Customer Ratings & Reviews

Sound quality wonderful. Can be downstairs and still use while it is upstairs in the bedroom.

This is a great "on the go" speaker!! It has great sound quality and has a great price point!

I could not believe the depth and clearity of the music that comes for this small speaker. It is small and portable yet the sound is rich and high in quality.

You can use this in a large or small space. We were surprised at the quality of the sound.

Perfect for my daughter she loves to listen to music while playing in her room. Great sound

This is a great speaker. Very small but very powerful.

Great speakers, excellent quality, very light, easy for traveling while give you a great sound. The service at the store was great and the price was great

Great sound and very portable Clear sound not bulky or heavy will recommend over beats in my opinion u always had JLB in my cars A must by great price

This is a great speaker. Clarity is good. Bass is good. Used on a casual basis to listen and relax. I like that you can charge your phone from it as well!

This little speaker has a great sound and was loud enough to hear over about 40 people in a church reception hall. This is the second one we have bought!

You can take it anywhere your cell phone is and have great music! Sounds really good for the price! Also is water resistant if you get stuck in the rain.

For such a small device, it has great sound. We use it at the pool with no water issues.

To make a long story shorter, not trusting the possibly tweaked sound tracks used for demo bluetooth speakers, I went into BestBuy with my phone and tablet to demo speakers with MY music, which is lossless and a mix of hard rock, metal, goth, classical, country, jazz, instrumental and vocal, to decide with what I actually listen to. I paired with several speakers in my budget range and below, including the Charge2+, Bose SoundLink Color, Beats Pill+, UE Boom 2, Altec-Lansing Mini Life Jacket, Altec Lansing Boom Jacket, Fugoo Style and Bose Soundlink Mini ll. They all paired relatively easily except for the Fugoo and Charge2+, but remember these are store display models that have really been abused. The biggest surprise for sound quality and volume for price was the Bose Soundlink Color, but it lacked the battery life and other features I wanted, but great speaker below my top 2 picks. Sound quality, adequate bass and adequate volume being my priorities, the JBL Charge2+ and Bose Soundlink Mini ll came out on top after an hour of sampling tracks in the store. The problem was listening in the store was not the same as my normal listening environments and that can make a huge difference, not to mention I was having a problem deciding between the two. I bought both, knowing I could return the one that lost my comparison. At home, in a large living area as well as a medium sized bedroom, side by side, placed one foot from a wall. They both paired easily and quickly with my tablet and phone, with both supporting pairing of more than one device at the same time. The Charge2+ sounded great with fairly accurate playback, great bass and volume. The Bose had that with better soundstage, more depth, detail and better vocals over most all genres I played. The tracks just sounded more natural and fuller than the Charge, but it was still close. The main differences to me and a couple of friends listening with me was the way the two handled sub bass at high volumes and the Bose's broader sound stage. The Charge tends to distort and clip sub bass at volumes above 75%, which I had also read about in many other reviews in my research, whereas the Bose rolls off the bass instead of distorting, which makes it much more pleasant to listen to at high volumes. We also noticed a little more forwarding of vocals with the Bose. On rock tracks with a lot of complexity and several instruments involved, it became harder to really give an advantage to either, maybe even leaning towards the Charge. The Charge was also able to play a little louder, but at the price of distortion with the bass. The Bose averaged around 8 hours of playback at an average volume level of 60%. The JBL averaged around 9.5 hrs, keeping in mind that both will improve after a few charge/discharge cycles of the battery. I really wanted the Charge2+ because I preferred the look and saving $50, it being a great sounding speaker and heads above the others I demoed in the store, except the Bose. In the end I chose the Soundlink Mini ll for the better soundstage and depth, not to mention much smaller size, which helps when throwing in my pack. To be honest, I don't believe many people would notice enough difference between the two to justify the extra $50, especially listening to lower bitrate mp3 like many do, but I could. I don't often need to play my music with a speaker like this above 75%, so the distortion of the bass with the Charge2+ would not normally be an issue for me. If I had never listened to the Bose, but still listened to the others I tried, I would have been happy with the Charge2+, but I did listen to the Bose Soundlink Mini ll and in the end, I had to have that detail and soundstage.

Purchased 2 of these for my sons as Christmas gifts...sound is great. Got one for myself as a gift! Lightweight and portable...great for the beach!

This is my second speaker. It goes with me everywhere and the sound is very good. Ok for pool side, beach or at work in OR. The battery is amazing.

Compared to competitors this product is outstanding particularly for the cost. Ease of function, and the Beautiful sound Kama so rich and full.

We took this in our car on a road trip and it worked out well. It travels well, puts out great, full sound. Good for camping, or to use indoors.

Awesome speaker sound. Great battery life and don't have to panic if someone spills a drink close to. We use by the pool or just sitting outside.

Speakers are good and have more options than the previous version. Worth buying

Love the JBL family, will definitely recommend this product to somebody else