Portable Radio

[cliffords]

I have just started a big DIY job at my house about 10 weeks worth. So as I am now a builder I have a dusty mobile phone , trousers showing my pants and the radio on all day . The radio I have gives poor reception and picks up loads of interference. What shall I buy , it will get grubby so not to pricey buy something that will work in my now building site house .
Mainly talk radio for me .

[Turtle Shed]

A bluetooth speaker used in conjunction with your phone?

I have one of these and it's great:

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9220740?clickPR=pl...

Having said that I only paid £30.00 for it two weeks ago, so the price has shot up. Plenty to choose from at all budgets though.

[mikef]

Our builder used a Caterpillar-branded jobsite radio (other makes available). It went loud enough to hear over power tools, sounded OK and used an impressive amount of mains electricity

[smack]

A Makita/DeWalt/Milwaukee battery powered work site radio. If you are doing a big DIY job you are going to buy battery powered tools anyhow so don't piss about.

[Mr Pointy]

Someone posted this link on another thread - fill your boots:
https://www.powertoolmate.co.uk/power-tools/cordle...

[dickymint]

Sony 100XM3's I use them daily in a very noisy fabrication workshop. Noise canceling is superb with or without playing BBC Sounds on my phone.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

dickymint said:

Sony 100XM3's I use them daily in a very noisy fabrication workshop. Noise canceling is superb with or without playing BBC Sounds on my phone.

But surely they aren't any use an hearing protection really

[dickymint]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

But surely they aren't any use an hearing protection really

There are NC headphones on the market that are compliant to H and S standards because the volume side is choked down to a max 85db here's a good read on the topic.......

https://www.thenoisechap.com/headphones-as-hearing...

Without me digging into the specs of my Sony's I still bet that they would be compliant without a sound source placed at high levels.

Because I'm a sado I did a bit of a test a couple of moths ago for another thread. It shows the difference between NC off and NC on in the workshop using a microphone in one of the ear muffs...........

Headphones not switched on.



Headphones with NC on.

[xeny]

I'd get the cheapest Echo currently available and accept you bin it at the end of the project.

Voice control means it will get less filthy, gives you an intercom to the rest of the household to order tea and biscuits. I think there's some scope to make hands free phone calls as well to order building supplies that you've forgotten.

[cliffords]

Of course. I even have an old one. Problem solved

Fantastic Thank you