Is It Safe to Listen to an iPod While Shoveling Snow?
Is It Safe to Listen to an iPod While Shoveling Snow?It’s going to be safe for you, of course, unless you get in the way of a snow plow that you don’t hear because your music is up so loud. For your iPod, though, it can sometimes be another matter, depending on the temperature and where you keep the iPod.Answer: Apple says that iPods operate best in temperatures between 32 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit (0 to 35 degrees C). Ideally, the company recommends that iPods be kept as close to room temperature (72 degrees F) as possible. Obviously that’s not possible when shoveling snow and, depending on the temperature of a given day, you may be heading out to shovel snow at less than 32 degrees F. But you don’t have to go without tunes (which, if you’ve got a lot of snow to shovel, can make the experience kind of boring). Instead, do this: Make sure your iPod is in a case. Snowy days are often moist days, especially if snow is melting on your body or you’re working up a sweat moving around a lot
