Is the JBL Charge 4 Worth it?

Is the JBL Charge 4 portable Bluetooth speaker the best Bluetooth speaker under 150 dollars? Find that out in this JBL Charge 4 Bluetooth Speaker Review.

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Before I head into the JBL Charge 4 review, here is the price of the device in Nepal as well as in the international market.
JBL Charge 4 Price: $120
JBL Charge 4 Price in Nepal: Rs. 19,500

The JBL Charge 4 is the successor of the Charge 3. So the design looks quite familiar here. However, on comparing the JBL Charge 4 vs Charge 3, the newer one comes with a bigger body and is also quite heavy when it comes to the weight. The JBL Charge 4 wireless Bluetooth Speaker weighs 980 grams, which is quite heavy for my liking. Although the device is marketed as JBL Charge 4 Portable Bluetooth speaker, it’s not something you’d want carry around all day long.

Now let’s talk about the sound quality. Although the device is big and bulky, it comes with a mono audio setup. The single speaker on this device delivers an audio output of 30watts. With the 30watt audio driver, the output of the device is very loud. Although you won’t be able to witness the sophisticated stereo sound here, bass is quite a lot. On my JBL Clip 4 bass test, the device surprised me with its stunning performance in the low frequency reasons. On the JBL Charge 4 extreme bass test, you can feel your heart pounding according to the beats. So I really enjoyed the device on my use.

Talking about the battery, JBL Charge 4 features a massive 7800mAh battery. The JBL Charge 4 battery can be charged through the USB Type-C port. There is also a USB Type-A port if you want to charge your device with the speaker. With such an enormous battery, JBL Charge 4 battery life is promised to be around 20 hours. However, on my use, the device backed me for around 17 hours while listening to music at medium volumes and 13 hours at high volumes. Although the device quite failed to deliver the backup it promised, it is still better than the Bose Soundlink micro. While I compared JBL Charge 4 vs Bose Soundlink Micro, the backup on the Charge 4 was more than two times.

Furthermore, the device is waterproof. It has received IPX7 certification, which means that it is resistant to water up to 1 meter. So, although the device is bulky in size, JBL Charge 4 Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker is a decent device for the price.

[OpenEyes]

sounds muddled because you have the speaker in a cube, directly against the sidewall. Audio reflection is killing the experience

[przemek]

i like how she said theres to much bass exactly what im looking for

[harrison]

"Too much bass" 😂😂 as long as its deep, rich pounding bass and not trash bass im good 👍

[arnabmandal]

I got the Charge 3 recently, since it's an outgoing model the prices have been slashed and it made more sense than buying the Flip 4..!!

[soumen]

It’s a great speaker more louder, it has high mids and bass than the charge 3 due to being 30 watts compared to charge 3 which is 20 watts, But charge 3 has way better sound clarity.

Cool speaker and great video but I’ll stick with my Xtreme and charge 3 for few more years

[nathanel-nate]

Who else is listening on through their charge4

[ronniejaye]

Awesomeness. A pretty girl that listens to RUSH!

[susritjungbasnet]

Your voice sound is still better than JBL speakers 😍😍😍

[selfelements]

First reviewer on Youtube that reports the sound quality issues on the JBL Charge 4. After almost a month using it, I noticed it has some real bad problems to the mids and highs, not to mention the lack of depth to the sound for being a mono-speaker setup. Not a big fan of dual-speakers on small devices, but at this size I'd expect something approximately to a Hi-Fi in terms of overall experience. Bass ain't everything, and the biggest problem lies on its DSP that makes some parts of a song almost unrecognizable; it's predominately a lack of clarity to the sound that's the issue, and as SoundGuys.com well states and I quote:


"Bass notes throughout the song Tearing at the Seams by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats were distinct and easy to follow along with, but the speaker suffers from the same lack of clarity in the mids that the last model did. Vocals were still discernible, but they sounded like they were taking the backseat to some of the instrumentation of the song."


Hopefully JBL address the sound quality issues on future firmware releases as no EQ tweaking will fix it.

[arindamsamajdar]

JBL flip 6 or JBL charge 4 which one sound quality is best please suggest me

[prabhupdp]

Who is the best bass of JBL Charge 4 or Flip 5

[omarjhungoor]

I don't care about vocals as long it has good deep bass i like it a lot

[badassfoolpinakatotoo]

Pretty Girl. Great Content. Detailed Review.
How can this channel not get a million subs come on this GadgetByte deserves million subs

[balajijalanila]

Charge 4 or flip 6 which is best ? Plz reply .

[JRobertoBatista]

There's no such thing as too much bass, in my humble opinion.

[denimgaming]

Bass is needed for jbl owners, there is no limits for 30watts speaker :)

[The_Rail_Rider]

I listens songs with this speaker
It's sound is awesome 👍👍
Just amazing presentation 🙌🙌 🙌
love you pratima 🌷 forever 🌷

[juanmaldonado]

SUPER. AWESOME. REVIEW. TNKS. VERY. PROFECIONAL...TNKS...HY FROM PUERTO RICO

[AdamWilliamson]

Do you have to pair 2 -100 jbl speakers everytime you connect your bluetooth device?

[seekthetruth]

Nice review thx. I just received this speaker paid 120. It’s replacing a cheap quick fix one I got a while back. You really get what you pay for.
Anyway I put on bohemian rhapsody, love that song myself, lots of bass. Highs and lows Song just runs the gamut. And I believe you correct with Freddie’s. Vocals so I went into my devices eq, iPad. And went through every one to see what would be a better blend. Late night did the trick for me. Really punched up his vocals., much crisper not perfect but way better and didn’t lose the low end much. Peace 🙏🏻