Customer Ratings & Reviews

It's a great item!! I love it!! I would recommend this speaker for daily use!!!

The best of the best The sound is incredible the bass sounds excellent

Great product super sound quality a little pricey but so is Bose but worth it.

This is the perfect gift I ever got myself, perfect quality surround sound.

Good sound and quality for the lightweight dpeaker

The best speaker I ever had. Sound quality is perfect. I’ve had it for a couple years now and still work great, I take it on trips, to the beach, to work, while walking, exercising, everywhere!

Amazing battery life, sound is great. Light weight. Easy to carry even in the pockets.

I’ve liked every Bose device I’ve ever had. The Soundlink Max is my favorite so far. Between it’s size, feature set, battery life, and sound quality, I don’t think you could do better than this speaker. The first impression as soon as you pick this speaker up is how dense it is. It’s not heavy, just heavier than you would ever expect when you pick it up. The soft-touch main body is pleasant to hold and is well matched to the metal grille and handle. That soft touch covering does pick up fuzz and stuff, but it’s easily wiped off. It has a 3.5mm aux jack for analog sources and a USB-C charging in/out port on the back. The handle is big enough for me to grab with my bear mitts, but small enough to not get in the way. It’s removeable as well, and can be swapped with a longer color-matched rope handle for shoulder carry. The controls are easy to see and use, feeling quite soft from the silicone shell, but have a nice click to let you know when the button has been pressed. My favorite note about the controls is the power button, you just press it and it turns on, press it and it turns off! No holding the button and counting every time I want to power cycle the speaker. Though I was a little worried about carrying around and handling this speaker with kid gloves, it has proven weatherproof and pretty resistant to drops. I’ve dropped it twice now, once onto concrete, and it just keeps ticking. I am glad I did not drop it on the front grill, that might have scratched it, but I can barely even feel a little scuff on the corner and no visible damage. I also tested in the rain over the last few days and it’s completely unfazed. I will not be voluntarily submerging my speaker, so I didn’t try that. I ran the speaker for 6 straight hours outside and it still said (literally) there was 40% battery left. I have not run the battery all the way down to see how long a full charge takes, Bose says it will take 5 hours with the 15W charger and I have no reason to doubt that. You can charge your phone or Walkman with the same port, and it offers a good 15W of output. Sound quality here is spot on what I expected. It’s clean and full, with strong bass and nice kick drum thumps. There isn’t any sub-bass you’ll be hearing outdoors, perhaps a little more indoors. The highs and mids are very strong, well-articulated if a little harsh when the speaker is at ear level. When the speaker is on the ground or floor, it sounds great. It covers my back patio area of about 40sq feet with clean sound. It manages to have a wide audible area and works well in a corner facing in. Stereo imaging isn’t this guys forte, but outside or listening next to the campfire, that’s not this speaker’s role. It can get very loud as well, sound output is clean and distortion free all the way up the volume scale. The app is simple, straightforward without a bunch of fiddly controls. It offers battery level and volume at a glance. There is also access to a very simple EQ, which is easy to use and very effective with small adjustments. I like the button to directly access Bluetooth connections and edit them, removing and enabling/disabling devices as needed rather than wiping out all paired devices with a hardware reset. The shortcut (circle) button is factory mapped to switch the speaker to the 3.5mm rear aux jack, this can be changed in the app to resume Spotify and I understand with a second press, it will prompt Spotify to play your discovery queue. This is very nice for someone who uses Spotify, but it did seem to be missing some options for other services… what do I know. The last function of the app is the Tips section, which has instructions and pointers for using the speaker, quite handy. Perhaps the best feature in the app is that Bose is not hiding arbitrary functions behind a forced account creation. Everything works just fine without signing in to Bose, a pleasant surprise. Overall, this is all the portable speaker I could want, great sound, good looks, good battery life, easy operation, weatherproof, and physically tough. I would recommend it to friends and family without reservation.

I love it, I have the Bose sound link 3 which is nice but this new generation is the best, the sub buffer is pretty deep and the sound is amazing…

VERY GOOD SOUND,VERY GOOD QUALITY, BOSE LIVE UP TO THIER NAME. THANKS !!!

This is an amazing product. I bought one for my son and father. They also love it. Sound is very crisp and has great quality as it’s Bose. Highly recommend this product.

I love this little speaker! It sounds great and has plenty of volume for what I use it for. My shower radio will not pick up any stations in my shower so this is permanently in my shower so I can listen to the local weather in the mornings before I head off to work and music at other times. it's connected by Bluetooth to my cell phone. The only thing that worried me is the charging port is on top and it has no cover. I have it placed back against the shower wall under the shower neck to the shower head so it doesn't get any direct water on it and very little splashed on it at all, but I did purchase a plug that fits and covers the port just for my peace of mind. I am very satisfied with my purchase! I added photos of wher I placed it in the shower and the port plug I added.

The sound quality is clear and balance what you excect from Bose. It produces good sound for its size. About 90% full volume the sound start getting a little muddy and dull. But i never need to turn it that loud. I usually use this speaker in the back of my rig for tailgating or take it with me on bike rides. It has a rubber strap on the back to make it easy to tie it down to different thing, including my MOLLE panel. I say the only negative is, it a little pricey and the battery life is not the greatest. But still give it a 4.5.

If you are looking for a good reliable speaker for any outdoor adventure this is the one! I recently took this to a trip to the Philippines and it was AMAZING!

i love this speaker and you can listen to music in the shower ! sorry mine is a bit dirty lol

Amazing sound with clear base. Good for indoor and outdoor.

Excellent sound quality and quickly become part of my everyday routine

Speaker with an extraordinary sound, I got surprised because I was expecting something moderate as per the size but it was amazing.

The product is an efficient and good party speakers, also people at store were smart enough to suggest me this product

The sound is excellent and I love blue tooth connections. I wish it were a little bigger for when I'm working outside. I keep forgetting where I set it down and it's hard to find sometimes!