Customer Ratings & Reviews

I am heavily invested in the Sonos ecosystem, so buying a Roam speaker made sense. However, I believe you can get a comparable speaker at a lesser cost, minus the convenience of the Sonos app platform. I bought this Roam SL to replace a Roam, as I am attempting to get rid of microphones that don't really make sense to me. I don't feel like a portable speaker needs voice commands or to be able to tune itself, especially if you have a phone, tablet, or wearable device with you 99.9% of the time, but there was no Roam SL when I originally bought the Roam. This speaker currently sits in my wife's office, where she can stream directly to it via the Sonos app or Airplay, or connect via Bluetooth if she wants to listen to something from her laptop. Switching between wifi for Sonos/Airplay and Bluetooth is as easy as tapping a button. We have the wireless charging base, which is also super convenient. When we travel with it, it takes a USB-C cord, so no real need to carry the charging base around. I will eventually get my wife an Era 100, and probably move the Roam SL to the bathroom, but for now, it is working well for what we are doing with it. Only real gripe is that at this price point, they could throw in a carrying case of some sort, even if it was just a soft drawstring bag.

My Mom loves it. She’s been into Sonos for a few years now, but has always wanted something portable. Now she can carry this easy but powerful unit out with her to the garden when she’s working or having a picnic. No battery issues and the Bluetooth is great to hook up in other places without the Wi-Fi.

I bought this because in the store it sounded fantastic. I think they must’ve had it on an amplifier or something. The sound is just OK and it doesn’t get very loud. I do love the look and shape of the speaker, it’s very easy to tote around because it’s design to fit in the fold of your hand. The Sonos app is a pain in the butt, it leaves off half of my music. There are much better sounding speakers out there, this is strictly for aesthetics and how small and light it is. I do like that it can play over Wi-Fi which means you can use your phone for whatever you need to use your phone for and music will still play. That’s a nice feature. If sound is your main concerned, this is not the speaker for you, upgrade to the Sonos move, ultimate ears hyper boom, or jbl charge 5.

I bought this speaker so my softball team can listen to music in the dugout. Its small, portable and loud. So much power from such a small speaker! It also adds to my listening experience at home when added to my sonos home theatre. I highly recommend this to anyone!

Excellent quality refurb. Bought this to pair with and existing one and it works well. The sound is nice and clear. The bass is marginal and will reduce with the volume, that’s expected. Worth for the refurb price.

Impressive sound quality for the size. Somewhat let down by the level of output, compared to my old UE Wonderboom, but the quality is far better. Wireless charging is great, though you can save some $ getting a standard one vs the one from Sonos.

I'm very happy with my Sonos Roam SL purchase! It's great as a portable speaker for music streaming from my PC as well as my smartphone, I also bought it with the intent to use it as a laptop speaker since most laptop speakers have a lot to be desired. This speaker serves both purposes very well! The Roam was simple to setup and the only setting change I made was to auto-disconnect from Bluetooth when not used for a period of time. While I only have one Roam rather than a duo stereo setup, the sound quality is very good including voice clarity. To-date, I've found that a full battery charge lasts a long time.

If you need a small speaker to travel with then buy the Roam. Sound is good, but limited due to size and speaker setup. However, if you’re not traveling and need portability then save up for the Move cuz it sounds so much better than the Roam. If do NOT need portability then get the Sl speaker. In a nutshell this is a travel speaker only.

I love the fact that I can now connect this via Bluetooth and of course to my other Sonos products on the network. The sound is clear, loud and it lasts for 8+ hours of consistent music.

I think this is the best portable small speaker in the world. There is very good battery life and the music sounds just amazing for its small Size. Room correction us the best feature.

The workers at the store hardly ever know what they are talking about, and they again disappointed. I buy a sonos sound bar and they tell me these wirelessly connect as “surround speakers” — actually no they just connect and play the exact same sounds so it echoes . . . Its doesnt play sounds like a surround sound as only the left or right speaker should. They sound great yeah, but not for surround sound. It just plays the full audio like the soundbar

Sounds Great for such a small speaker. And its the perfect size to pack and take on vacation or to the beach. Pairs perfect with my other Sonos speakers so in the garage or shower I can listen to music.

Sonos speaker are expensive but the sound quality that you get is well worth the money. I’m not an audiophile but you can tell the difference between this speaker and a cheap one. For such a small speaker you can fill a medium size room with sound

Love this speaker. I was looking for something i could listen to in the shower. You can literally hold this speaker under the water, shake it out and it keeps right on playing. Liked it so well that I bought a second one, which let's you pair them in stereo mode for even better sound quality! You can also remove stereo mode and steam the same (or different) song to both. Perfect for having one speaker outside while grilling out and another indoors so you have sound throughout. I love the 2 sonos Roam speakers and will definitely be adding several of their other speakers for surround sound as well.

I have all Bose and a Sonos, this by far is got to the best. Great sound, great battery life and good size. I would highly recommend it. Even got a great price.

The only Sonos product I've come across that didn't really "wow" me. It works well but the single connection button isn't very intuitive. Once you learn to use it it's not hard to use. SOund quality is decent but again - no wow factor here.

Great to take to the beach and on the boat - perfect size and great sound. Will definitely be ordering more Sonia products.

For the size, Great sound! It gets plenty loud for smaller spaces. Set up took some time. Just wanted to pair and go, but you have to download the app and then set up things through wifi. It's not hard just time consuming.

I purchased the Sonos Roam for an outside deck, installed under the eaves to protect it. I had a long USB cable already there, to keep it plugged in 24/7. That never worked as the juice was never strong enough to charge it. I gave up doing that as the battery life is decent. The sound is great relative to its size, but it still can't beat my JBL Charge3 in sound. The Sonos fits the bill, and am pleased with it.

The sound and the concept are great. We have the SONOS Roam SL and the SONOS ERA 100. My part time problem with it is being able to group the rooms. It says you must use the SONOS 1 app, and links you to that, which is out of date now. So change the auto-link to SONOS 2! Not a huge thing, but a pain sometimes. The sound is great but the software people need to actually use the product and iron out these weird kinks so it can be a smooth system. This is the ONLY reason I am hesitant to buy more of their product for the house.