Most public phones - especially that are on the street - are quite solid, have a very strong keypad and metal protected cord as well. Not sure which company to ask for one of those. Tamas On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:18 AM, apptech wrote: > > I'm looking for a telephone that can handle very harsh treatment. > > Along the lines of being thrown against walls, stepped on, hit, etc. > > The reason why I need it is a fairly long story:) Does anyone have > > any suggestions? > > A cordless phone in a not overly much larger ABS or similar box and some > stiffish padding would be a good start. Keypad would need to be ruggedised > ut just adding an overlay with extension buttons and a paded framework may > do the job. > > An explosion proof phone would go some of the way. > > The keypads from payphones AND the cords AND the phones themselves are > designed to be reasonably soldier proof - or ours are. > > > > > > > R > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- Rudonix DoubleSaver http://www.rudonix.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist