3 Shower Sound Systems That Beat Your Clunky Old Radio
Stream music, radio and podcasts — and even take phone calls — right in your shower, with wireless and water-resistant sound systems
Waterproof sound systems for listening to music and radio in the shower have been around for decades. First came waterproof radios. Then waterproof CD players. And, of course, now people listen via gadgets linked to smart phones over a wireless Bluetooth connection.
Wireless gadgets offer a major upgrade in the quality of shower-based programming, and for several reasons. First, you can listen to a far wider range of content, including live-streaming morning news programming. Second, you won’t miss any phone alerts, alarms or incoming calls. (One product, detailed below, even lets you answer those calls.) And finally, there’s the continuation factor — the shower sound can be a continuation of whatever you were listening to before and after your shower. The great thing about Bluetooth is that any Bluetooth-capable device will connect.
Here are three low-cost and innovative solutions to the First World–est of problems: how to play music and listen to the news while you’re in the shower.
Wireless gadgets offer a major upgrade in the quality of shower-based programming, and for several reasons. First, you can listen to a far wider range of content, including live-streaming morning news programming. Second, you won’t miss any phone alerts, alarms or incoming calls. (One product, detailed below, even lets you answer those calls.) And finally, there’s the continuation factor — the shower sound can be a continuation of whatever you were listening to before and after your shower. The great thing about Bluetooth is that any Bluetooth-capable device will connect.
Here are three low-cost and innovative solutions to the First World–est of problems: how to play music and listen to the news while you’re in the shower.
iShower
The iShower is a water-resistant Bluetooth music system that can connect to up to five phones or tablets streaming music.
One interesting feature is that iShower has the ability to connect with phones pretty far away — up to 200 feet, according to the manufacturer. You should be able to leave your phone on the other side of the house playing, then when you turn on the iShower in the bathroom, you’ll pick up the sound stream.
Unlike the Moxie, the iShower has controls for volume, next track, play and pause.
One interesting feature is that iShower has the ability to connect with phones pretty far away — up to 200 feet, according to the manufacturer. You should be able to leave your phone on the other side of the house playing, then when you turn on the iShower in the bathroom, you’ll pick up the sound stream.
Unlike the Moxie, the iShower has controls for volume, next track, play and pause.
Hipe Waterproof Bluetooth Shower Speaker
The Hipe Waterproof Bluetooth Stereo Shower Speaker is a low-cost, easy-to-use shower speaker. It doesn’t need to be installed like the Kohler Moxie, nor affixed like the iShower. Instead, it hooks on the shower nozzle like a clothes hanger. That makes it great for travel or moving from one bathroom to another.
The Hipe’s battery is rechargeable; it lasts 25 hours on a charge, according to the company. The speaker is less waterproof than others. It is not meant to be submerged in water but can handle normal shower splashing.
The Hipe does normal Bluetooth streaming of music and other audio. But it also does something unique: It acts as a speakerphone for phone calls.
That’s right! Now when the phone rings, you can answer the call and have your conversation while you’re in the shower.
Tell us: Would you?
The Hipe’s battery is rechargeable; it lasts 25 hours on a charge, according to the company. The speaker is less waterproof than others. It is not meant to be submerged in water but can handle normal shower splashing.
The Hipe does normal Bluetooth streaming of music and other audio. But it also does something unique: It acts as a speakerphone for phone calls.
That’s right! Now when the phone rings, you can answer the call and have your conversation while you’re in the shower.
Tell us: Would you?
The downside is that there are no controls on the speaker itself. You’ve got to get all that set before getting in.
The speaker’s battery lasts more than seven hours on a charge, according to the manufacturer. You recharge it via a USB connector.
The Kohler Moxie is available in white or chrome.