It can
connect to my phone by Bluetooth or direct wire tot e headphone jack, and it amplifies
the sound with an onboard battery, amplifier and dual speakers.
Even better still, it is designed for the outdoors as a rugged piece of
equipment, dust and highly water resistant, according to them. The speaker also has a built in microphone if
you want to use it for taking a call. It
is a simple piece of electronics, with a couple button, up and down
volumes. The jacks are the charging jack
and the 3.5mm headphone jack. That’s
it. And an on/off switch that glows different
colors if it is charging or in use. It has
a long 7-10 hour playing time from the battery, which seems to be true the time
I have used mine, although I haven’t done any scientific studies, it does last
long. I haven’t yet abused it either, so
I will see how it goes in the long run.
The
casing is two parts. The upper angled stealth
bomber looking portion is metal, covered in some kind of silicone like
coating. The lower part is molded rubber
or Thermoplastic urethane (TPU). On the bottom
are four feet, and a ¼”-20 threded insert, same as the bottom of a camera to
mount to things using your favorite camera mount. It comes with a stow bag, a 3.5mm to 3.5mm
patch cable, a wall charger with a usb outlet, and a usb charger cable for use
with the wall charger or plugging into a computer.
The sound is pretty big from the small package,
the response across all frequencies is good.
Many people remark on how great the bass is.
My one
and only complaint so far with this is their choice for a proprietary connector
for the charging, instead of a standard micro USB cable? Why??
Why would you do that? All the thing
needs is the 5V output from the USB..
might as well use a micro usb like everyone uses nowadays, so I would
always have a cable around and access to charge it instead of having to
remember to lug the special cable around.
I just can’t think of a single reason to use a special cable connector, instead of using a micro USB. Everything else about the design seems to
have been well thought out.
This is
a great speaker to use outdoors - at the
beach, campsite, or even in your garden or on your patio. There is a bike mount available for it too. I have yet to try it while kayaking, strapped
to my deck while connected to my phone in a dry bag by bluetooth, but I suspect
it would do well.
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