The look on my puppy Alki’s face says it all… My Flip Mino is dead. Toast. Nothing more than a paperweight. It seems I left it in the pocket of my pants, and, well, the Mino is not waterproof. More like water-poof.

When my wife pulled it out of the washer, water was literally dripping out of the case. I did manage to get it dried out, but the battery won’t hold a charge and the lcd in the back has this really cool crackleture texture on the screen. Granted, not all that cool considering it no longer works.

Honestly, I am very bummed. The Flip Mino has become a mainstay for my HD – on the fly – shooting. It was in my pocket because I shoot with it all the time. I even had it on the day I met Alki last month. I was going to feature it in my class at the University of Washington, and I will certainly talk about the technology, but this is one wrench I wasn’t planning on pulling out of the works. Rats.