satellite radio or powered portable speaker?

[tree]

I have been using a dewalt portable radio for years while camping. but the quality of sound is not the best. and with the kids in college using all my phone plan data when Wi-Fi is not avail is making me think about installing the new xm command touch satellite radio and a Bose powered speaker in the camper. but I listen outside a lot. too many wires on the xm. need portable. what does everybody else use? I have a week long camping trip in Feb. "king of the hammers"

 

[Smokecreek1]

You know for years all I had was my old "super radio"to get the local weather and my SF Giants/49ers; sometimes I got something, sometimes, I didn't! This summer I got a Sirius XM sat. radio SD2 portable speaker dock. As long as keep the batteries good and make sure that I have a clear southern view(real important), I get my games/music etc., because I too, like to sit/work outside the pop-up and listen! When it's time to go inside, I just pick up the dock, go inside and plug her into the socket and again if I have a southern view I continue to get good reception. FYI-I go through an 8 battery pack per trip(about 2 weeks out of a month). I have the stuff to hook it up to the truck radio, but never have-to lazy! For local stuff, though I still depend on my old "super radio". That help?

Smoke

 

[Stalking Light]

I have 3000+ songs on my iPhone and a bluetooth speaker that I use, although when I'm boondocking I mostly listen to the quiet.

 

[Smokecreek1]

I have 3000+ songs on my iPhone and a bluetooth speaker that I use, although when I'm boondocking I mostly listen to the quiet.

Me too-like it natural-but gotta listen to my sports if the Giants are doing good-I know a failing on my part !

Smoke

 

[BFH4N]

The Grundig G8 portable radio is small and really pulls in FM stations. It runs on three AA batteries, but could be connected to 12 Volts with an appropriate (6-Volt) adaptor. Sound quality from the single small speaker isn't very good for music -- external speakers would be an improvement. I use it to listen to news on NPR and it's great for that. I don't use it much, tho, preferring the natural sounds of wherever I am.

- Bernard

 

[tree]

maybe im getting older, but im starting to like the quiet also. thanksgiving trip was first outing with the hawk, and some friends shown up with a karaoke speaker, and the other on a Harley. quiet time was over. this next trip is a bit crowded with 60k people. but the sound of horsepower in the distance. I cant wait to get back to my solo trips soon. I might sell the dewalt radio and invest in the Bose sound link 3 today. I have Bose in the garage/shop and I am happy with their products. but xm is on my maybe list for the future.

 

[Taku]

We have portable speakers. Use them very little, usually only after being on the road for over two weeks. Prefer the quiet.

 

[Bill D]

I have been using a dewalt portable radio for years while camping. but the quality of sound is not the best. and with the kids in college using all my phone plan data when Wi-Fi is not avail is making me think about installing the new xm command touch satellite radio and a Bose powered speaker in the camper. but I listen outside a lot. too many wires on the xm. need portable. what does everybody else use? I have a week long camping trip in Feb. "king of the hammers"

If you already have this kind of tech, consider a 3 month free subscription to Apple Music. As long as you stay subscribed ($10/mo) you can download content locally onto your device for the times that you do not have Wi-Fi access.

Give it a try and see how it works for you before you spend your $

There are plenty of water resistant bluetooth speaker options if you move forward in this direction.

 

[tree]

If you already have this kind of tech, consider a 3 month free subscription to Apple Music. As long as you stay subscribed ($10/mo) you can download content locally onto your device for the times that you do not have Wi-Fi access.

Give it a try and see how it works for you before you spend your $

There are plenty of water resistant bluetooth speaker options if you move forward in this direction.

wow, scary, you read my mind, I was actually on iTunes when you posted this. I tried it for free last year. and I did upload most of the songs to stay away from data usage. I have 32gigs for my family plan but the 2 college daughters rob that data fast LOL. so I think im going back to iTunes unlimited. and with the bose soundlink 3, so I can use at home, work, inside camper, and outside camper. problem solved. and I thank you for the ideas.

 

[Bill D]

We use Apple Music all the time while camping and driving. No kids to steal our data and we usually have a cell signal so streaming works out fine for us. Audio isn't too hard on the data plan whereas video is killer. I do keep some stuff on our devices for when we are out of range. Seems to work well for us.

32GB is a lot of data.

If you have iPhones there is a cool app called my data manager. I'm picky about apps, they need to be simple and useful for me to recommend them. Anyhow it does a great job of monitoring your data usage, giving notification, setting daily, monthly budgets etc. It might be something you check out and suggest your daughters install.

 

[2thdr]

My experience with teens, millennials and phone plan data is that unless I physically restrict them via Verizon's tools, all the monitoring in the world is worthless. But I agree, 32 GB is ridiculously gluttonous.

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[Bombsight]

I'm using my iphone 6+ with the Bose Soundlink 3 in my Hawk and my ipod pretty much stays in the Denali center console for road rockin'.

I love Apple products!

 

[Yukon]

Last summer I installed an automotive stereo (radio, CD player, USB input) in a box I built. Speakers built right into the water cabinet. GREAT sound (but not intended for listening outside). I have an antenna. I am currently loading hundreds of songs on a USB stick that I plan to take along. I agree with several others....I don't care for blasting the music outside unless there is no one else around to bother. Love all the different approaches folks have.

 

[tree]

I'm using my iphone 6+ with the Bose Soundlink 3 in my Hawk and my ipod pretty much stays in the Denali center console for road rockin'.

I love Apple products!

I tried the soundlink mini 2 and the 3 lastnight. the 2 seems like a better sound. but less volume than the 3. I adjusted the eq on the iphone. so the dewalt sounds a little better. still have not made a final decision yet. LOL

 

[Stalking Light]

My bluetooth speaker is an ecoxgear ecopebble and it has a decent sound inside the camper, haven't tried it outside though.