Do you listen to music in your shop? If so, what do you use to play the music?
I enjoy listening to music CDs and sometimes the radio. About a year ago, I bought the cheapest boombox with a CD player that I could find at Walmart. A few months later, it failed, and Walmart would not do anything about it because I could not find the receipt to show its age. I bought another last December and put the receipt in the battery compartment.
That second CD player failed two days ago. Two of them have failed in less than a year.
Do NOT buy this: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Blackweb-Bluetooth-CD-Player-with-FM-Radio-Red-and-Black/520472937
Cordless would be extra nice. I have the old Craftsman 19.2 volt "C3" system for my cordless tools. Unfortunately, CD players that run on C3 batteries are not available, the radios with bluetooth are way overpriced when you find one, and none of them is being made any more.
I am looking for an inexpensive, but reliable CD player with AM/FM radio that I can use in the shop and outside in good weather. Bluetooth would be a nice add-on, but is not essential. Cordless would be extra nice, but I would probably have to choose my next cordless tool system. The dust environment is not excessive, a consumer device would be fine as long as it is reliable under normal conditions.
-> Can you recommend an inexpensive consumer boombox that will play CDs and last longer than a few months?
-> If you were buying one of those chunky-looking music players designed to run from power tool batteries, which one would you recommend? Yeah, those are not as inexpensive as the consumer products. I wonder whether they are actually more durable.
I enjoy listening to music CDs and sometimes the radio. About a year ago, I bought the cheapest boombox with a CD player that I could find at Walmart. A few months later, it failed, and Walmart would not do anything about it because I could not find the receipt to show its age. I bought another last December and put the receipt in the battery compartment.
That second CD player failed two days ago. Two of them have failed in less than a year.
Do NOT buy this: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Blackweb-Bluetooth-CD-Player-with-FM-Radio-Red-and-Black/520472937
Cordless would be extra nice. I have the old Craftsman 19.2 volt "C3" system for my cordless tools. Unfortunately, CD players that run on C3 batteries are not available, the radios with bluetooth are way overpriced when you find one, and none of them is being made any more.
I am looking for an inexpensive, but reliable CD player with AM/FM radio that I can use in the shop and outside in good weather. Bluetooth would be a nice add-on, but is not essential. Cordless would be extra nice, but I would probably have to choose my next cordless tool system. The dust environment is not excessive, a consumer device would be fine as long as it is reliable under normal conditions.
-> Can you recommend an inexpensive consumer boombox that will play CDs and last longer than a few months?
-> If you were buying one of those chunky-looking music players designed to run from power tool batteries, which one would you recommend? Yeah, those are not as inexpensive as the consumer products. I wonder whether they are actually more durable.