Looking to buy one of these for use around the house, but I’m not overly knowledgeable about them.
The Bose Soundlink Flex seems to have good reviews from the bit of research that I’ve done, but any recommendations from you guys on good ones to buy?
I really like the JBL speakers. The “Go” is pretty impressive for its size and price. But the “Charge” really rocks. Easily runs for a whole evening AND night with one charge and has great base.
Charge 5 here as well. Would buy it again. Sounds fantastic considering how small it is.
Surely it’s no Hi-Fi device, but for a mobile speaker it’s more than enough.
I’ll second JBL. I have two FLIP 5’s and they are loud, have partyboost mode, or stereo mode, and last all day long.
Just looked up the Charge 5 and there was a comparison video with the Soundlink and the Charge sounded miles better.
Obviously, you can’t really judge until you hear it in person but there was quite a difference.
If you’re after the best budget one, I picked up this one for £59 after reading good reviews on Reddit
https://www.myearfun.com/uk/speakers/earfun-uboom-l-portable-waterproof-bluetooth-speakers-black
It might need a firmware update to get the best sound, but imo it sounds as good as my 10 year old Bose, and much better than my ultimate ears wonderboom
I bought one of these a couple years ago and it still lasts 12+ hours streaming internet radio from my iPad at work. Sounds great for background music in a shop. I love how sturdy it feels and the handle is great. I call it “Nintendo plastic” cuz it feels indestructible like the OG Nintendo controllers.
Soundcore Anker Motion Boom Outdoor Speaker https://a.co/d/7ptVcCe
Just to clarify… I work 12hr shifts and it still has about 40% battery left at the end of the day.
The last time I bought one, I selected a “Polaris V8” for using a removable 18650 battery. I wish that was more common.
- Runtime: infinite (just bring spares)
- Charge time: 10 seconds or so to swap the battery
- Service life due to the battery wearing out: infinite
- Service life due to being a janky no-name product: 3-4 years
So that last bit was disappointing.
Removable lithium batteries like 18650 or 21700 are not really a thing (except for a few hobbies) because they’re inherently dangerous and not a single respectable cell manufacturer sells them directly to end users (you can still buy them from unauthorized sellers though).
You can put your AA battery in the pocket with your keys and nothing scary will happen. Put there a 18650 cell and you might die from severe burns. So yeah, replaceable 18650 are awesome, but we’ll never see them because people are dumb AF.
Untrue. I use them for 10+ years for anything that’s possible (flashlights, powerbank and anything you can power with it) and they’re not dangerous if you follow SIMPLE rules. About as dangerous as a bottle of vinegar. And you can perfectly buy good cells for any application, Sony vtc5 or vtc6 are two examples, never buy cheap ones and NEVER buy from shady sellers. And btw: you shouldn’t put any battery to your keys in your pocket, that is called “stooo-pid” and makes little black holes in your thighs.
They’re very common in flashlights, including mainstream brands based in the USA (Streamlight, Surefire) and in a bunch of stuff from the Alibaba to Amazon pipeline. The former uses cells with added protection circuits, and such models will accept generic third-party cells. I’m a bit surprised I don’t hear about the latter exploding on a regular basis, but I have not.
Li-ion cells with protection circuits are safe enough for the average adult to handle without any special instruction; the risks are no different from the removable proprietary Li-ion battery packs that are common in power tools, and used to be common in laptops. There isn’t a safety reason preventing their use in other electronics like Bluetooth speakers, though the business incentive to produce a more disposable product is obvious. New EU rules mandate user-replaceable batteries in the future, though I imagine manufacturers will find ways to make it proprietary and expensive if they can.
A Bluetooth receiver and then good normal speakers.
