Music: Wireless Headsets: Ipods what do you guys do for Music?

[jpw0504]

I use a braven brv-1 portable bluetooth speaker its waterproof and shock proof I bungee or zip tie it to the rops I can hear it over the tractor fine

 

[countrybumpkin]

I ended up installing a stereo and switch panel the other day , I hooked up two speakers to the front outputs and a head phone jack to the two rear outputs. I also have a switch that turns off the two speakers if I choose to while using the head phones.

 

[Johnnybee]

Might be a little much for most but all our guys have brain buckets with 3M earmuffs with Sena bluetooth coms mounted in them. The bluetooth is great and the intercom ability is priceless. Similar to this but we pieced it together ourselves:

https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=497&item=7988

Amazon.com: Sena SMH10-11 Motorcycle Bluetooth Headset/Intercom with Universal Microphone Kit: Automotive

 

[kneedeep]

QUOTE=herringchoker;3918651]I don't need a radio. I sing to myself, I talk to myself, I even answer back. :confused2:[/QUOTE]

ME TOO!! :confused2:

:wave:[

 

[aczlan]

i have played from a mp3 player in my pocket to headphones. in some cases i use the small earbuds that fit the ear good.. then put a pair of shooting muffs with deep and soft full ear covering pads on.

I have a ipod shuffle that someone gave me at one point and it mounts to the top of my earmuffs. I then have a pair of speakers (from a pair of headphones) stuck into the inside of the earmuffs and off I go. I can reach the ipod any time and almost never have to fumble around trying to change tracks.
A picture of my setup:


Aaron Z

 

[wtcross]

check out the Samsung Circle, wireless Bluetooth from my phone to ears. they are a bit pricey, but very good. One charge lasts about 7 hours and they let me know when I get messages or phone calls

 

[Wagtail]

This is not helpful to the main point of the thread, but I think it's worth saying.

I wear ear protection, either muffs for most jobs or foam plugs AND muffs while bushhogging. I don't need or want music for a couple of reasons:

1. I want to be able to hear my machine working. Often the first clue that something isn't right is a sound.

2. I don't want the distraction. It's easy enough to get complacent and do something stupid even when paying attention to the job at hand.

And don't even get me started on the phone thing. I HATE TELEPHONES. Between the Navy and various jobs in maintenance, I was shackled to a phone 24/7 for most of 40 years. If I NEVER speak on a telephone again, it'll be a day too soon. One of the main benefits of being out on the tractor is the chance to get away from it all.

JMHO, YMMV.

I understand what you're saying Mate, and I agree with your 2 points (I'm retired Navy too).

However I would have to disagree about the mobile-phone; for me, it's a safety device & therefore a necessary evil as we tend to operate our tractor, chainsaw, log splitter, etc... alone. I have mine with me for an emergency.

 

[Sysop]

Get a proper tractor, work it properly, keep the phone in your back pocket under your butt. You will never hear it or feel it vibrate (proper tractor working properly will drown out both the vibrator and the ringer), but it is there if needed.

As far as tunes, I listen to the wonderful character of the Perkins style sounds that echoes from under my hood.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Get a proper tractor, work it properly, keep the phone in your back pocket under your butt. You will never hear it or feel it vibrate (proper tractor working properly will drown out both the vibrator and the ringer), but it is there if needed.

As far as tunes, I listen to the wonderful character of the Perkins style sounds that echoes from under my hood.

I agree with your philosophy, but I doubt my phone would last 10 minutes between my butt, and the tractor seat... Know what I mean ?

 

[PeterK]

Been using earbuds and a MP3 playtr for music. Trouble with the earbuds is the cord, even inside my shirt it gets in the way sometimes and pulls the earbuds right out of my ears. So I switched to these earmuffs Howard Leight | Sync Radio Ear Muffs & Ear Protection Headphones
I have the one with no radio, just built-in speaker wired to my MP3, and with full hearing protection I can still hear the engine and noises. I see now they have models with mics and such. Mine were around $30 and worth way more IMO.

As for cell phones, at 62 I just bought a Tracfone smart phone for my own safety at the urging of family after my wife passed away in September. I would only use it to call out for emergencies but I have several apps that are good on it already. I also HATE cell phones and how they have crippled progress. I am the last hold out in my circle as everybody would vaporize if their cells were taken from them. I think it's really weird, funny how the world revolves around their thumbs and smart phones.

So I guess my new Tracfone will become my go to MP3 player when I'm out in the field or woods working alone. Now I'll have to remember to turn airplane mode OFF when I go out and need to make that emergency call. I can see it now "He dropped his cell and was trying to get hold of as it fell and then he got tangled in the machinery trying to catch it." SURE HOPE NOT!