Soundcore Anker Motion Boom Plus IP67 Outdoor Speaker with 80W Stereo Sound Black

UPDATE AFTER 10 MONTHS: I can safely say that I love this speaker, everything in my original review is still true! Battery life has been great, connectivity nearly perfect, sound is great for the size! I love it so much that I bought a second one to use as a stereo setup!! Snagged the second on sale a few days ago for 99$. Such a phenomenonal value at that price! The TWS Stereo connectivity is super easy to use and convenient!! After a tiny bit of setup, I just turn them both on and they pair right up in stereo. After about 1 second of weirdness when I start a new bit of content on them they sync flawlessly and truly work as stereo speakers! And the power of 2 of these things is pretty wild! My only cons that I have found After many hours of use: - They charge quite slowly, 10w I think. Not at all a big deal as I let them charge overnight if I notice the battery getting low. - On 2 occasions (and not for a long while now) there was some annoying clipping with the audio. This could easily have just been some sort of interference on that day or location. - I wish they had a pin to protect them from being paired to by random people. As I am a teacher, this has been annoying on 1 occasion in particular. Original Review: After doing lots of research I decided on this speaker. I was leaning toward the Motion Boom 2 due to its smaller size, but ended up going with this one mostly due to the Aux Jack. I am beyond happy with my purchase. I don't think that there is a better speaker on the market that strikes such a perfect balance. This speaker is the perfect balance of size/weight to volume/features as well as price to sound quality. This speaker is just loud enough for all of my uses. To give you an idea: I have used it to play music on a blacktop for 50-60 kids outside at a low volume. It was just loud enough that you could hear the lyrics of the music above the background noise. It nicely covers a basketball court sized area outside with enough volume to set the vibe. Which is very impressive for such a small speaker. When used Inside it packs quite the wallop. The mid bass that this speaker puts out is mind blowing. If you want to hear exactly what the bass player in your favorite band is doing then this is the speaker you want! All of this and it's fully waterproof to boot! Also I bought this speaker for 140$ and am super happy. I've recently seen it for 100$. At that price don't even hesitate! Just buy this speaker! Haha. **TLDR - unless you want a tiny speaker, or full PA system, JUST BUY THIS SPEAKER. This is what you want! Read more

I have poor hearing and use high quality hearing devices. I've purchased and tried other portable high end speakers including the BOSE MINI II, a pair of Apple Mini pods, a Phillips and a HP bluetooth speaker. Even a bookshelf stereo system. While the Bose MINI II has decent audio for its small profile, it does not come close to to the full range of audio as perceived by me. The mini bookshelf system was so-so over all for audio quality; especially dialog. I struggle with dialog (spoken or sung) as well as higher frequencies and in the past vocals, the twang of guitar (acoustic or electric), violins and other string instruments were a challenge to hear fully across the frequency range. I read several non-Amazon reviews on this Anker model and all of them gave it the highest ratings including one website calling it, "the portable speaker of the year"! You may ask, how good can a review be from a person who does not hear well. My response to a question like that is, if I can hear low, medium and high frequencies now on this Anker (using my hearing devices of course) as well as the words of spoken or sung of both male and female, imagine how good this will sound to those with no or a minimal hearing loss. This is the first speaker for me that is so easy to hear for lows, mids and higher frequencies. The twang of a guitar, the beat of a drum or a Bass Guitar and most importantly dialog, lyrics, and beautiful voices of singing that all come through on this! The Soundcore app works quite well on my iPhone and iPad. I enjoy the equalizer preset settings which work well under most circumstances, but, having the ability to custom tailer all of the frequencies and save them under a custom name are a blessing for me. The app gives you full access for tweaking all frequencies and saving as many as needed for future use! I've got some older music CDs ripped for streaming and a few of them actually sound far better using my custom settings then the pre-sets in this App. I will say again that the pre-sets seem to work well for most listening though. The default setting called "balanced" works well for me. Sometimes turning on the enhanced BASS setting is needed, but, if a piece of music is heavy on the BASS, I turn it off and still have sufficient BASS for that track. Dialog often does -not- need the enhanced BASS turned on because human voices are typically in the middle frequency ranges, not lower where deeper BASS is. Voices even without enhanced BASS on are fine for fullness and depth (they sound realistic). As for build quality, the outer casing for this Anker Motion Boom Plus is solid and well made. The speaker grills are heavy gauge and the lugs where you attached the strap are solidly made of metal! Given the excellent reviews by the PROs (CNET, etc) on line for this Anker model as well as the many 5 star Amazon reviews and other websites by owners/users, .....honestly,...none of them are inflated. The high ratings exist for a reason, this speaker is exceptional! This "boom box" offers some exceptional audio quality along with clear dialog and very sufficient BASS and if it works for me being hearing impaired, as I said, it will work even better for those who do not suffer any hearing loss. My only regret now is that I did not buy a pair to pair of them to use together in Bluetooth as left and right stereo and I will be ordering a second one soon to do just that! 5 Stars all around, I'm so delighted to have finally found a portable sound system that I can hear so very well no matter what I am streaming to it! The App alone deserves 5 stars and it is a vital asset for those wishing to fine tune their audio experiance. Read more