Customer Ratings & Reviews

Bought this after reading online reviews. Picked it up and immediately returned it after listening to the in-store demo. It sounded cheap and not at all what I expected from Bose. Bought the Bose Soundlink Mini instead and it was definitely worth paying the extra money.

bought it as a present for my girlfriend. she loves it

I went by the reviews and I would not recommend this speakers. The sound was not crispy and the bass was not loud enough. Is to heavy.The buttons needs to be press to hard and the Bluetooth would not read as fast as should. I returned it the next day and went for the Beats Pill.

Wonderful. Love to use it outside when doing yard work

Bose can't be beat. The best always cost more, but worth it.

Now let's see if it lasts. .......................

Amazing product. i would recommend this for others

I use it with my Sirius at home system. It's great

Not the best speaker but good sound for the price.

not a great sound from boss out door very poor sound .

Once again Bose exceeded my.expectations! Love it!

This Bose product is a great value for the money !!

This is great speaker. Bose make great products...

This was a present one year for my daughter. Granted kids are hard on electronics. But this unit had charging problems early on. Died completely after a bit more than a year.

Too small a sound for me. No big bass or high treb

I had a difficult time getting this to work. I ended up purchasing an Amazon Echo for the same price - BestBuy had it on sale. The Echo sounds just as good as the Bose and does a whole lot more.

Per BOSE support, there are some issues with the power cord and they will send a new one. However, since I registered this product IMMEDIATLY and receive constant emails from them, how is it that they did not inform customers that there was an issue?

I may have a bit of an obsession with Bluetooth speakers. I like having larger units (Bose SoundLink III, Beats Pill XL) and smaller units for different on-the-go situations (Bose SoundLink Color, UE Boom). I recently purchased the SoundLink Color as more of a permanent fixture in my bathroom, a speaker that I can just leave on the shelf and use whenever I'm taking a shower or bath. I previously had a UE Boom in there but I was constantly moving it to my patio or taking it to the pool. So how does the SoundLink Color fair? It's not bad. Actually, I was pleasantly surprised by both the audio quality and volume that this speaker produces for its price. I'm really only going to compare this to the UE Boom speaker (now available for $180) as that is the only small speaker baseline I have. I actually prefer the sound quality of the SoundLink Color. The highs aren't as present but the bass really does kick in more. It's to the point where it makes the UE Boom sound as if it doesn't have any bass drivers at all (it actually has two). Metal, techno/dubstep, rap/hip-hop, and rock really standout with the SoundLink Color. The added bass makes the bass drum thump more and brings techno/dubstep songs more to life. The plastic design of the SoundLink Color does leave a bit to be desired, especially compared with the UE Boom. The plastic casing does flex a bit and the control buttons on top feel somewhat mushy. The plastic body does seem less fragile than the aluminum SoundLink Mini but, at the same time, I would be worried about it cracking or scratching if I dropped it whereas I have dropped my UE Boom before and it was fine. Bose has thankfully adopted micro USB for charging unlike with the SoundLink Mini. The battery life does leave a bit to be desired. Bose rates it at 8 hours and I typically get about 10 hours. I normally play music once a day for about an hour and it will last for 10 days before needing to be recharged. While that isn't bad, my UE Boom typically pushes the 16 hour mark. It's still better than the Beats Pill 2 but Ultimate Ears (which is owned by Logitech) really seems to have set the standard. The SoundLink Color also isn't water resistant unlike the UE Boom. I've splashed my UE Boom with water, accidentally dropped it in the pool (it was recovered within 10 seconds), it's been covered in dirt (I just ran it under the sink to clean it), and it's set in wet grass before all without issues. It still looks brand new and doesn't show any signs of wear or tear. The SoundLink Color just can't do any of that. In fact I hesitate even using it in the bathroom since condensation does build up on surfaces in there. I really wish Bose would have made it more durable. All-in-all, this is a solid speaker and the sound quality really can't be matched at $130. I knocked it down from 5/5 stars as I would have liked to see Bose make it more durable, at least water resistant. It also would have been nice to have this last for 15 hours instead of 10 (though some people are getting 8-9 hours). Lastly, more features would have been nice such as having the ability to pair two SoundLink Color speakers to use them in stereo mode like what you can do with the UE Boom and Beats Pill speakers. I recommend the SoundLink Color if you don't want to spend $180-$200 on the UE Boom, are looking for better sound quality, and don't require the ruggedness of the UE Boom. Otherwise I recommend saving up your money to get the more expensive UE Boom as it is still the standard when it comes to Bluetooth speakers (good sound quality, great durability, excellent battery life, tons of features including double up and a custom EQ, firmware updates).

Originally purchased black one. For some reason it stop connecting my i phone 6 plus. Had to return it exchanged it with the blue one no problems since. My teenagers have conficasted it from me they love it too!

I received this as a Christmas gift. It is easy to set up and connect to any bluetooth device. I have owned less expensive wired speakers to stream music from phones and tablets and was always dissappointed with either the sound or the lack of volume. I own three other Bose products and this little speaker lives up to the quality of all the others. The sound is solid, great bass and plenty of volume. Even when only on half volume you get great sound through out the house. Outside it was plenty loud to hear from all over the yard.