The Curious Case of Centrios Floating Speaker

Armanstein — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:22:14 +0000

The Centrios Floating Speaker system from the description is a wireless speaker that can float in your pool. You have a base station where you can plug in your iPod and then the floating speaker part which can…float in the pool. Pretty cool right? Tunes in the pool (or bathtub if you really wanted).

The guys over at Butterscotch.com Gadget TV did a video review on it which I’ve embedded below:

So I was all excited when I first heard about a floating speaker, but after watching the video review I do have some doubts. They said that the top part of the speaker is not that waterproof. What!? Why the hell would you stick that in the pool then? Sure the bottom needs to be waterproof, but shouldn’t the whole thing? So unless you plan on putting this speaker in the pool when no one is swimming in the pool then it might be a good deal.

How much does it cost? MSRP is $99 Canadian (that’s like $5 US, right?) but doesn’t look like you can purchase in the United States. Though from my brief internet investigation it doesn’t look like you can buy it anywhere right now. Here’s what it looked like when it was listed in a store, thesource.ca (courtesy of google cache):

Great! It’s on sale for like 70% I’ll buy one! If you happen to click further you are greeted by:

That’s right “the requested product can not be found.” So this can only mean that maybe someone got electrocuted by the Floating Speaker and they had to pull it from all the stores…that’s the only logical explanation. So until they fix their waterproof issues it looks like no floating music for us…which does raise the question can’t we just put a stereo next to the pool?

If you are interested I did find the official product description:

Give your summer parties a kick with this wireless floating speaker from Centrios. It has a working distance of up to 30 metres in an open area, which is great for the backyard. You can use it anywhere; in your pool, hot tub, patio/ deck, your bathtub, etc. Thanks to the 3.5mm cable plug it’s compatible with your iPod, CD player, or MP3 player, and will charge your iPod whiles it’s connected.
iPod and MP3 player sold separately.

If your looking to kill yourself as you take a bath (remember the top of the speaker is not waterproof)…then the Centrios Floating Speaker is your dream come true.

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Fydelity Portable Stereo Speaker Backpack System

Armanstein — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:21:11 +0000

Backpacks Just Want to Have Fun

“I’m just having way too much fun. 2 weeks ago it was the bonfire at the beach, last week it was camping in Lake Tahoe, and this weekend it was the tailgating party at the football game. I’m exhausted! But living it up. So what about you? What’d you do this weekend?” Fydelity Day Tripper Stereo Backpack asked Logitech S120 2.0 Multimedia Speakers…

just another exciting day in the life of Fydelity, the Portable Stereo Backpack

“Oh well, you know. Same old stuff I do every weekend.”

“No, I don’t know. Tell me what did you do?”

“Hmm, well let’s see. I had a great conversation with Acer V193WB 19″ LCD Monitor. Did you know he was a Virgo? I couldn’t believe it. I always thought he was more a Taurus. Oh and then Sprinkles the cat came by to say hello, but then he peed on me. That wasn’t so cool. After that, I just kind of stared at the wall for 20 hours. All in all a pretty jam packed weekend if I don’t say so myself.”

“You are so lame, Logitech…so lame.” Fydelity Day Tripper said in disgust. “I understand why Sprinkles would pee on you. Someone really should stick you in a backpack. Then maybe you could be as cool as me.”

Overall FuncFash-ness: 5.5/10

Functional: 3.5/5 (great for impromptu dance raves in the street)
Fashionable: 2/5 (not the best looking bag out there)

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Where to Buy

Fydelity: Purple $50 (last updated July 16, 2009)

Features:

Built in speakers with 3 Watt amplifier
Uses 4 x AA Alkaline, Lithium or Rechargeable Batteries
8 hours of continuous non-lame playback
3.5 mm stereo audio input

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