Bose SoundLink Bluetooth Portable Waterproof Reviews Summary

Sound Quality

Pros:

• "The sound is rich and deep. How they pack so much sound in such a little unit I don't know."
• "I really want to know how Bose managed to pack in such incredible sound - crisp, loud, clear, awesome base in a small package that is about the size of a box of cookies."
• "The speaker delivers a well-balanced sound profile with clear highs, robust mids, and surprisingly deep lows for its size."
• "The bass part is greatly emphasized that you won’t believe in that size."
• "It filled our home with crisp, clear music."
• "The sound is crisp, clear and doesn’t distort when turned way up."
• "The bass is incredibly clear, with no horrible warbling and distortion that’s very common with dozens of other similar speakers."

Cons:

• "In my opinion the sound quality wasn’t worth the price."
• "Sound is mediocre. No better than the small $50 Sony we have."
• "At higher volumes the sound is tinny and not enough base."
• "Honestly I use an older Sony XB20 and so that is what I am comparing to and this just didn’t come close to the Sony’s sound quality."
• "Speaker sounds great inside of a house or at low volume. At high volume the speaker loses bass."
• "I have found that at higher volumes the quality of the audio begins to break up."
• "The low end on this speaker is WAY too exaggerated."

Battery Life

Pros:

• "Battery life has been better than expected. I get about 12 hours of mid volume play from it before it needs charging."
• "The battery life is incredible. Vastly longer than I had really expected for this speaker."
• "Since the day we bought it, we carry this in our backyard, garage to we can listen to music. We even packed this for our roadtrip so we can have a speaker at the Airbnb during our stay. It is perfect and the battery is long lasting."
• "It was about 50% charged upon arrival and when charged fully it should be good for 12 hours."
• "Its battery life is quite good, which helps me because I sometimes tend to forget to charge my things."
• "A full charge last me 10 hours plus."
• "This little powerhouse holds a charge for what seems like FOREVER.. with constant playing I think I got 12hrs out of a full charge."

Cons:

• "This claims to have a long battery life but straight out of the packaging, it goes from being fully charged to 50% within an hour."
• "I'm very disappointed with the charge life doesn't even make it full 10 hour work day on full charge not what I thought was going be like."
• "Less than 1 year after purchase, one speaker is not working at all - it won’t turn on so you can’t even reset it."
• "The battery now lasts about 4 hours after 3 months."
• "Most of the time it says battery is 100%. But 50% of the time I can’t even get 7 hours out of it."
• "After a short time, the speaker battery cannot be charged at all and will die completely."
• "Within the last 6 months, the battery disperses over 1 days time without it being turned on or used in any way."

Connectivity

Pros:

• "Pairing was easy and using the app was a breeze."
• "It connected easily and I bought a second one for true stereo."
• "The capability to connect to two devices is sweet."
• "Bluetooth connection is solid and fuss free."
• "The Bluetooth pairing is seamless and reliable, allowing for easy connections with a range of devices."
• "The connectivity is great, I can connect to any of my devices without a hassle."
• "Easy to connect via Bluetooth."

Cons:

• "Straight out of the box, I was unable to get this speaker to connect to my S23 Ultra phone."
• "The speaker was loud with my IPad but it was hardly loud with my Pixel 8."
• "Party mode works well when it links. Buggy app, however."
• "The usability and reliability of the app is horrendous and I returned these speakers."
• "The Bluetooth connectivity is glitchy."
• "My first issue with this speaker is that it will not pair with my Google pixel phone through the app."
• "But it wouldn't connect to my S22 Ultra Samsung Galaxy and once I read online, other people were having the same issue, I opted to return it."