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AreDub
Trending Lyricist I
February 1, 2018
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Is the Sonos One dust-resistant enough to be used in a garage workshop?

I'd love to use a Sonos One in my garage where I do all kinds of stuff—the messiest being woodworking. I've got an air filter, but plenty of sawdust can settle. Assuming I don't care how gray the cloth cover looks from all the sawdust, will the Sonos One be able to have a long life in such conditions?

I'd position it high and out of the way, with mostly just the front exposed, so the dust is can be minimized. I can also clean it regularly with compressed air. Any thoughts on the One's survivability and how I could protect it more?

The only reason why I'm thinking about this is because of what I've read about the One's resistance to moisture. I figure if it can keep out moisture, it can keep out dust!

Thanks in advance!
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Ryan S
Ryan SAnswer
Retired Sonos Staff
February 2, 2018
The Sonos One is humidity resistant and has some good particle resistance as well. Officially, we don't recommend this use, but I think it will be alright. I'd also suggest at least giving it a cover of some sort.

The speaker itself would hold up better to sawdust than the microphones. Just like on a phone, the holes could get plugged up and make them hard of hearing, or in the worst case, a small enough particle could get in there just in the wrong way and damage a microphone.

Very fine particles would be a concern in the long term. If you decided to try it out, don't use compressed air to clean off the top of the unit, as it could force particles into the microphones. Instead, just wipe it off with a clean dry cloth. The warranty for the player covers manufacturer defects, damage caused by dust may not be covered.
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Keithmac
Virtuoso
February 5, 2018
Would yoj not be better off with a Play:1 if you're not interested in voice control, plus the Play:1 has a threaded boss in the back which makes mounting more secure.
AreDubAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
February 5, 2018
Is there another reason other than price (and the mount)? Does the Play:1 have the same TuneIn radio feature? I'm hoping "they" will make Alexa work with a user's music library one day.
Ryan S
Ryan S
Retired Sonos Staff
February 5, 2018
Currently, they have the same features, aside from the microphones. That may change in the future as the Sonos One is far newer and may get features at some point that the PLAY:1 doesn't have the requirements for. There's nothing we've announced specifically on that front, but the Sonos One is more "future proof" as they say.
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airforceteacher
airforceteacher
Headliner I
February 6, 2018
I hadn't even thought about dust - my Play5 Gen2 is in my garage.
AreDubAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
February 23, 2018
Update: I'm using a piece of plastic wrap to cover only the top of the Sonos One, secured with a rubber band. And for now, I'm using the cloth bag the Sonos One came in as a cover. It's a little thick for the heat of summer, but fine for now. I'll pick up some more lightweight fabric and make a copy soon, but the sound is such an upgrade over what I was using before, it's not a huge problem. It's actually nice to know the sound will get even better when I do make a thinner cover for it.
    Stanley_4
    Stanley_4
    Grand Maestro
    February 24, 2018
    Amazon has a wide selection of speaker fabric and foam that should have little impact on the sound, you may find it locally too.

    Fabric: https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1

    Foam: https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1
      AreDubAuthor
      Trending Lyricist I
      February 24, 2018
      Thank you for waking me up to the fact that (of course) there are specific fabrics for this. Will be sure to get some of that. (Those links are no good, but I got the idea!)
        Stanley_4
        Stanley_4
        Grand Maestro
        February 25, 2018
        No idea what happened to the links, try a search for "speaker grill cloth" and "speaker grill foam" and you should get some results.

        I have made a dust resistant grill for other speakers similar to Sonos 1s by making a tube of the stretchy cloth slightly smaller than the speaker with a 1/4 inch overlap over the speaker's top and bottom to hold it in place.
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