Does anyone actually use bathroom bluetooth speakers?

Seems pointless and inconvenient for me as they usually seem to be poor quality, and can you really listen to music in the shower, and are you showering long enough to benefit from it?

Or do you own one and use for a different purpose, like swimming or Kayaking?

Appoxo,
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Using a regular Anker BT speaker. Does it’s job and sits on the sink playing music while I shower.

null,

Every single shower. I fire up whatever podcast I’m in the middle of and between the shower, towelling off, moisturizing, and whatever else, it’s long enough to be worthwhile.

MrShankles,

I have an umbrella with a Bluetooth speaker. It even allows phone calls while using it. No idea why it’s a thing, but I found it could be fun to use as a rave-toy thing. Just gotta add some LED lights and choreography!

INHALE_VEGETABLES,

Only so they can’t hear me cry

LaunchesKayaks,
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I got a super high quality one at my work Xmas party last year. The Bluetooth in my car broke, so I keep the speaker in my car so I can jam while driving. It’s nice.

vivadanang,

Haha I used to. True story, my wife got me one in 2015 for my bathroom - built into the exhaust fan - I listen to the news while I shower in the morning.

Six months later, over at the neighbor’s house across the street for a block party, and someone asks “Hey, anyone know who’s blasting NPR at 4am every day?”

Turns out the exhaust fan taking the shower moisture out basically turned into a speaker cone and for months everyone on the street was waking up pissed off lol. Replaced with a regular fan and separate speaker, no more complaints.

Wahots,
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That’s kind of amazing, actually, haha.

nitefox,

Did they ever find out it was you?

vivadanang,

Yeah I totally came clean, partially because I couldn’t really believe it - the bathroom I use is in the basement - but the vent goes out the same spot as the laundry exhaust and damn… I went and turned it on and it was clear over the block party :| everyone laughed :).

Also live in a place where most sleep with the windows open - I don’t think it was ever in much doubt heh. I’ve got pretty cool neighbors.

Franzia,

I know great (not excellent) sound quality and Bluetooth devices can be very good! I have a JBL Flip, and I have bone conduction headphones, and I have some Bluetooth earbuds. All are pretty good, but the bone conductions are my favorite.

stolid_agnostic,

I did before Google sent me a free Google Home. Before that I played music from a beat up tablet I just kept in the bathroom.

VelvetStorm,

I just use my phone to listen to podcasts or a book while in the shower.

synae,
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Yea I start playing music from my phone as soon as I’m awake enough to figure out what I want to listen to. It helps me fully wake up a bit quicker. After shower, etc I change it to cast to my living room speaker system, or back to my phone (+headphones) if I’m going out.

SamXavia,
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I personally just use my phone speakers, but I can see the benefit of not risking your device next to the bath or shower.

QuarterSwede,
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JBL Flip 5 is what I use. Great for podcasts and easily too loud if I want it to be. I love using it.

toofpic,

JBL Charge 3 does great for me, both as “outdoors” and “bath” speaker.

Tippon,

I use a cheap little speaker pretty much every time I shower, but I tend to listen to music whenever I’m getting ready anyway. Because it’s a cheap one, the sound isn’t amazing, but when I’m in the shower the other noises drown a lot of the sound out anyway, so it doesn’t really matter.

I’m disabled though, so I tend to get in the shower after my wife and kid have left the house, and I take a while. If I shower in the morning, my washing and dressing routine can take close to an hour, so it’s not like I’m jumping in and out before the first song has the chance to finish.

I hadn’t thought of listening to a podcast or audiobook while I’m getting ready though, so that might be worth a try :)

TheRealKuni,

Nothing wakes me up better than singing in the shower. So…hell yeah I have a Bluetooth speaker in my shower. I also like podcasts some days.

It’s a cheap Chinese nonsense brand 20W waterproof portable speaker, sound quality is remarkable considering it was like $20, and it has served me well for over five years.

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