Customer Ratings & Reviews

I've bought many speakers throughout my life and this is probably my favorite. It's small and portable, yet has great sound. Power button, and volume are both easy to access. I really like it.

Great service and product. Great customer servicemany good products to choose from

The best quality speaker and very durable! I've dropped it in Lake Michigan and it floated and was like nothing happened. Amazing product!

Sounds great and was easy to use but wish it charged the phone too.

I love ue there my favorite speaker's i want the Bluetooth headphones

I really enjoy using it on the boat.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Easy to use, good sound, sturdy construction, good for casual use.

Good speaker, connected to the UE app easily......

Pretty good sound, we are using it for TV. Super cool sound.

Sound quality is good and very convenient to stow away for travel.

I loved the color, VERY EASY TO USE and it hears perfectly.

This is a gift for my daughter in law to use with her Sony turntable. I know she will love it.

I enjoy the sound and the quality of this product.

Great portable speaker. Cant wait to pair it with another.

Open the smartly designed box and you find one approximately 3” x 7” cylinder speaker, a flat white 4’ micro-USB cable, and a quick start guide. There is no AC USB Adapter. The battery in the unit was dead, but it only took about 2.5 hours to fully charge with a 3 AMP USB charger. Lower amp chargers (.5 -2 AMP) will need more time. Hold both the + and – volume buttons together a few seconds and the unit will verbally tell the percentage of power remaining. Or check it in the app. It automatically shuts off after 15 minutes of no activity. A quick press of the power button turns it on as does a long press of the Magic Button. Holding the Bluetooth button puts it into Pair mode. Look for BOOM 3 in your Bluetooth devices to pair. Easy enough, no surprises here. I checked and found a Firmware update in the App. Click the update button and a minute later you’re ready to go. Easy. The unit starts and powers off with a swish and a tribal drum roll sound effect. This can be turned off in the app. On the top there are two small buttons off center. A Power button with LED, so you know it’s on. And the Bluetooth button, whose LED goes out once you are connected. My first use was a continuous 16 hours and 8 minutes of streaming Pandora Plus from my iPhone which I left in the house while working outside in the yard. Over an hour better than the 15 hours listed. Bluetooth was solid with up to 80’ and a wall between the BOOM 3 and my phone. The sound coming out of such a small package is very rich and clean at all volume levels. It’s as if it has some magic reserve that exceeds its physical size. It can play LOUDLY, advertised up to 90db, yet clearly. It does not sound strained or flatten out like others; there is still a good range to be had even when maxed out. With a decent bit rate on your source, it will sound awesome. In the center is the ‘Magic Button’. which will pause and play the song with a single click. A double press will skip to the next track. A long press will skip playlists, but only in Apple Music and Deezer Premium. Hopefully more apps will be added in the future. Please? The Magic Button worked well with Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Google Play. The Amazon Music app however, it would not resume play after a pause. I had to go back to the app. It would skip to the next song in the playlist but would not play. Maybe next update… The Magic button is a welcome feature. No need to mess with the source and this speaker is waterproof and it floats! Great for a pool party. Keep the phone inside safe and dry. Dustproof? Oh yeah! I used this while doing yard work and kicked up LOTS of dust. It looked bad! When I power washed my house later, I gave it a few quick and lights blasts. Clean as new as new and it never missed a beat. The BOOM 3 allows up to 4 devices to pair. You can alternate who plays DJ with this and not need to re-pair after someone else. Very nice! The free app for iOS is good but it could be great with just a bit of attention. It has a 5 band EQ to get the sound just right for your music and setting. There are some presets; Standard (flat), Cramped Spaces, Voices, Bass Jump, and Custom. The range of adjustment is +/- 15. The bass is already prevalent and cannot be bumped up before the sound is mired in bass. You can only change the Custom profile. If you try to change one of the other presets, those settings overwrite your custom setting with no warning. Unfortunately, you cannot save EQ settings beyond the one custom. Hopefully this comes in an update. The EQ setting for different spaces; outside, my garage, living room and shower are very different as they are for different type of music. Using the app, you can power it on/off, set the volume, set the language (English, French, Spanish, and German), find the serial number for registration. The PartyUp setting allow you to connect to 150 BOOM speakers to play together, even older Boom and MEGABOOM models can be added. Music throughout the home or yard for any occasion. You can control whether others can connect to your BOOM 3 or not in the app. The default is to allow inclusion. It’s strictly Bluetooth for music input. There is no mini-DIN aux port as some others have. Maybe because its waterproof? There is a waterproof mini-USB port covered by a rubber plug to keep out dust. The power plug is on the back near the bottom, so you can leave it discreetly plugged in most the time if you’d like, even while using it. There is a very sturdy fabric loop on the back near the top so you can hang it with carabiner, bungie cord, or even rope. There is no microphone and it will not do phone calls. The speaker hardware is great, near indestructible and has a 2 year warranty. I’ve checked out several this year and this is my current top pick. The app is solid, works well, but basic. It could be great with some savable EQ profiles and play list support. It’s a short want list, which is a sign of a mature top tier product worthy of consideration on a short list. It’s not quite 5 stars, but much better than 4 stars.

It’s a speaker. It does what it’s supposed to do. Price was a little hi for the size. Found a better deal at Sam’s.

I sit out on my front porch on Saturday nights and drink beer and listen to my music over this speaker great sound and can get really load would be great for a party.

I couldn't be happier with the sound, look and the price!

Bass could be better. But overall it is a great sounding speaker

Great sound and battery life in a compact design that fits in many spaces