Waterproof Speaker - Say It Isn't So

[Glenn MacGrady]

I wonder why the need for "waterproof" speakers at all.

Waterproof, dustproof, sandproof, mudproof, connect wirelessly to your smartphone or tablet. Some can be used as charging banks for other electronic devices. Some are small enough to clip on your pack.

Take them to outdoor parties, picnics, beach, camping, backpacking, motor boating, yachting, and . . . obviously . . . on canoe and kayak trips to tick us off.

 

[stevet]

Probably originally intended for the beach goers. Those things are nearly as aggravating there as they are in the back country. And there are often multiples going at once.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

Is this any better? Paul Smiths College just spent $10,000 to build a giant megaphone to amplify outdoor sounds in the Adirondacks.

The noise of nature: Giant megaphone amplifies sounds of the Adirondack woods

A megaphone in the forest aims to create a deeper sensory experience in the outdoors. Our Alek LaShomb reports on the device that amplifies natural noise in New York's North Country.

www.wcax.com

 

[Art D]

Two weeks ago on the St. Croix here in Maine we passed by the Baby's Grave campsite where four kids in their 20s/30s were blasting Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" while preparing breakfast. We paddled just a little faster to make sure they didn't catch up to us.

 

[JCH_Ski]

Two weeks ago on the St. Croix here in Maine we passed by the Baby's Grave campsite where four kids in their 20s/30s were blasting Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" while preparing breakfast. We paddled just a little faster to make sure they didn't catch up to us.

Ah, yes. Nature lovers.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

four kids in their 20s/30s were blasting Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" while preparing breakfast.

Outré! That's obviously a 10pm to midnight type of song to blast.

 

[boy&hisdogs]

Even when I was an obnoxious teenager myself, I always HATED when people blasted music in public, especially in the woods.

If you have music in the woods you need to be making it yourself, and at a low volume.