Gadget for holding money and valuables. Cheap, but is it really necessary?
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dhb Jersey Bin 2
The dhb Jersey Bin isn't a place to dump your unwanted cycling tops, it's a sealable plastic wallet to hold money and other valuables when you're cycling.
If you use it to hold cash or credit cards, it certainly keeps stuff dry and clean. But its rectangular shape seems unnecessarily high and it sticks out the top of some jersey pockets. It's wide enough for a standard mobile phone, but iPhones and other smartphones are a bit of a squeeze. The seal is surprisingly hard to open too.
I usually protect my money and phone when out on the bike by putting them in a plastic bag as, I suspect, do most other cyclists. The Jersey Bin doesn't really offer anything extra.
Selling for £2.99, it's hardly going to break the bank, but I can't help feeling you'd still be better off spending your money on a pack of resealable freezer bags.
Verdict
Gadget for holding money and valuables. Cheap, but is it really necessary?
road.cc test report
Make and model: dhb Jersey Bin
Size tested: Transparent
The wallet is made from tough plastic, but the water-resistant seal is surprisingly hard to open.
If you use it for holding just cash and cards, it's fine, although it's taller than it needs to be and sticks out the top of some jersey pockets. But if you want to use it for a smartphone, it's only just wide enough.
It's cheap, but if you want somethiing to protect smartphone, cards and cash, a good, old-fashioned freezer bag does the job just as well.
Did you enjoy using the product? Not really, it didn't suit my purpose
Would you consider buying the product? No
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Maybe
About the tester
Age: 50
I usually ride: An old Marin Alp My best bike is: An old Giant Cadex
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: A few times a week I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: touring, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,
I had one of these branded by another company and the corner split on it. It was good while it lasted, but a zip-lock bag is a lot cheaper and works just as well.
All the gear and no idea!
Plastic sandwich bag is fine for me - can get about 60 for that price
mothercare breast milk bags are perfect, you do look well dodgy as a bloke in lycra buying a packof them, they are double sealed and very strong
Eh?
Freezer bag or Ortlieb...all or nothing.
Decent versions fit the pocket/pocket designed to fit bag. Very good models clip in securely though no one has made that yet.
mothercare breast milk bags are perfect, you do look well dodgy as a bloke in lycra buying a packof them
So you wear lycra even when off the bike?
Talking about looking dodgy, using zip lock bags for my drink powder on long rides... white drink powder. My nick name from my riding buddies "the dealer".
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Yep, zip lock bags. Great to freeze left over food stuffs and for your phone, ID & moula when riding.
'Talking about looking dodgy, using zip lock bags for my drink powder on long rides... white drink powder. My nick name from my riding buddies "the dealer".'
ahem. Heading to the Ventoux a couple of years ago, for some reason I decided to decant GO powder into ziplock bags rather than take a gert big 3Kg bottle with me. That was certainly a few interesting moments at airport security.
That was certainly a few interesting moments at airport security.
HA HA HA "Breathe normally please sir this won't take long"
Been there! When I was a teenager in the air cadets I took a polythene bag full of white energy drink powder to a camp in Gibraltar. Security at Manchester gave me some funny looks, but I was such a naieve (spelling?) kid I didn't even realise the significance - no problem keeping a straight face! 
Dodging the saccadic masking
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