Best Sound Outdoor
Bose SoundLink Flex Bluetooth Speaker
Bose
What earns it a place here: positionIQ keeps sound accurate whether standing, hanging, or lying flat and floats face-up, so a pool drop is a retrieval rather than a rescue. The tradeoff: 12-hour battery is 8 hours short of the JBL Charge 5.
- IP67 dust and water resistance
- PositionIQ orientation-adaptive EQ
- Floats face-up in water
- 12-hour battery life
- Multipoint Bluetooth pairing
Pros
- PositionIQ keeps sound accurate whether standing, hanging, or lying flat
- Floats face-up, so a pool drop is a retrieval rather than a rescue
- Balanced, clear tuning suits podcasts, acoustic music, and voice better than bass-forward rivals
- Rugged silicone exterior shrugs off drops onto rock or concrete
- Multipoint Bluetooth keeps two devices connected at once
Cons
- 12-hour battery is 8 hours short of the JBL Charge 5
- No USB output to charge a phone in the field
- Bass is noticeably lighter than JBL's outdoor speakers
- At roughly 150 dollars it costs more than most outdoor competitors
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