I absolutely LOVE the design of this Bluetooth speaker! It reminds me very much of the ghetto blasters / boom boxes of the 1980s… I can just visualize a guy in roller skates with the speaker over his shoulder skating along Venice Beach. The benefit of this speaker is although it has a design reminiscent of the 80s; it definitely is full of technology from the 21st century.

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The speaker is a cylindrical design approx. 25cm long and 13cm in diameter; it has a rubberised feel to it and it’s predominantly black with grey bands around either end. On the bottom there are 4 little feet moulded into the grey bands and on the top there’s a leather look strap across the length of the speaker; it’s approx. 2.5cm wide, so it’s nice and comfortable to hold and doesn’t cut into your hand at all, there’s also holes in the strap for you to connect the included nylon webbing shoulder strap.

 

On both ends of the speaker there are metal speaker covers, which house a total of 11W of output – 2 x 2W drivers and a 7W subwoofer. On one of the ends there’s also the control panel; which has an aux socket (if you want to use it with something that doesn’t have Bluetooth), the micro USB slot to charge the speaker, a volume control wheel, music control buttons and the mode button. The music control button allows you to play, pause, skip and rewind tracks; whereas the mode button lets you switch between Bluetooth and FM radio. I really like the fact that there’s a volume wheel, most Bluetooth speakers use the music control buttons to double up as volume buttons and I always seem to skip to the next track when I try to change the volume.

The speaker connected to my MP3 player and my phone within seconds and constantly maintained the connection. The speaker sounds great; there’s a good depth to the music without sounding at all tinny or too bassy… The size of the speaker makes it ideal for using outside and the performance quality is easily good enough for it to be used in an open area outside. I think this speaker is great, and I’d happily recommend it.