Best Portable Bluetooth Speakers for Every Budget - 2025

▶ JBL Clip 4

▶ JBL Clip 5

▶ Soundcore Select 4 Go (Anker)

▶ Soundcore Select 2S (Anker)

▶ Marshall Emberton II

▶ Bose SoundLink Flex (Gen 2)

▶Beats Pill (2024 release)

▶ Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM 4

▶ JBL Flip 6

▶ JBL Charge 5

▶ Soundcore Boom 2

▶ Soundcore Boom 2 Plus

▶ JBL Boombox 3

▶ Bose Soundlink Max

▶ Sonos Move 2

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:40 Budget Speakers ($25 - $80)
5:13 Compact Premium Speakers ($80 - $150)
14:53 Bluetooth Boomboxes ($150 - $500)
17:37 Premium Bluetooth Speakers ($300 - $500)
19:49 Closing Thoughts

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[AlexGirda]

first time i've seen your channel, i just purchased the soundcore boom 2 plus and i thought you make very measured and easy points. nice work

[mmikism]

i have many speakers but after i bought the bose max it is the best .has a wide sound stage great bass and good highs and mids all well balanced

[pattigonzales]

Good video!
I have 2 Tribit speakers and are impressive. The Strombox Pro rocks and really good in the empty tub and in an opened empty ice chest stood on end. Both locations help any 360° speaker.

[TheFastday]

Appreciate your honesty, and that we get to see the retaliative size of all the speakers. So used your link for the BoomBox 3. You know for those times, , when you really need to hear the news and weather :)

[bagged]

Great video, very informative and enjoy your voice ... smooth watch. Keep it up !

[dobosdavid]

I have a speaker that I want to suggest. That is the Harman Kardon go play 3. It is more an indoor speaker but cheaper than boombox and much more accurate sounding.

[akrs]

Purchased the JBL boombox 3 Witi and was blown away, then I decided too get the Bose sound link max on Black Friday and was pretty disappointed. JBL is king of bass

[daireo]

Great review… just watched 5 others on speakers and yours was easily the best

[dr]

Have you experienced battery drain with your Max?....

Mine went from 100% to 80% (week 1) to 60% (week 3).

[JZ]

Thanks for the reviews! Made it a lot easier to find a speaker for my daughter at the right budget without sacrificing too much in the sound category. Ended up going with a pink Flip 6, and I'm buying in through the link as thanks for the work you did putring this together.

[iril]

Bose max is for my outdoors shenanigans and recently bought a devialet mania which is far superior in sound and quality but not as portable as the bose max and definitely not for outdoors. Love the content! Keep it up.

[davidperea]

I have the JBL boombox 3 and it is easily the best portable speaker you can buy.

[Bigboadaedae]

I have the flip 6 cuz I love how it sound. It offers a more balanced sound profile with clearer mids and highs, making it better for personal listening experiences. For charge 5 It’s good for parties but overwhelming in quieter environment. Charge 5 has more prominent bass.

[TheLablujan]

No Harman Kardon ? Any reason (price)? One of the best in the market

[human]

There are just one or two reviews of Soundcore select 2s on YouTube. Can you do an in depth review of it ? Or at least suggest an Eq for it with the latest firmware 2.1.1 ?

[jpcostanzo]

Dude, absolut amazing review. Love your honesty and the way you tell all the details. Keep it going!

[BrilliantBatgirl]

This video and your analysis are really well done. Thank you for that! I continue my search for the perfect compact premium speaker with a USB C connection that supports audio in so I can finally have decent sound from my computer without having to buy a set of traditional speakers for my desk.

[farhanrasel]

Hi 👋
Which one more deep & rich bass Sonos move 2 or Bose soundLink max?

[CalvinLimSH-ldle]

Wherever I connect my smartphone to a Bluetooth speaker I find there is latency (time delay) of what I am doing especially when you want to sing and play a piano apps. Normally I try to use the auxiliary jack over the Bluetooth option which is a bit messy to carry around. Are there any good Bluetooth speaker that is responsive without the time delay (latency)?

[bobs]

So JBL OR SOUNDCORE? What about the LG speakers? Thanks