I hunted around for ages for a bluetooth speaker because I felt it’s going to be one of those purchases you don’t want to repeat for a while. I *LOVE* this speaker! It connects very, very easily and after initial pairing every time you switch it on it will just automatically connect. Then, you just ‘play’ from whatever you’ve connected to (eg phone, etc) and it comes out from the Bose speaker. Easily fills a room with high quality, fully rounded sound.Volume is easily controlled from the speaker with ‘+’/’-‘ buttons and the Power switch is also very easy. It does something that I’m very, very passionate about in design and engineering … IT ‘JUST WORKS’, BRILLIANTLY! #bravoBose. A single charge lasts for absolutely ages, but it also recharges very quickly.I also bought the additional case to protect it particularly for travel (not made by Bose, but fits it perfectly and is also high quality and very sturdy). I use this a lot, particularly listening to Audible books while I’m doing housework! *L-o-v-e it* … and thank you Bose for making something that ‘just works’.

This is exactly what Bose claim, the best sounding speaker for its size. In fact i prefer this to many other speakers physically bigger and ought to be outclassing its tiny form factor. Obviously you are paying a little for the Bose name and quality, which i think is fair enough, but with that you get their sound signature, which does make for a pleasant EQ that doesn’t leave any holes across the spectrum the way others do in exaggerated upper bass or scooped mids. Normally i really dislike ‘mono boxes’ however good they are but i dont find that with this one at all, surprisingly. I did find that however with its bigger brother (the soundlink colour ii). I think the DSP has been really well tuned and this good EQ is definitely all contributing to that. Now please don’t expect to have the bass blow your mind, of course there are physical limitations that even Bose cant work around (yet!) but regardless you’ll find it hard not to smile at the performance when the bassline drops. What makes this so wonderful for me, as i travel an awful lot, is the size and weight. There is almost no excuse not to throw it in your bag however little you are traveling with, and the battery life is plenty enough at 6 hours. The magic in this unit is when you’re chilling out and just have it sat in the room on the table. Many times now ive found myself enjoying the music i listen to at a comfortable volume whilst browsing the internet on my phone and completely forgetting its there. Then when i look up and see how tiny it is, and just how pleasing and full the sound is, i feel totally reassured about my purchase, ie NO buyer’s regret! A little trick in any room if you want to increase the bass is actually to place it in the corner of the room, those low frequencies will suddenly boom a really eye-opening amount, try it if you don’t believe me 😉 The fact that you can run two of them in stereo has my purchase finger twitching again, ill be honest. And hey, its amazon, you can always return it (if you need that final push to press the order button – yes im talking to you!) but im pretty this great little bluetooth speaker will be on a one way journey to yours..

Everything about this device looks and feels well made, which is what you expect from Bose.Simple to set up and use.The sound quality is amazing for a device its size. Bass is clear and clean. Bass notes don’t have peaks and troughs which was a flaw in some earlier Bose products. Bass does fade out below 100 Hz which is what its spec says. All in all I’d highly recommend this product.

Good sound quality and very useful strap on the back.

Best Bike Speaker in its Price Range
I bought this in the Spring of 2021. It is now almost Fall 2021. I bought this primarily for my bike. I’ve had a few different speakers for my bike in the past few years. Most of them were pretty good, but flawed. And most of the flaws originated in the way they attached to the bike. I do not want a speaker that sits in my water bottle cage, so I need one that attaches to the handlebars or near the handlebar stem. And the speakers I’ve had in the past all had mounts that broke – some quickly, others over time.Anyway, about this speaker. It’s a good size, a little bigger than a hockey puck. The sound quality is really good for something so small. There are 5 buttons, but they are pretty easy to use. Power On/Off, Bluetooth Pairing, Volume up, Volume down, and an action button. I’m surprised they didn’t combine the Bluetooth Pairing button with the power button. The action button is used to play, pause, skip, and rewind. One tap to play or pause, two taps to skip, three taps to rewind. It’s not the best system, but it works OK.The speaker attaches to my bike via a stretchy silicon strap in the back. You unhook it, wrap it around the bike, and hook it back up. I was not confident at all in this strap, and was pretty sure it would have broken by now. But, I ride two or three times a week and it’s been 6 months, and so far so good. Generally speaking, I ride from April to November. If this thing lasts me two riding seasons, I will be very happy.The other thing to mention is that this speaker requires you to install Bose software. I don’t think it’s very intrusive. It’s small, doesn’t get in the way, and the speaker quickly connects to my phone without any issues. If that was not the case, I would be very annoyed. But, so far, I haven’t been annoyed by it.Edit Summer 2023:I’ve now owned this speaker for 2.5 years. I only really use it when I’m biking. I bike about 90 minutes a day, about three days a week, about 8 months out of the year. That comes to about 140 hours per year on my bike. The speaker is still in good shape. It looks almost brand new. It works perfectly fine. It sounds as good as ever. And the part of the speaker I was most worried about, the strap, has not failed me yet. If I could give this 6 stars, I would. I’m still very happy with this purchase, and if it ever fails, I will buy a new one from Bose.