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  • Which Bluetooth Speaker gets the STW seal of approval?
  • franksinatra
    Full Member

    My current speaker is giving up the ghost. I’m after something smallish (no bigger than a can of coke, preferably smaller), good battery life, robust (no need to be waterproof but should be able to take a few knocks) mini USB charging and nice depth of sound.

    Budget around £50, I know I am not going to get brain melting sound quality for that but any recommendations?

    Ta

    stumpy01
    Full Member

    It’s not coke can shaped, but the Anker A7908 (I think that’s the number) is a great speaker and can be had on Amazon for about £25.

    smokey_jo
    Full Member

    Jbl Flip 3 is good…

    aracer
    Free Member

    One of these here – http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016MO90GW

    no bigger than a Coke can and sounds decent to my ears, incredible battery life and has put up with me so far, seems robust enough – not convinced you’ll get much better if you pay more

    preciousmetals
    Free Member

    If you want to spend even less at around £5-15 then Technika from Tesco’s own brands do good kit for the money.

    I now have a Bose and although yes it’s goldenly good, I would have a technika anyday again due to durability and longevity of a single charge.

    The Bose cost me £179 iirc with cover which imo is bit keen, still cheaper at the tume than a beats crappymcdappy at £310! :O

    tang
    Free Member

    Minirig.

    Stoner
    Free Member

    flip 2 are great, but about £70 for a discoutned one now.

    Have also recently got a TDK one that is surprisingly good.

    http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/product_detail/15981/TDK-A28-Trek-Flex-Weather-Proof-Bluetooth-Wireless-Speaker/

    more the size of an insulated coffee mug than a coke can though.,

    j2b2
    Free Member

    Logitech Mini Boom 🙂
    Had mine for years and everyone who hears it is pleasantly surprised.
    However, might try this next time:
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Splashproof-Outdoor-Wireless-Bluetooth-Rechargeable/dp/B00P2FTL62/

    TheFlyingOx
    Full Member

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00X9JJ3CU

    I got one of these recently to take on holiday and it is excellent. Nice rich sound for the size (it is very slightly bigger than a coke can but smaller than a Sky remote) with noticeable bass, it’s splashproof, and I charged it a grand total of once over the course of 2 weeks. Probably 14 hours music from one charge I reckon.

    clodhopper
    Free Member

    Heard quite a few; the JBL Flip 3 is my favourite by some margin. Water-resistant, tough outer casing, ‘coke-can shaped’, great battery life, great sound for such a tiny speaker, and available in a range of colours. Available for around £70 if you catch the good deals. Sub £50 speakers are generally a bit shit ime.

    benp1
    Full Member

    I really rate my JBL Flip 2, try the JBL website, I bought mine on there and managed to get cashback on it too, can’t remember how much now but thought it was very reasonable

    Also comes with a zip up semi rigid case that is great for sticking in a bag so you can take it with you

    More like a 500ml can size though, rather than a 330ml can size

    But it’s impressively loud for something of that size

    spud-face
    Full Member

    I got an anker one from a thread on here about 18 months ago. It’s brilliant, goes everywhere with me, sounds great (not “for the size” – actually great) and is powerful enough to use as a stereo in the garden when I have people round, or powerful enough to mean everyone for houses around knows how much the kids like Ice Ice Baby 🙄
    The charge really does seem to last the claimed twenty hours too, I just give it a quick top up every now and then. Bonus being it has the same charge cable as my phone so I only need carry one (stw-approved jiayu S3, also same as my old HTC and the partner’s Samsung)
    Anything I can carry around for that long without destroying is made of stern stuff, if mine ever breaks I’ll just buy another rather than look at an upgrade.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00GZC35YK/

    Dorset_Knob
    Free Member

    JBL Flip +1

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