Customer Ratings & Reviews

While it had some nice features it simply wasn't very loud. There are a lot of waterproof speakers that are slightly higher in price but much better quality.

Sinks and turns off then sounds like a blown speaker until water drains. Did not like this speaker and returned it promptly! UE ROLL is hands down superior!

The Mini Life Jacket was my first decent Bluetooth speaker -- a dramatic step-up from a little iHome cube with a keychain fob. This Mini Life Jacket delivers good sound in a rugged package, though the price point merits some consideration. This product has a battery life in my experience of maybe 12 hours and retails for about $100. For $200 you can step up to the Boom Jacket II, which is the most recent Altec Lansing product. I actually caught a sale and picked up the Boom Jacket model for $130. For this I got 4x the battery life, twice the number of built-in speakers, deeper bass response and a USB charging port for a smartphone -- incredibly handy, because your phone battery will die from playing tunes long before the Altec Lansing coughs and quits. Also, the Boom Jacket is loud as lucifer, wonderfully so. It will really crank. The other issue about the Mini Life Jacket is that, despite all the claims to being waterproof, sand and dust-proof, submersible, etc., it is not especially heat proof. Couple of times during the summer I left it in the car for maybe an hour and on my return the internal amplifier could barely coax a whisper through the speakers. Taking the Mini Life Jacket into an air conditioned area restored the volume output after about half an hour. So if you choose this model, be prepared to tote it around with you. The Mini weighs half as much as the Boom Jacket II, mainly due to the much smaller rechargeable battery. Because it's lighter, the Mini might be preferable for clamping to a bike's handlebars or for backpacking. But if you plan on being out all day, especially at the beach or in an isolated area where juice is not readily available, the Boom Jacket II will rock and roll and seemingly never stop. So, with the Mini we're talking light weight and decent sound versus the Boom Jacket that weighs twice as much, but delivers four times the battery life and pumps out awesome sound. Plus you get a charging port for your phone or tablet.

Started out good ,but after awhile sound would go down, thought it was my iPod and tried another but still was happening.

The speaker was not loud enough. Attempted using it on the motorcycle. Returned it and bought the larger speaker.

I was excited to get this speaker. It already had distortions around 50% max volumes.

Con. Every 10 minutes it powers off. Not sure how to disable this problem

@ broke within 25 days. I had to send it back to manufacture. It cost me 20 percent of the cost to send back a defective device. Not very happy with the lack of support that Best Buy provided, or that I am out of a device that 1. I am paying interest on and 2. I had to send it back to manufacturer.

Amazing quality sound! Literally dunked in faucet twice directly in speakers.. had to know whether it was really water proof and still working great! I've had other speakers say they're waterproof and messed up with the slightest bit of water on them. This was definitely worth the money. Glad i bought here than anywhere else! Thanks to Sarah who allowed me to listen to it before I bought it. Great job guys

This is the speaker I initially bought for my mom for Mother's Day but the sound quality was SOOOOOOO atrocious on this thing I had to return it the next day. Instead bought her the Sony Bluetooth speaker in the blue color with the call feature. Got it on sale for $119

If you want loud sound and feel a good bass you will have to get the biggest model and not the mini life jacket. the sound starts to crackle a little bit going up in volume. its loud for a small room but not much for out doors doing stuff. yet its just my experience

I went home and unpacked the speaker. I followed the instructions and charged it up. So far I haven't been able to get it to come on. My kid has one of these same speakers and it works great.

Purchased as a Christmas gift, and wouldn't turn on. It was last year's model and they were all sold out when we tried to exchange.

Died within 72 hours of purchase, still dead, would buy anything else but this.

It turns itself off after every two songs play and you have to turn it back on. Wouldn't recommend it to anybody.

The Mini Life Jacket speaker skipped continually. I exchanged it for a Bose Soundlink, which works very well.

Not loud at all does not do what it says it does at all wouldn't recommend at all

Small speaker with ok sound. I bought one as a gift to put on a Harley Davidson Motorcycle hoping it could be heard above the sound of the pipes and it wasn't near loud enough. But would be a great gift for a kid using it around a pool, lake or in a bedroom. It has great features... water proof, sand proof, everything proof. Sound quality is good but not much bass. Not very loud. I think it's a bit over priced. Makes a great gift for a young person.

I bought this for one reason only, it was waterproof and shock proof, I’m always out camping and traveling so to have a speaker that can handle that challenge I was willing to try it. Once I heard it?! Blew me away, it took a lot of hit and still sounded like it was brand new! This speaker is amazing

The voice is normal speaking volume. There for a reason, only wish my microwave was so nice. Usual Altec clarity and projection with the full range of tone. What you put in is what comes out. Great battery life. Great styling,and plenty of volume. I like so much I'm gonna get a Mini H2O to keep it company.