When I first got the pitch asking me to review The Text Hook, I laughed, thought how stupid I’d look texting while I walk my kid around in a stroller and how ridiculous people are now with their phones, and ignored the email. Fast forward several months. I’m on my elliptical trainer which has recently moved to a spare bedroom and out of the main room so now there’s no tv to watch. I’m dying of boredom and claustrophobia with the wall beside me. Bing! I wonder if that product I was emailed about a few months ago would work on the elliptical? After digging out the email and requesting the product sample, I promptly forgot about it. There were some (okay, only a couple of them…I suck…) workouts in between the email and the arrival of the package which were only sustained by leaning my Kindle on the console.

When the package arrived, I was excited to get it all hooked up. I don’t use a stroller anymore, but the Text Hook fits perfectly on the top bars of our elliptical and treadmill, and also on my bike. (I tried in the garage – I’d never try to text and bike, but it might be handy for music on a leisurely ride?) I love being able to have a movie or music playing on my phone during a workout in a location that’s easy to see. The Text Hook is perfect for it! My phone, the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant, is not in their list of compatible phones but it fits perfectly. So does iPod. The patent-pending design secured my phone tightly but I still have access to the entire screen, and it’s very adjustable -even rotating 180° so I can watch my movie the big-screen way!

The Text Hook sells for $26 and is available from their online shop and many retail stores.

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