Best Portable Bluetooth Speaker

[Digger]

Any recommendations for a very portable speaker with excellent battery life to pair with my android phone. Sound Quality and good bass are a must, but I guess there is a budget of up to £100, but this is flexible.

[Stiggolas]

I'd make sure you audition a couple next to eachother. I almost bought a Beats Pill last year as I was taken in by the hype. I tried one next to a JBL Flip and walked away with the Flip. I love it, it's about the same size as a can of coke and sounds really good with plenty of bass. There's a Flip2 out now but i've never heard one.

[devnull]

You can get jawbone jamboxes quite cheap now, espcially so seocndhand, and they sound very good.

I use a Bose sounlink mini and get excellent sound from a small package. Great for taking to hotels and holiday homes. Generally 150, but you can get them closer to the 100 mark now on offers.

Go to a PC World and try a few. Sound is very subjective.

[clonmult]

Don't think you'll ever truly "decent" bass out of a small portable speaker - physics and power demands for such will restrict their capabilities.

I picked up one of these last year, only just really started to use it (rowing out in the garden, music helps the time pass).

Surprisingly good sound, NFC pairing, can also be used as a phone charger. For the price it is rather good.

[Nelly9]

Can only be one in my humble opinion, Beoplay A2
Much more detailed sound than any Bose offering or the Beats stuff.
Small enough to pack in case or bag, Up to 24 Hr batt life, Aux in and USB charge out its a winner

[Nelly9]

OOPs sorry blows budget......

[clonmult]

Nelly9 said:

OOPs sorry blows budget......

Quite comprehensively!

[Digger]

Stiggolas said:

I'd make sure you audition a couple next to eachother. I almost bought a Beats Pill last year as I was taken in by the hype. I tried one next to a JBL Flip and walked away with the Flip. I love it, it's about the same size as a can of coke and sounds really good with plenty of bass. There's a Flip2 out now but i've never heard one.

Thanks guys. Flip 2 looks good apart from battery life.

Anyone tried the JBL Charge 2?

[littleguy]

I have the Sony SRS-X5 and am very happy with it. you should be able to pick it up for £100 if you look around.

[sgrimshaw]

If you can stretch the budget, then the Bose Soundlink Mini is unlikely to disappoint.

I've heard the Soundlink Colour and I was not impressed.

Bose do a 30day risk free trial if you're interested.

Same price direct from Bose with free delivery - if you want to return it they collect at their expense.

[mike9009]

Hi

I have one of these

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Universal-Compat...

It gets good reviews and justifiably so. The clarity is great, it lasts about ten hours on one charge, bass/ volume is fine for a medium size room (and surprisingly good for its size and price). We use it in our campervan when away so not to flatten the battery.....

Mike

[stewies_minion]

Bose Soundlink Mini. I got mine for £150. Love it.

[audi321]

stewies_minion said:

Bose Soundlink Mini. I got mine for £150. Love it.

+1

[craig1912]

audi321 said:

+1

+2

we have two in our house and the sound quality is superb

[A900ss]

Bose Soundlink Mini.

Try Amazon IT or Amazon ES

I bought my Bose noise cancelling headphones from ES £90 cheaper than UK and they were delivered next day from Scotland!!!!

Good luck.

[LongQ]

Bose Soundlink Mini here too.

Creative Soundblaster Roar also looks interesting but have not heard one. It's bigger than the Bose Mini though.

[Digger]

Updated Pasce Minirig may be a contender with its Aptx compatibility. Expensive though!

[Spragnut]

I have a Creative Roar being delivered today, bit outside the box and doesn't have quite the commercial hype as the others, reading the reviews it's meant to sound pretty impressive, that coupled with the APTX should be good.

Anyone looking at these should look out for the APTX codec included as it offers much better audio signal transmission over Bluetooth than ad2p.

http://www.aptx.com/

Look on there for devices that are supported, think one of the few that isn't is the iPhone but that may have changed now as some Mac's are supported.

I'll let you know how it performs once I've had a play.

[Dodsy]

I love my Bose but as its so expensive I bought my son a Bolse (yes its a bit of a rip off of the name) from amazon for ~£30 and its pretty good. Sound quality, volume and Bass not up to Bose standards but still pretty good considering the price. Battery seems to last a long time too,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00L4IDA04?psc=...

[Dodsy]

mike9009 said:

Hi

I have one of these

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Universal-Compat...

It gets good reviews and justifiably so. The clarity is great, it lasts about ten hours on one charge, bass/ volume is fine for a medium size room (and surprisingly good for its size and price). We use it in our campervan when away so not to flatten the battery.....

Mike

Avoid this if you want to listen on low volume. We have no less than 3 replacements as it was crackly at very low volumes. Every replacement had the same problem.