything inside and out, there are holes in the phone through which water can enter. Headphone jack, speaker and microphone grilles, the definitely-not-watertight battery compartment cover. I don't believe that a surface coat is going to be quite so effective as their marketing claims. This might help, but I wouldn't bet on it being a miracle.

[TCinVA]

I believe to apply this stuff they actually immerse the phone so the coating supposedly gets in all the nooks and crannies.

[JDM]

I just picked up an iPhone 5. I may have to do this.