Hi Grant and others,
I am using the Outdoor Technology “Buckshot” speaker. It is still Bluetooth 2.1, but it has very good battery life and it has volume controls and you can Play/Pause and Answer/Hangup a call as it also has a microphone. Just like its big brother the Turtleshell, the Buckshot is ruggedized, it has a rubber cover and is IPX7 water resistant which means it can rain on it all day without a problem. As for the form factor, it is indeed shaped like a large shotgun shell, 3.5 inches long and 1.5 inches thick. It is round as in a cylinder shapeOne end has the speaker and the other end has the controls and the cover which closes off the charging port. Suggested retail is $50 US and I sell these at my store although I am currently out of stock. Maybe David from New Zealand will chime in and give his review since I recently sent him a Turtleshell 2 and a Buckshot. I had a sewing shop make up a little holster for me which is a wide piece of Velcro which wraps around the shoulder strap of my backpack. To this they sewed a loop of approx. 1.5 or 2 inch wide elastic material and I can slip the Buckshot into this loop so that it sits vertically against the strap of my backpack at about the hight of my chest. I can move it up or down a bit, but I attach it with the speaker pointing up so that it is almost as high as my shoulder and it is plenty loud. The speaker weighs just over 5 ounces and it’s the most compact model I could find and of course being made for true outdoor use doesn’t hurt. Only disadvantage is that you can’t activate SIRI with it although I could swear that when I first got it I thought I did this and it worked, but I must have been mistaken because I can’t get it to work any more. Anyhow, not that big a deal to reach into one’s pocket and press the home key and then speak through the speaker’s microphone. I find that if I am somewhere without too many people and I don’t mind having a call on speaker it is OK for a shorter call and the quality is not bad. But of course you can always answer a call on your phone and since the call is routed to the device where you answered it there is no harm in having the speaker on. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Feliciano G Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 4:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Small speaker recommendations for GPS navigation I have tried to use that external speaker with the iPhone while using iOS applications, and it doesn't work out well. It seems as if the iPhone doesn't amplify the speaker well enough. I had once thought about purchasing a external speaker for this same reason. However, I like how some applications implement menu controls while using the remote on a headset. When using navigation application, I only use one earbud. I remove it when crossing streets though. Curious on what people suggest. Regards, Feliciano Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jun 19, 2014, at 1:23 PM, "Grant Hardy" <grantha...@outlook.com <mailto:grantha...@outlook.com> > wrote: Hi all, One thing I find very appealing about products like the Trekker Breeze, is the small loudspeaker that can be clipped to a shirt collar or shoulder strap to make the audible directions easier to hear. With apps like Seeing Eye GPS or the excellent BlindSquare, I find the GPS experience pretty good on my iPhone except for the fact that I don’t have a perfect setup for hearing the directions. I currently walk with one ear bud in my ear, but obviously this isn’t ideal. To be honest, I’ve tried bone conduction headphones and while I’m sure they work great for some, they just aren’t my cup of tea. Are there any ultra-portable speakers that people have found effective for this situation? 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