# WOW! This must be the toughest boombox out there **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100 "2004-09-26T01:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100/1 "2004-09-26T01:23:36Z")
I found it at Bosch Power Tool site [http://www.boschtools.com/Tools+and+Accessories/Tools/prod\_detail.htm?item\_no=PB10-CD](http://www.boschtools.com/Tools+and+Accessories/Tools/prod_detail.htm?item_no=PB10-CD) What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100/2 "2004-09-26T02:03:33Z")
Cool! I want one. I completely don’t need one, but I want one. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100/3 "2004-09-26T15:51:12Z")
[This](http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/tool_detail.asp?productID=8042) runs a close second, I think… But the Bosch is definitely cool… ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100/4 "2004-09-26T15:56:03Z")
:Reaching for my credit card to buy one online: :Remembering I don’t have the credit for it: Damn!! I want one!! That super cool!! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100/5 "2004-09-26T16:16:44Z")
About 20 years too late for me, but a good concept. I don’t know how many cheapo tape decks we went through on jobsites, but it has to be substantial. After about a week, the construction dust would turn the heads into 60-grit paper and erase half your tapes. I wonder if these new ones are any more airtight. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100/6 "2004-09-26T22:25:02Z")
Yeah, pretty much eveybody who makes cordless tools has one of these now. The Bosch is probably the coolest looking one, though. But, I doubt I’ll ever have any Bosch batteries to charge, so it’s DeWalt for me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100/7 "2004-09-26T22:29:47Z")
But the DeWalt can’t survive a ten-foot drop! And that antenna looks fragile! Go for the Bosch! ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100/8 "2004-09-27T00:30:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > About 20 years too late for me, but a good concept. I don’t know how many cheapo tape decks we went through on jobsites, but it has to be substantial. After about a week, the construction dust would turn the heads into 60-grit paper and erase half your tapes. I wonder if these new ones are any more airtight. According to a short write-up in this month’s issue of **Maxim**. “Whistle while you work, Snow White, with Bosch’s Power Box, an all-in-one tool power source and industrial work tunes dispenser. This14-inch, 22-pound cube packs and AM/FM stereo, a CD/MP3 player, and 4 110-volt outlets into a \*\*weatherproof alluminum-and-rubber shell \*\* that can withstand a 10-foot drop.” I really, really want one! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100/9 "2004-09-27T01:05:19Z")
Somebody needs to make PCs that look like that. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-must-be-the-toughest-boombox-out-there/266100/10 "2004-09-27T14:22:12Z")
I think I just had a religious experience. I would buy anything that looks like that. Hell, I’d buy a tampon dispenser if it looked like that.