How to protect speakers from water spills?

I've never seen nor heard of any sort of speaker 'covers'... the best advice that you'll find around here is simply to keep liquids away from your machine. I 'drink and compute' but I always keep my beverage on another surface at least three feet away and when I want a sip, I turn to the right or left away from my computer. This has worked for me for years and years and I've yet to have a spill.

Just practice good habits and you'll be fine. You really don't want to do anything that would block air movement inside your machine.

Good luck,

Clinton

MacBook Pro (15” Late 2011), OS X 10.??, 16GB Crucial RAM, 960GB M500 Crucial SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display

Try to adapt a new habit, do not drink while using your MBP. There really is no method of water proofing your MBP. Spill something on it and suffer the consequences. It is not a question of how much is spilled. but where. If the MBP is in operation, a few drops of water in the right place can short out the MBP and you will essentially have to replace it.

Ciao.

As I said, I've never seen nor heard nor read of any speaker protection 'skin' or cover. And I do think (or I'm assuming) that the speaker grills do allow airflow to work as expected.

I have my coffee, right now, on a bookshelf about three feet away from my disk. I never place a liquid on the same surface as my MacBook Pro and generally just have to turn to the right a bit to take a sip of my beverages. I've never had any sort of any liquid damage to my computers - and I've had Apple computers since 1978. Never even a drip on any of my computers, tablets, etc.

Just practice keeping your beverage well away from the surface that your computer rests on, and taking a sip with caution and you should be fine.

Good luck,

Clinton

MacBook Pro (15” Late 2011), OS X 10.??, 16GB Crucial RAM, 960GB M500 Crucial SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display

What you may want to try is treat the surface of the speakers with hydrophobic coating.

The surface tension should prevent any liquid from entering the tiny holes, and flow to the nearest untreated surface. The only downside of this is making a routine out of reapplying the coating twice a year.

A classic is the stumbling-and-spilling-coffee-in-someones-lap cliché. I actually witnessed a variation on this in a restaurant, and it's very much a reality. Luckily most people don't actually rest their laptops on their laps. But it's already 2016, but you're still better safe than sorry.

Since I am accident prone, I never allow any liquid in the same room as my computer. If I need a drink, I get up and go to another room away from electronics. This serves two purposes--not only does it protect the computer but it gives me a break and some exercise as well.

In case you have not checked them out before ... Varidesk.com. accordian-style, flat against the desk or lifts a couple feet off the desk so you can stand and work with monitor/computer at arm height. May be more than you want to spend, but it is some exercise during the day.

The easiest solution to the problem is to keep liquids away from the computer but honestly drinking and computing just go together. I almost feel that programming without a cup of coffee is like programming with half a brain. So here’s my solution:

My computer is elevated off the desk by almost 10” which does double duty: it isolates the computer from the desk. I’d have to throw the coffee at it. Also it lifts the display to eye level which is ergonomically friendly. Of course this means I need a keyboard and mouse but that also has advantages. A keyboard and mouse are inexpensive to replace if/when I spill something and my keyboard now has a numeric keypad…yay!

You can purchase notebook risers for a few dollars up to lots of dollars or you can build one with just a bit of scrap wood…or just pile a couple of books up and put the computer on the books.