Protect the iPad from Food — and Kids’ Germs! — with the Chef Sleeve
Unless I’m obsessed with a cookbook (like I am with this one), I usually use my iPad for looking up recipes. It’s an easy way to scroll through recipes online, and avoid losing your spot in an actual cookbook that has pages. But the problem with iPads in the kitchen is that whatever you have on your hands gets on your iPad or tablet, and who wants to mess up such a pretty, sleek device by getting flour or heaven forbid, something like goopy chicken germs on it? No one does, that’s who.
But of course, someone has thought of a cure for this common cooking problem, and that cure is disposable iPad sleeves from The Orange Chef Company. The Chef Sleeve is a clear, touch-sensitive sleeve that slips right over your iPad and seals shut to protect your tablet from all of the mess that can happen as you slice and dice your way to a delicious meal. You don’t have to worry about your hands mucking up the iPad or worry about splatter from soup or your rotisserie chicken. You simply do your kitchen thang and toss the cover when you’re done. It’s recyclable, too, so you can actually toss it in the recycle bin!
It’s hard to believe that the cover is as touch sensitive as the iPad without the sleeve, but it’s actually really responsive and I could barely tell a difference in the iPad’s performance, which is great. You can get a pack of 25 for $19.99, which is a touch pricey, but it’s a small price to pay to protect your valuable tablet, really. The company also has other really cool products for the iPad chef, like this cutting board with an iPad stand, and this iPad stand that stands up to the dishwasher.
Another great use for the Chef Sleeve? If you’ve got kids who love to play on your iPad but you hate all of the streaks and germs they love to leave behind, this is a great way to protect it from gunk and goobery kids’ hands. And I love a product with multiple uses!
Do you use your iPad for looking up recipes, too? Or do you go for old-fashioned cookbooks? —Erin