Lovely oak, ray fleck right across the top. Engraving came slightly off-centre though. They offered to redo it, I kept it.
Oak, closed, on the sideboard. It's just a beautiful object. People assume it's a jewellery box until they ask.
Sunday breakfast. Four phones in the box, bowls on the table, nobody reaching. It's become the routine.
Lives in my rucksack on the way to work. Solid enough that it doesn't rattle about. No marks after a month of this.
Sat in here for two hours with the phone in the tomb. Big open room, no screen, no buzzing. Quiet is underrated.
Dinner at ours. Two bowls, one box, no phones. Walnut looks better next to food than it has any right to.
Working from the deck. Phone in the box, laptop open, hills in front of me. First afternoon in months I didn't tab over to my phone.
Take it to the cafe every Sunday and put it on the stone table outside. Looks like it belongs there. Three people have asked where it's from.
Saturday lunch. Four phones in, watermelon and nuts on the board, nobody scrolling. My mother-in-law approved, which is the real review.
Family lunch outside. Everyone's phone went in, including the teenagers'. That alone was worth the money.
This is what it looks like in use. Phone in, Ikigai out. Two weeks and I've finished a book I'd been carrying around for a year.
The base is finished as carefully as the lid, no rough edges underneath. It's heavy though — 0.9lb is fine on a desk, less fun in a bag.
Second one. First lives at the office. Quality is excellent, both arrived fast.
Four phones in the tomb after dinner. The house is quiet and everyone's still in the room. That's it.
Bought for my partner's birthday. She loved it, then bought me one. Now we both have one and the living room is quiet.
The whole ritual of putting the phone in and closing the lid is what does it. Feels like a small ceremony. Solid walnut, no wobble, sits flat.
Expensive for a box until you hold it. Then it makes sense. Carved solid walnut, proper lining, made in the US.
Works and looks good, but it's snug with my case on and I have to take the case off. For $199 I'd like a little more room. Using it anyway.
Closed, it's just a beautiful block of walnut on the table. Nobody clocks it as a phone box until they ask.
Sturdy, handsome, does exactly one thing well. That's rarer than it should be.
Gave one to my brother for his birthday and he actually uses it. Bought a second for myself. The craftsmanship is obvious the second you pick it up.
Bought for my brother's birthday. He's a sceptic. He texted a week later asking where I got it.
Good weight, good grain, arrived well packed. Wish it came in a darker finish — the oak is very light in person. Still using it daily.
Read three books since getting this. Three more than the previous year.
You can see the metallic weave inside, black with a sheen. Looks purposeful rather than decorative.
Bought this skeptical. Three weeks later it's the most used thing on my nightstand.
Three weeks in, my deep work blocks are longer. The box does something the apps never did.
We put it on the dining table and dinner is actually a conversation now. My kids stopped asking where their phones are because everyone's is in the same place. Beautiful oak finish.
Works and looks beautiful. The cable port is snug for a braided cable — mine barely fit. Minor.
Does exactly what it claims. Only knock is the lid is stiff for the first week, though it loosens up. Read two books this month instead of scrolling. Would buy again.
Bought two, one for each. Consistency helped more than I expected.