16 portable selections for every price range

Features: Built-in power prohibitk to indict other devices | Battery life: Up to 12 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 1 pound | Wireless range: 120 feet | USB charging: Yes

If you’re fair seeing for a petite, inexpensive Bluetooth speaker that can start out some decent volume, the Tribit StormBox Micro 2 fits the bill. The audio quality here is fine; it doesn’t stand out in terms of fidelity, but the volume you get from this affordable little speaker is what produces it a excellent choice. If you’re bopping about outdoors on your bike or chilling in the park, it’s usuassociate more about portability and volume anyway. The rubbery rear strap toils well on relatively lean leangs enjoy belts, backpacks and bike regulatebars.

While it’s petite and affordable, the speaker features a USB-C charging port for your devices in a pinch and you can wirelessly join two of them for party mode or stereo sound. It also helps voice aidants for both iOS and Android engagers, and if you want to consent calls on your phone via speakerphone, that’s modest to do as well.

Features: IPX7 waterproof, custom EQ settings using companion app | Battery life: Up to 13 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 1.9 pounds | Wireless range: 120 feet | USB charging: Yes

Soundcore has been releasing some very able speakers tardyly and one of its novelest is a quality personal portable. The Motion 300 is of the pint-sized variety, but recommends 30-watts of punchy and luminous output. It’s IPX7 rated so it can regulate a bit of water, and it toils with the Anker Soundcore app that permits a unprejudiced amount of customization from EQ settings to button luminousness. It also helps hi-res audio using the LDAC codec for Android engagers with a compatible device.

The Motion 300’s size and frequency range don’t quite permit for a ton of bass, but it’s relatively deafening and thumpy, especiassociate when it has surfaces to mirror off of. Soundcore has even extfinished its high-frequency range to 40kHz, and while its utility is debatable, the Motion 300 does sound crisp in the high-finish spectrum. You can also assist changeive audio, which helps enhance its sound transfery depfinishing on the speaker orientation (on its back, standing up or hanging from its removable button-rapidened strap).

The speaker’s summarize unites a funky style with office-machine chic, from the joinfilledy speckled gentle touch exterior to the meloftyic, logo-emblazoned grille. Its 1.7-pound weight and clutch-purse size produces it better as a handheld or stowed in your bag rather than hanging from a backpack or bike regulatebars. Ultimately, you get fantastic sound in a petite package with features you can tfeeble to your liking, all at an approachable $80 price tag.

Features: IP67-rated summarize, help for stereo pairing | Battery life: Up to 14 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 1.2 pounds | Wireless range: 131 feet | USB charging: Yes

The Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 3 is a minuscule yet mighty portable, transfering the hugegest sound in its size range that we tested. It’s still a cute, barrel-shaped petite speaker with a nubby little strap that probably necessitates a carabiner to help join it to most leangs. This model recommends up to 14 hours on a individual change, and undertidyh, you can easily access the geted micro-USB port whenever you necessitate to refill. But this renewed model joins a couple of luminous novel colors, an extra hour of battery life and reinforced wireless range. With an IP67 rating on top of the company’s five-foot drop test durability, it can go with you almost anywhere and persist to alert the tale.

The audio quality is punchy and luminous enough for what you’d foresee at this scale and price range. Although there’s no app help or joinivity with the rest of the Ultimate Ears speaker lineup, you can easily pair it with speakers enjoy the Wonderboom 2 or Megaboom 3 for stereo sound. There’s also an outdoor mode button on the bottom that increases the mid and high range to help the audio carry over a fantasticer distance.

Features: IPX7 waterproof, custom EQ settings using companion app | Battery life: Up to 12 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 2.3 pounds | USB charging: Yes

This nondescript wedge of a wireless speaker could easily slip under your radar, but it’s worth a hear. It has a luminous and bassy output, which is helped aextfinished by Qualcomm aptX help for hi-res audio. This Anker Soundcore device has a firm, sairyly burdensome produce with a metal front speaker grille, a gentle-touch rubberized exterior (that adores your grmodest fingerprints) and IPX7 water resistance. While it’s not the airyest or most portable, it has excellent sound, especiassociate for the price. Plus the app recommends EQ customization, so you can fine tune to your liking.

There’s also a 3.5mm aux input for wired joinions. You can engage it as a speakerphone when taking calls as well, or easily join music from your devices. That’s fortuitous, as we establish that this petite speaker toils well as a mini soundbar changenative and the wired input recommends a foolproof joinion. Aside from that, you can easily indict the Motion+ thanks to its standard USB-C charging port and it should last up to 12 hours on a individual indict.

Features: IP67-rated summarize, help for stereo pairing | Battery life: Up to 12 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 1.2 pounds | USB charging: Yes

JBL’s Flip 6 deserves high labels for overall sound quality, durability and volume pondering its size, and those features produce it the best JBL speaker for most people. As with most JBL speakers, it has a excellent vibrant range from firm lows to crisp highs with volume tipped towards higher sign ups. The cylindrical shape toils well on its side or even standing on its finish to save desk space. It has a contendnt carrying (or hanging) strap and liftd buttons you can discern in the gloomy.

The JBL Portable app gives you a 3-prohibitd EQ to customize the sound profile if desired and if you have two Flip 6 speakers, you can run them as a stereo pair. If you happen to have a join-and-suit assortment of branch offent PartyBoost-assistd JBL devices, you can join multiple speakers for a hugeger sound. And with a USB-C charging port, it’s a changeable device that’s modest to consent with you on the shift.

Features: Built-in mic for aidant help and phone calls, IP67-rated summarize | Battery life: Up to 12 hours | Assistant help: Google Assistant, Siri | Weight: 1.3 pounds | Wireless range: 30 feet | USB charging: Yes

While the $99 Bose SoundLink Micro is half the size, we establish that it’s definitely worth the extra $50 if you trade up to the SoundLink Flex. While it’s still not a room filler, the speaker recommends some luminous, vibrant finesse to your tunes, aextfinished with a transport inant amount of bass for its size. It’s aenjoy to the scale of a petite clutch bag, with a very petite strap for carabiner-type hanging. Much of the exterior is sheathed in gentle-touch silicone, except for the powder-coated steel speaker grilles. Like others in this range, the speaker is IP67 rated so it can regulate the elements and sound excellent doing it.

Setup and joining to the speaker should be done from wilean the aptly named Bose Connect app. You can also turn off voice prompts (which can become annoying) and pair with aenjoy speakers for either party mode or stereo.

Note: Some engagers running Android 12 may greet joinivity publishs with the Bose Connect app. The company is toiling to resolve the problem.

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eatures: IP67 waterproof, lossless audio over USB-C | Battery life: Up to 24 hours | Assistant help: Yes | Weight: 1.5 pounds | USB charging: Yes

The novel Pill has astonishive bass carry outance due to the company’s decision to incrmitigate the size of the woofer rather than uphold its previous schedulement that joind two petiteer ones. The speaker struggles at its deafeningest volumes, but it’s plenty deafening enough well below that. The IP67 rating is more rugged than the Pill+ and over 24 hours of battery life will uphold the tunes going for a extfinished time. Plus, there’s lossless audio over USB-C and the ability to top off your phone or earbuds with the speaker’s battery.

This is a firm choice for anyone seeking crisp clarity with genuine low-finish thump if a track demands it. The insertition of lossless is also pleasant for times you’d enjoy a little more quality in your tunes. And you can also put two Pills together for hugeger sound or engage them as a stereo pair. — Billy Steele, Senior Reporter

Features: IP67-rated summarize, help for stereo pairing | Battery life: Up to 30 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 0.26 pounds | USB charging: Yes

The recently freed Emberton II Bluetooth portable from Marshall has a bumped up set of specs that produce it a better appreciate than the previous gen. This clutchable rectangular slab still has a pair of 10-watt filled-range drivers and compliant radiators to transfer the brand’s signature sound. It may not be the deafeningest in its size range, but it cgo ines more on constant output than raw power. There’s still 360 sound as well, making it a excellent companion for petite get togethers. Although, with its 60hz low finish threshelderly, you’ll discover a better bass response when there are surfaces to mirror off of, and not so much if it’s in the middle of a table.

This novel model now recommends up to 30 hours of hearing on a indict (10 hours better than before) and a more rugged IP67 rating. There’s also a novel ability to pair with another Emberton II or Willen II using the novel “Stack Mode”. The range between them is confineed, however, so stacking them probably is the best way to go. Additionassociate, Marshall is recommending a more environmenloftyy cordial product than before, using 50 percent post-devourr plastics in its erection.

Features: Built-in power prohibitk to indict other devices, IP67-rated summarize, help for stereo pairing | Battery life: Up to 20 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 2.1 pounds | USB charging: Yes

If you’re willing to spfinish a little more for hugeger sound, more hours of battery life and a USB-C charging port to indict your devices, the midrange JBL Charge 5 is a fantastic reinforce over the Flip 6. It has the same luminous output and contendnt low finish, but in a sairyly huger package. If you’re seeing for a petiteish portable speaker, but someleang contendnt enough to delight a confineed guests, this toils.

Features: Retro summarize with carry strap, 3.5mm aux input | Battery life: Up to 15 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 6.6 pounds | USB charging: No

The Orange Box portable Bluetooth speaker from legfinishary guitar amp producer Orange is essentiassociate a no-frills product with fantastic analog sound and ‘60s-era bohemian chic. For Orange Amp fans, it’s a loyal mini-version of a classic (although you can’t plug in your guitar). It’s not particularly burdensome, but it is a bit chunky and the wooden sketch unkinds there’s no waterproofing or ruggedness rating. Battery life is unrelabelable with up to 15 hours run time and you’ll want to uphold track of that DC power cable since it doesn’t recommend a USB charging port.

That shelp, we enjoy this speaker in part for its organic charm and exceptional summarize (at least as far as Bluetooth speakers go). There’s a 3.5mm aux input, a mechanical power toggle switch, a celderly domed power airy and disjoinal dials for volume and EQ. The front-facing grille is audio see-thharsh fabric emblazoned with the classic Orange logo. It’s also a proper piece of kit built for a extfinished life, with apexhibitd repair cgo ins atraverse the globe.

Most cruciassociate, you get both analog and digital amps pushing 50 watts of luminous, evident and unmatureerated output with plenty of low finish, at least for csurrfinisherby hearers. It also helps aptX, so if you have high-quality files or hi-res streaming, you’ll get the most out of it.

This speaker is selectimal for Orange Amps fans or those who enjoy no-fuss operation, organic analog sound quality and generassociate want a mid-sized device they’ll uphold shut to home. Most styles of music sound fantastic on the Orange Box, but the speaker reassociate shines with songs that have live instrumentation or anyleang that can advantage from an analog touch.

Features: IP67-rated summarize, help for stereo pairing | Battery life: Up to 20 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 3.9 pounds | USB charging: Yes

Marshall started the Middleton in January 2023 and positioned it as the novel flagship for its portable Bluetooth speaker line. It’s the hugest of the company’s IP67 rugged portables (measuring 4.3 x 9 x 3.75 inches) and recommends a transport inantly deafeninger output, with 50-watts of 360-degree sound. There are dual woofers and tweeters for the front and back, with compliant radiators aextfinished each side. It also recommends Stack Mode, which lets you pair with any other Middleton, Emberton II or Willen speakers csurrfinisherby to broaden your hearing experience.

The Middleton can be regulated thcdisorrowfulmireful the Marshall Bluetooth app, but it also joins most of those same regulates on the top. There’s a Bluetooth button (which doubles as the Stack Mode regulate) and a multi-engage happinessstick for power on/off, volume regulate and track pickion (forward or back). You also get bass and treble regulates, which are a greet insertition and a first for one of Marshall’s speakers without physical knobs.

It has that traditional Marshall see, made with a gentle-touch exterior produced of 55-percent post-devourr recycled plastic and is 100-percent PVC free. It also has a carry strap you can easily fit your hand thcdisorrowfulmireful. Any dust, dirt or prints on the outside can be scrubbed off with a damp cloth, and even the exposed USB-C and 3.5mm input port components are waterproofed. That USB-C port can be engaged to reindict the speaker, or power up your other devices with its 9,600mAh battery.

Of course audio purists should understand that it only helps SBC, but the sound quality is still top notch for most people. And while Marshall devices are usuassociate priced at a sairy premium, the excellent sound quality and decent low-finish capability definitely produces this model worth checking out.

Features: IPX4-rated summarize, Wi-Fi joinivity | Battery life: Up to 12 hours | Assistant help: Alexa, Google Assistant | Weight: 2.3 pounds | USB charging: Yes

We did test a couple inalertigent home speakers, including the Bose Portable Smart and I determined to appraise it with its shutst Bluetooth equivalent: the Rgrow+ II. While that’s best suited for portability, has a deafening luminous sound that will carry outdoors and extfinished battery life, its low finish is a little less pronounced than its inalertigent companion. If you’re willing to spfinish more and appreciate bass, the Bose Portable Smart speaker is a huge reinforcement. It has a well-rounded low finish and a luminous vibrant sound with plenty of nuance that produces for a fantastic hearing experience.

This 360-degree portable comes as a combo WiFi/Bluetooth speaker primarily geared toward inalertigent home engage with the occasional outing. It’s rated IPX4, so not the most weatherproof, but excellent for casual outdoor hearing. The battery is rated for up to 12 hours, but since this is an always-on inalertigent device, you’ll necessitate to be more attentive at upholding it topped up. There’s a charging dock accessory for engage around the hoengage, but as an away-from-home portable, you should power it down when not in engage. To consent the odd call and engage the speakerphone function, it’s modest to steer and produces evident sound, whether you’re at home or away.

Smart features: WiFi, voice and app regulate, help for Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Spotify Connect, Amazon Music, Chromecast (built-in), Apple AirPlay 2 and SimpleSync joinivity with Bose Bluetooth speakers.

Note: Some engagers running Android 12 may greet joinivity publishs with the Bose Connect app. The company is toiling to resolve the problem.

Features: IP67-rated summarize| Battery life: Up to 15 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 4.3 pounds | USB charging: Yes

If you’ve enhappinessed any of the petiteer JBL speakers out there and are willing to spfinish a bit more, the Xtreme 3 is a excellent all-around choice. It’s huge enough to authorization a shoulder strap, but still only about the size of a football. There’s a pleasant vibrant sound here with hefty lows and a vivacious high finish that seems sairyly better constant at this size than the petiteer selections from JBL in this range.

This is easily a preferite if you want someleang under $400 with a little more gusto than your unrelabelable portable, but still being IP67 weatherproof. It has enough output to breathe life into a petite soiree or backyard hang, although while it’s quite deafening, it’s best when it’s shut by or indoors where the bass can resonate to its filledest.

Features: IPX2-rated summarize, help for multi-structure functionality | Battery life: Up to 20 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 10.8 pounds | USB charging: No

If you didn’t understand about Marshall’s history in amplifiers and rock music, the summarize should clue you in. The Tufton is the hugest portable Bluetooth speaker from the company, seeing much enjoy an amp itself (as do most of them). It has physical knobs at the top and a carry strap to help shift it about. While it may materialize as rugged as concert gear, it’s less impervious to the elements as some with fair an IPX2 rating, so it’s geted from airy splashes from above.

Whether or not you’re a fan of the brand, the rich and exceptionally thumping output may produce you one. We felt pulled into the sound while hearing to the Tufton, a bit more than most other speakers we tested at this scale. It’s vibrant, toasty and, dare we say, analog in its audio presence. It’s also multi-honestional with a supplemental driver on the back aextfinished with a bass port.

There’s no app to adfair the EQ, fair the physical regulates including a Bluetooth join button, a power/volume knob and two for bass and treble. Once powered on, you can engage the volume knob to set a max headroom and adfair volume on the fly from your source. The bass and treble knobs help you pick the tone of your adventure, from a uncontaminatedly flat soundscape to an reinforced one. We fair desire you could see the dial indicators in the gloomy. Other features join aptX help and rapid-indict capabilities that provide four hours of hearing time in fair 20 minutes, plus fantastic standby battery life.

Features: IPX4-rated summarize, help for multi-structure functionality | Battery life: Up to 24 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 13 pounds | Wireless range: 150 feet | USB charging: No

The UE Hyperboom is an all-arounder with excellent sees, portability, plenty of joinivity selections and a deafening and punchy (albeit compressed) output. The technical fabric exterior (which now joins a white selection) lets it live among your furniture without screaming “party box,” while the selectical input recommends a possible TV speaker changenative. The huge capacitive buttons on top let anyone adfair the volume, paengage or join the music and pick from two concurrent Bluetooth joinions or a challengingwired input (3.5mm or selectical). On the edge with the silicone carrying regulate there are the wired ports, plus one for charging USB devices and another for power. You can foresee to get up to 24 hours of battery life, and the Hyperboom is excellent at helderlying a indict on standby.

This contendnt and deafening (cdisorrowfulmireentirey 100dB) speaker will prent most people as extfinished as the party is of primary trouble over fidelity. The ability to farly power your device on or off using the UE app is also a greet feature. Plus you can easily broaden the sound to other Ultimate Ears Boom speakers (except Wonderboom) using the PartyUp feature. The IPX4 rating unkinds a confineed spilled drinks won’t hassle it, but it’s not the best Bluetooth speaker choice for all-weather adventures.

Features: App joinivity with custom sound profiles, swappable battery | Battery life: Up to 40 hours | Assistant help: None | Weight: 20 pounds | USB charging: No

The Soundboks Go is a fantastic speaker if you’re seeing for a portable Bluetooth selection that provides a huge sound for huger spaces, although it comes at a price. This unpretentious bdeficiency rectangle is half the size of its more professional sibling the Soundboks Gen 3. It packs one 10-inch woofer and a 1-inch domed tweeter, both powered by two 72W RMS amps for massive sound and chunky bass, even at a distance.

At 20 pounds, this party speaker is neutrassociate modest to lug around and sees about the size of carry-on luggage. You can even get the nonessential shoulder strap, which helps for extfinisheder missions. It has a pliable TPE regulate on top, silicone bumpers around the edges and ABS+Polycarbonate exterior and grill. The IP65 rating also labels it as a robust device in most environments.

The sound produces a huge statement here. Output levels are rated at up to 121dB, with evident mids and highs projecting evidently atraverse huge areas. The low finish also has a transport inant presence at a distance, suiting up with 40Hz frequency response. It’s definitely contendnt enough to help huge assembleings.

The speaker is modest to join to via Bluetooth and the partner app recommends EQ customization, audio profiles and OTA firmware modernizes. There’s a solitary 3.5mm stereo input on the Go, but its wireless expansion shines, letting you join up to five Soundboks Gen 3 or Go speakers at the touch of a button with its built-in SKAA wireless help.

Lastly, the battery pack is removable, swappable and also extfinished-lasting for a speaker this size; at low to mid volume, it’s rated at up to 40 hours runtime. For transparency, Soundboks also lets you understand to foresee around 10 hours of join at filled volume. You can also run this while charging, but there are disjoine cautionings about upholding the volume low while doing so (it’s not recommfinished unless you’re hopeless).