--- title: Yondr Pouch: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 description: Find out why Yondr Pouch is one of the best inventions of 2024 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094783/yondr-pouch/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-10-30T11:54:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T11:54:31.251Z article:section: Business og:title: Yondr Pouch: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 og:description: Find out why Yondr Pouch made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094783/yondr-pouch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt297a50a4ec3cb4d2/698a8a1d16d8848613c43bca/yondr-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Yondr Pouch: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Yondr Pouch: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 twitter:description: Find out why Yondr Pouch made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt297a50a4ec3cb4d2/698a8a1d16d8848613c43bca/yondr-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # A Way To Disconnect by [Chris Stokel-Walker](https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker  Graham Dugoni believes that “society needs protected spaces” from cellphones. That’s why in 2014 he founded Yondr, which makes pouches into which phones can be locked away for a certain amount of time—such as during a concert or theater show—allowing their owners to disconnect. His vision was a world away from that of boosterish executives who see technology enabling a hyperconnected world. Today, around 70% of Yondr’s business is from schools, whose leaders are worried about the impact of cellphone use in class. Some even ask Yondr’s hundreds of employees for policy advice alongside pouch orders. While teachers previously had to enforce school phone bans themselves, leading to classroom conflict, Dugoni says Yondr has sparked renewed interest in no-phone schools because it offers a simpler fix. Now, the National Center for Educational Statistics reports that about 76% of public schools in the U.S. prohibit non-academic use of cellphones or smartphones during school hours. Yondr[ claims](https://www.overyondr.com/phone-free-schools?) millions of users across thousands of schools in 27 countries. Learn More at [Yondr Pouch](https://fave.co/4fi8OLA) These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094783/yondr-pouch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094783/yondr-pouch/"},"headline":"Yondr Pouch: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:54:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:31.251Z","description":"Find out why Yondr Pouch is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094783/yondr-pouch/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt297a50a4ec3cb4d2/698a8a1d16d8848613c43bca/yondr-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt297a50a4ec3cb4d2/698a8a1d16d8848613c43bca/yondr-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094783/yondr-pouch/","name":"Yondr Pouch: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```