In past years, I had purchased cheap boomboxes so that if one got splashed or accidentally went overboard it could be thrown away and only be a waste of $15 or $20

Boomboxes are actually harder to find than what I thought, when I set out to buy one for my son

It's the most expensive boombox I've ever bought (I'm a cheapskate), but I got tired of replacing my cheap boomboxes after they broke and having to listen to them at half volume because of awful sound and distortion.

The old cheap boomboxes we used to get could never get a station

and dust that have killed regular boomboxes

Most boomboxes last about 6 months poolside; in contrast, the two H10's lasted for more than two years of daily (Monday through Friday) use; then their CD players stopped working at about the same time.