Recommend me a shower radio. . .?

[Digger]

Morning all.


Couldn't find The Bathroom sub-forum, so . . .

Loving my Squeezebox Booms, but cant hear them in the shower room without potentially upsetting my neighbours early morning and last thing at night.

So can anyone recommend me a decent sounding shower radio with presets. In the running appears to be this one although £50 is a bit more than I am willing to spend. I doubt any shower radio will live more than a year given the conditions but reliability is still quite important.

Sound-quality, decent battery life, and reliability (lasts more than a year) are key.

Any recommendations?

[Mc Lovin]

Battery life?! get one that runs off the mains

[V8mate]

Mc Lovin said:

Battery life?! get one that runs off the mains

What about one that has a wheel on the side - like a water mill - so the cascade of water from the shower turns it and powers the radio?



Given the noise of the shower and the short time you're in it, is there really any point to having a shower radio?

[Digger]

V8mate said:

Mc Lovin said:

Battery life?! get one that runs off the mains

What about one that has a wheel on the side - like a water mill - so the cascade of water from the shower turns it and powers the radio?



Given the noise of the shower and the short time you're in it, is there really any point to having a shower radio?

Radio/music is important to me these days and always kickstarts/ends my day so it would be nice to have it in the shower room, even for the 20- 25mins I spend in there every day. . .

[Digger]

Sorry Mods. Any chance of shoving this into the Computers, Gadgets, and Stuff forum (busier methinks)

Thanks
Digger

[Sixpackpert]

Digger said:

Sorry Mods. Any chance of shoving this into the Computers, Gadgets, and Stuff forum (busier methinks)

Clearly not then!

[Digger]

Mods please close this and I'll repost in "C,G, & Stuff"

Many Thanks
Digger

[WWESTY]

20 - 25mins in the shower........???


hmmmmmmm.....

[Digger]

WWESTY said:

20 - 25mins in the shower........???


hmmmmmmm.....

Read my post more carefully, get a pen and paper and try and work out the maths.

[Digger]

V8mate said:

WWESTY said:

20 - 25mins in the shower........???


hmmmmmmm.....

Maybe the OP's SoapyShowerBoy's mate?

Which one? I cant decide

PH: Apostrophe's matter. . .

[andy43]

Save batteries.
Save the planet.
And save £50.
Just whistle

[sleep envy]

we've got one of these in our bathroom as it's steam proof and splash proof to a certain extent



you can plug an iPod into it, it's got a good tuner too

[Digger]

sleep envy said:

we've got one of these in our bathroom as it's steam proof and splash proof to a certain extent



you can plug an iPod into it, it's got a good tuner too

Thanks Sleep. . .will investigate. Reasonable sound quality, and battery life?

[chris1roll]

We bought one in the shape of a fish with a smiley face about 4 years ago, no presets but the batteries last a good while and its got plenty of volume. It came with some shower gel too, and cost less than a tenner.

[sleep envy]

Digger said:

Thanks Sleep. . .will investigate. Reasonable sound quality, and battery life?

no probs

sound quality is very good indeed for the size of unit

it's rechargable so it does a month's worth of TalkSport in the morning between charges

[Digger]

Compromised and went for this one in the end.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IZBPD...


Not bad for £20, digi display and plenty of presets. Sounds distinctly average but serves its purpose first thing in the a.m. and last thing at night.

Edited by Digger on Sunday 24th May 08:16