Customer Ratings & Reviews

Was looking for something loud & portable in the $150 range and here are my personal thoughts. Little numbers by boy was used to demo the following speakers. 4. Beats pill +Crystal clear sound +Very small and portable -No bass -Overpriced @$199 (have seen it go as low as $119 which is great value) 3. Bose soundlink color +Good value @$129 +Loud enough to fill a large room -No highs, no lows, must be Bose! -Not up to Bose standards. 2. Sony SRSX33 +Good balance of highs and lows +Loud for its size -Didn't sound great near max volume. 1. JBL Charge2Plus +Rich deep bass +Highs were 2nd clearest next to beats +Water resistant +The loudest of the group -"Subs" are exposed on sides.

This speaker is everything I was looking for. I had the original JBL CHARGE and this new upgrade blows it out of the water. The bass is incredible for a small unit and it stays charged for a lot longer than the previous unit. It's also at a great price! Hopefully the Bluetooth connection won't mess up like the original. Double thumbs up!!

Love this little speaker! Sounds great with just enough bass! It's perfect for listening to music in the shower or while I'm cooking because its splash proof. Just wipe it off and go. Battery lasts a long time and it has a cord. It also has a rubber base that keeps it secure, even on a shelf. I love being able to just grab it and go, and then I have my music wherever I want it. This speaker is a great choice for quality and sound in this price range. I would definitely recommend this product.

The JBL Charge 2+ is a great Bluetooth speaker that you can take to the lake or to a bbq. It has enough battery life to last all day and you could charge your phone on it too.I would definitely recommend this portable speaker to anyone. I've been using it for a few months now and the whole family loves it.

It's a very strong little speaker. I dropped it a few times and it's still in tact no dents and plays as brand new. The sound is very good for the size. I carry this lil speaker wit me everywhere I go. It's my new head phones. Only down side is the area they chose for charging. It is a very delicate spot and the connection part on the plug bends easily. Already went thru 4 wires

Love this speaker.. sounds great, easy to link to. I listen to music every morning while getting ready for work. Very durable and I love that I dont need to stress about it getting splashed.

I liked this JBL speaker systerm a lot, and I use it every day in my Carolina Room. My only complaint, is that it didn't come with a mini stereo audio cable, or mention in the instructions that I needed to have one in order to make it work. I had to borrow one from a USCB student who had it in his car. I didn't know why we couldn't hear the music, and he went and got his cable, and connected it to my iPod, which worked perfectly.

Now I have a Lil more bass at work in my music, when I'm on night shift!

It's small yet it sure sounds great. The best things is that it may get wet and it will continue to work.

Before making the purchase, I have listened to many portable Bluetooth speakers within the same price range, including JBL Charge 2, JBL Charge 2+, JBL Pulse, Bose Soundlink Mini, Beats Pill, and UE Boom. Clearly, JBL Charge 2+ is the winner, and others don't even come close. I purchased JBL Charge 2 before switching to JBL Charge 2+. Overall, the sound quality is similar to Charge 2+. However, the sound is uneven when it's at high volume. Also, many models have glaring and DSP noice issues when it's at low volume. Unfortunately I picked up the one had issues above and I returned it on the second day. 2+ is the upgrade version of the original Charge 2. The sound is rich and a little bit better (bass, treble, etc). Splashproof is the biggest highlight from the original Charge 2. Also it doesn't have glaring or DSP issues any more!!! You can enjoy your PURE music at ANY volume level. JBL Pulse has very cool light effects and is a bit more expensive, but unfortunately it's lack of bass. Bose Soundlink Mini has overall good sound quality. I think its bass is too heavy but it really depends on your taste. The treble of SL Mini is not as clear as Charge 2+'s, and SL Mini has least functionalities compared to others. Beats Pill has good design but I'm not a big fan of its sound (good for Rap though). UE Boom does not have much bass and I'm disappointed about that. I highly recommend JBL Charge 2+. Obviously it was my BEST BUY of this month!!

For this size/price point the sound profile for the Charge 2+ I feel can't be beat. In the the same room on the same night three people happened to bring there Bluetooth speakers to work. First up was the UE Boom2 $200 Msft-$150 on sale. very clear, good volume, and due to orientation of the driver in the housing, good 360 deg sound dispersion, but lacked in the bottom end. Smooth roll off but with any kind of electronically generated bass, it just wast there. Made songs sound like drummer stayed home. (Freq response on UE website 90hz-20khz) Pro's Water Proof, comes with a lanyard, fits in most cup holders. CAN MAKE A STEREO PAIR w/ companion app. Cons: Stand up only, rolls of set on its side, no bottom end esp at low volumes. Next up was Bose Sound Link Color:$129 msrp, Pro's: Very clean sound especially with acoustic music, Con's: again no bottom end with anything Rock or electronic. Some drum beats sounded like when you flick a finger on the bottom of a paper cup. And by design sound primarily in one direction. Bose site doesn't even list freq. range?? Or if it has any water resistance or proofing. Third up was the JBL Charge 2 $150msrp-$120 on sale): Within seconds of pressing play you could see the looks of approval from all in the room. What was so different? The bottom end! (75hz-20khz on JBL site) you would not think 15hz would make that kind of difference (especially if bass isn't your thing) but WOW! Pro's: The songs just sounded FULL, and at low volumes you could still here the drummer and deeper tones, they didn't disappear like the UE and the BOSE. Water Resistant, has a USB out to CHARGE OTHER DEVICES! Can simultaneously pair to 3 devices (2 for the UE and 1 for the BOSE) so in a group setting the last person to push "play" will be heard with out having to re-pair anything. Now I won't comment on battery life as type and overall volume listened to will will affect that. But listed times are 15hrs for the UE, 12hrs for the Charge2+, and 8hrs for the BOSE. I have since purchased a Charge 2+ and every place I take it, it gets the same reactions from people.."wow, that sounds really good", " man that plays deep" Cons: could be more stable when resting on the long edge, and would be nice if could be used in a stereo pair like the UE. They will all do speaker phone but I have yet to personally try that feature. The USB out charge port works really well too, will charger my iPhone 5s as fast as the factory charger will, and still have juice left over to play for a few hours. So overall for its size and price point I feel the JBL Charge 2+ is really hard to beat, fullest sound range, water resistant, EASY to use "social mode" , and the BONUS Charge output! Highly recommended and would happily buy again.

Overall I am satisfied with this speaker for what I do musically. Battery life lasts are advertised, my one suggestion for android users is... if you want the best sound from this speaker is, go to Google Play Store and download a Music Player (I use Music Player for Android by JRT Studios) which will enable you to use your built in equalizer. Better yet, download a Equalizer to use in conjunction with your playback player, you won't be disappointed. dj Blue Note

Bought this for a road trip because my Volvo doesn't have bluetooth or an AUX input. I wanted something that I could use that was at least close to using the built in sound system. I went back and forth between the UE Boom 2 and the JBL Charge 2+. They both sounded good in the store but since they weren't on the same display I couldn't really get a direct comparison. I ended up buying the UE and going out to my car to listen to it. When I cranked it up it just didn't quite hit it for the bass beat. I went back in and exchanged it for the JBL, put it on the dash, pressed play and....wow... the difference was huge. When I looked it over I noticed why. Both ends of the JBL are low end speakers. Watch them work when you have a bass beat. Used it with my iPhone throughout the trip in the car. We also brought some movies to play on my macbook when we got there. Paired with that (you can have more than one device connected at the same time) it felt like a movie experience even though the screen was small. Good audio makes a difference. Bottom line. Its bigger that the UE but the sound quality and range is like night and day. Buy it!

We bought this speaker to use outside in the backyard. It is perfect for travel or even just moving your music from room to room indoors. The sound quality is very good. Nice bass sound. Lasts fairly long on a full battery charge. And the price is better than some of the higher end portable speakers.

Love this. My husband was going to get me a Bluetooth speaker for our anniversary, so I figured I'd just read reviews on Amazon and have him order one. Wrong! There are so many out there so we went to Best Buy to try them out. I was set on the Bose until I heard the different ones (which all seemed very comparable). What made my mind on the JBL: it got louder than the Fuego, was water proof unlike the Bose, came in several colors (got the turquoise), had a nice bass (husband's concern), although it was round had a flat area on one side to stand up on (plus u can stand upright on either end, was just worried about blowing over on a boat or at the beach), and price ($150 at the time I believe). Bought a case on Amazon and plan on taking this to the beach with us next week. For now I use it every morning getting ready while my toddler claps and dances...

I listened to a number of speakers in demo. I was looking for sound first, sturdiness, price, and intangibles. I quickly settled on the JBL and Bose. The JBL Charge2 intrigued me early on, especially with the "moving woofers" on each end. The price was lower, the colors, look, and feel were top notch. The treble and mids were clear and crisp. And the bass was full, surprisingly broad, and deep and maintained that fullness over a few different sounds and frequencies. There was very little electronic sound in the bass and sounded better than most others i demonstrated. And the sound compared to Bose and others was so close I could not tell much difference walking back and forth. I spent more tIme deciding between the Charge and Flip, but ultimately could not walk away from my early interest and percoeved value from the Charge

Had the Beats Pill and then heard this from a friend and was blown away.Sound is much fuller than the Pill, much more bottom end. Love the fact that it's splash proof. A little bigger and heavier than the Pill but not by much. My only gripe is that it doesn't have a case for it, especially with the woofers exposed on both sides of the unit. You'd think that they would give you something to put it in to protect it instead of just throwing it in your backpack when taking it on the go.

Sound is very full even with base. Battery life is amazing, and you can charge your phone off the stereo!!! Best part is it's well made. Someone knocked it off the table and I was afraid it was broke. But I picked it up, dusted it off, and it was just fine!

Does what it says. This is a good portable speaker. Sound is good. I also use it with my laptop (MacBook Pro) because my headphone jack developed a problem that keeps my speakers from working. (Google "headphone jack red light" if you want to know more about that). More bass than you would expect. Yet, still clear on the midrange (vocals). I listen to a lot of jazz and classical. It's good for that. Also, it's water resistant so no worries at the beach. Very happy with this item.

I haven't had great experiences with bluetooth speakers in the past. I used to own a Bose Sounddock 10 (which is in a completely different class than the JBL Charge 2+ I know). From the get go, the Bose was constantly cutting out with all of my bluetooth devices I used, which I initially thought was attributed to the bluetooth technology, however I was way wrong and learned that after just about a year of use, was defective. The Bose was returned and the JBL Charge 2+ was purchased. I love this little thing! I mainly use this in my office at work which is a about a 200 square feet space and this little guy fills the office space with ease on mid low to medium volume. The bass is great in the upper levels, but you will notice some distortion in sound at the highest volumes (I'm not one who listens to music on their highest levels anyways so this is not an issue for me). The battery life is great as well. I use it for about 3 days (approximately 12-13 hours before I have to recharge it). This is with the volume set at mid to low. One thing I did know before purchasing it is that it will fade out/cut the first part of a song off when skipping to the next track (I mainly use Pandora). This doesn't bother me at all but may others. Overall, I think that this is a great bluetooth speaker within this price range, but not sure if it is worth the upgrade if you already own the previous model (Charge 2).