I would like to listen to pod casts in my potting shed

alicef

I'm trying to figure out the best tech solution and being MSE I don't want to send a fortune and I'm not fussed on branded stuff. 

Criteria as follows:

I want to listen to podcasts whilst working in potting shed and also outdoors.

We live in a rural area - i.e. can get broadband over copper

I prefer to have comfortable ear buds without having dangling wires as I won't, necessarily, have a pocket to put a device in.

What sort of thing should I be looking at?

Peter999_2

A mobile phone would do the trick.      Whenever I listen to podcasts my phone downloads them locally so you don't need an internet connection to actually listen to them.   Just download them in the house to the phone and use cheap bluetooth earphones.    

Sarahspangles

I use bluetooth sports earbuds, as they stay put for things like gardening and cleaning (they connect together with a lead round the back of your neck and when you take them out of your ear the buds clip together magnetically). You can get in-ear ones for under £40. My current set are Shokz OpenRun Mini which are bone-conduction, they were about £110 but are lasting well. These are great as you can also hear what's going on around you, it's like having a radio playing in your head.  

 

alicef

Thank you @Peter999_2 & @Sarahspangles  It looks like I may have to finally upgrade my phone.  

Murmansk

You could equally well use a tablet if you want one or have one - and that might have better sound quality too if you wanted to listen via its own speaker rather than headphones. Also, you can get cheap Bluetooth speakers which have remarkably good sound quality and could easily fill a shed with sound!

outtatune

What phone do you have at the moment? Pretty much any smartphone can cope with podcasts. The only proviso is how much storage space you'll need for your backlogs of episodes - I currently have almost 3000 that I've not got round to listening to!

alicef

@Murmansk Good point I do have a big river  tablet - I'll need to see if I can download a podcast to it - don't see why not. Also need to check out range with bluetooth as I would like to walk outside of potting shed into veg patch etc.
@outtatune I have an old Doro phone - I cant access the web on it.
 

EnPointe

a reasonably up to  date mobile phone    either with a decent  data plan if you have a good  mobile signal at home / down  the shed  ( ofr if you have the want/ need  get a  tablet with a sim slot and a good data plan  for that sim ) 

or extend your wifi coverage to the shed from the house  if  needed  with either a  strategically located Wifi booster in the home or  by a wired  ( or   ethernet over powerline)   extension to an AP in the Shed if there is power  and use either a resonably up to date  smart phone or a tablet with wifi 

alternatively download the podcast to the device in the house  and listen to it from the  saved copy on the phone/ tablet 

Murmansk

I'd imagine your headphones will work via Bluetooth as you need if the distance isn't too great and the wooden shed shouldn't present too much of a barrier to the signal

moneysaver1978

How’s the Wi-Fi signal? Is a smart speaker an option?

alicef

@Murmansk the potting shed is single brick - but I guess that won't make much difference? 

@moneysaver1978 the Wi-Fi signal isn't that great - we do have a booster upstairs.  What is a smartspeaker?  I prefer to have noise cancelling earbuds; as I become more ancient I'm less tolerant of background noise.

I'm going to start by downloading a podcast to my tablet and then try with my current earbuds, (which I use with my laptop), to see how I get on - I've got time to do this Friday.