Portable wifi speaker?

mariesnowgoose · Wednesday at 8:48 AM

Any body use these?

If so, recommendations please. For use both at home and on the road.
Don't want to spend an absolute fortune - N.B. @Boris7 with all your super-fancy, state of the art tech gear {cough}, please note!

I fancy a new portable speaker for Christmas or my birthday. Sub £100 if there are any worth buying within that budget... ?

Hoping I can persuade Neil to disturb the moths in his Fort Knox wallet, otherwise I'll probably have to buy one myself!

I have a cheap Betron I bought from our local Argos Clearance store several years ago, think I paid about £15 or therabouts?
(Our Argos Clearance store closed down a few weeks ago, but to be fair it's been gradually going downhill ever since the pandemic

)

The Betron has been OK-ish, but the volume isn't the greatest and lately it has started dropping out and shutting down for no apparent reason, so I'm guessing is on its way out.

I have been researching for all of 10 minutes and it seems like there are a few brands out there and the reviews are extremely mixed.....

Trotter · Wednesday at 8:57 AM

Notabrick
£40:Amazon works well for me

caledonia · Wednesday at 9:09 AM

JBL. Good battery life, decent sound and pretty indestructible.

AllanD · Wednesday at 9:13 AM

I’ve had an Anker Soundcore 2 for about 4 years, think it was around £50 from memory. It’s been very good for sound quality and the battery charge lasts well.

Jo001 · Wednesday at 9:15 AM

We have a JBL. It's an older one now, but like THIS or THIS

It's easy to use and the sound quality is good, I'm no aficionado but to me it compares well with our Bose speaker.

izwozral · Wednesday at 9:20 AM

Another thumbs up for Anker, excellent brand and there are good deals on at the moment. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Upgr...94360-B01MTB55WH-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1&th=1

Del668 · Wednesday at 9:27 AM

I have an Anker Soundcore 2, about £30, but if you shop around can get it for as little as £25, waterproof and decent sound.

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barryd · Wednesday at 9:40 AM

AllanD said:
I’ve had an Anker Soundcore 2 for about 4 years, think it was around £50 from memory. It’s been very good for sound quality and the battery charge lasts well.

I got the Soundcore mini for the van for about twenty quid!! Its brilliant. Well its ok for listening to the TV or laptops in the van.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Anker-SoundCore-Portable-Playtime-Black/dp/B01HTH3C8S

Marie might be able to get something bigger and better though for her budget but for a tiny speaker its pretty good. Dead handy for the van as it takes up no space.

RichardHelen262 · Wednesday at 9:41 AM

I have also been using a Anker sound core for the last 4 or 5 years.

maingate · Wednesday at 9:57 AM

Another vote for the Anker Soundcore.

alwaysared · Wednesday at 10:20 AM

Another

for the Anker Soundcore 2, the Soundcore 3 is also good but it's Bluetooth only ie. no 2.5mm jack

Regards,
Del

Nabsim · Wednesday at 10:33 AM

It's going to be more than you want to pay but I highly recommend MiniRig speakers of Bristol. Excellent bit of kit

Minirig Speakers

Mr and Mrs Tupcox · Wednesday at 10:39 AM

We play music most of the day ,we also do dance training class jive and rockerbilly every now and then.
These small speaker are fantastic good mid sound bass line brilliant for the size ..
Not cheap but quality never is.

Fisherman · Wednesday at 10:53 AM

Marie listen to the Anker folks, I have an Anker soundcore 2 I got from Amazon, and for the money I would be surprised if you will find better. We used to use it as a soundbar for our avtex tv, but with the vastly improved sound of the new Cello tv, I only use it for the radio and listening to music. I’m not saying it’s as good as a £100 plus speaker, but it’s better value for money. Tell Neil it cost £100 and blow the rest.

It’s currently £29.95 on Amazon prime right now.

Anker Soundcore 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker with 12W Stereo Sound, BassUp, IPX7 Waterproof, 24-Hour Playtime, Wireless Stereo Pairing, Speaker for Home, Outdoors, Travel https://amzn.eu/d/5zA0mTw

alcam · Wednesday at 11:03 AM

Mr and Mrs Tupcox said:
We play music most of the day ,we also do dance training class jive and rockerbilly every now and then.
These small speaker are fantastic good mid sound bass line brilliant for the size ..
Not cheap but quality never is.

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mark61 · Wednesday at 11:42 AM

Depends entirely how sub £100 you want to go?
Nothing wrong at all with Soundcore 2/3's, but Both JBL and Soundcore have products closer to £100 that do have both better quality sound, and more importantly, louder!
Minirig do great quality speakers, but not so sure about sub £100

5andy · Wednesday at 12:07 PM

The votes are in and the winner seems be Anker, but to suggest an alternative, I bought this one for the Motorhome last year to replace a small Bose which cost more than 3 times as much years ago. Some people can tell the difference between quality of speakers much better than myself, but to me there isn’t a huge difference in quality and I wouldn’t pay any more for the Motorhome.

Juice Boom Pro Bluetooth Speaker – Black

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Scotia · Wednesday at 12:57 PM

mariesnowgoose said:
The Betron has been OK-ish, but the volume isn't the greatest and lately it has started dropping out and shutting down for no apparent reason, so I'm guessing is on its way out.

Time for a hearing aid!

trevskoda · Wednesday at 1:21 PM

Scotia said:
Time for a hearing aid!

Speak up please.

Boris7 · Wednesday at 1:43 PM

Hi Ginge,

You say