Flip 4 Portable Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker (Gray)

Still using and loving this little speaker after many years. The first one I bought around 10 years ago had a battery issue after 2 years, which JBL promptly replaced, and that one has lasted ever since. Not sure the battery still holds a charge as well as at first, but leaving it plugged in, it still works great. Portable, water resistant, light weight, good sound quality and very well made to last. I'll probably by another of the same model if this one dies before I do.

I've had these for about 2 1/2 months....and all I can say is....Wow!! These are so much better than I expected! I bought 2 for stereo sound and they are astounding! I love them!! SOUND QUALITY: Fantastic! It is amazing that sound this good comes from such small speakers. Great bass too. They make my ears happy...and the cost of them made my wallet happy too!! Win-win! LOUDNESS: I compared 2 different brand bluetooth speakers in a gym 72ft x 40ft. I couldn't even hear the 1st test speaker. Then I tried the 2nd brand speaker JBL FLIP 4 and had no difficulty hearing it anywhere in the gym. I then connected two JBL FLIP 4 speakers and the sound was amazing and it filled the gym. You can easily entertain with background music with these speakers. PHONE CONNECTIVITY: I wasn't planning on testing this feature. I didn't think I would use it and there was one review that said it didn't work that well anyway. Well fast forward, I had my phone connected to this speaker and was listening to music while showering and the phone & speaker started ringing. I pushed what I thought was the ignore phone call button on the speaker only to be met with silence from the speaker. I thought what is going on? I then thought let me say hello just to make sure I didnt answer the call. I said Hello and immediately was greeted by someone calling me on business. That was awkward and a little embarrassing. I apologized that I was in the shower. But did ask them if they could hear me okay. They said they could hear me just fine. So, I asked if I could call them back and a better time. So I guess that review saying it didnt work well was wrong. Haha BATTERY LIFE: I usually have my two JBL 4s bluetooth connected to each other AND my music device PLUS i have the speakers turned ALL THE WAY UP...and the battery life is good but not as good as I had read. I'm probably getting 7 hours +/- out of each one before I have to recharge them both. But they recharge quickly and sound amazing!! PRODUCT QUALITY: The JBL Flip 4 feels really well made, not cheap in any way nor does it look or feel like they cut any corners when making it. It is sturdy and seems like it should last a long time. JBL CONNECT: Starting with the JBL FLIP 4 there is a new feature where other JBL FLIP 4's and newer JBL bluetooth speakers can connect to each other. You can connect up to 100 JBL speakers together for an incredible array of sound. COMPARISON WITH OTHER SPEAKERS: I watched a number of excellent bluetooth speaker reviews and read review articles before finally purchasing these speakers. I really enjoyed 2 YouTuber's video reviews, Oleg's Gadgets and JimsReviewRoom. The best review was on Oleg's Gagets Youtube Channel who played each speaker reviewed with the same song at the same volume level. He did a brilliant job!! You have to listen to his video review with headphones on to get the best sound quality and his audio recording of the speakers was SO GOOD that while he was off screen and walking across his hardwood floor to his couch, I whipped my head around because I thought someone was walking up behind me. I had to double check to make sure it was sound coming from his review and not my house. Lol. Enjoy hours of listening to these speakers! God bless!

I've been using it almost daily for 20 minutes to 2 hours for almost 1 1/2 years now. SOUND: It sounds almost as good as a full blown stereo system, if not better depending on the stereo. The only thing that makes an actual stereo a little better is the fact the speakers aren't combined into one unit and the sound comes from multiple directions (but I'm tempted to get a 2nd one to fix that). The sub-woofers on the sides of this pack a significant punch at medium to high volumes, but still improve the sound even at low volumes. The sound is very full and never sounds "tinny" or even flat like smaller speakers usually do. It's stereo. I feel like I shouldn't have to mention this, but I do because the newer one isn't... BUILD QUALITY: The build quality is outstanding with almost no wear and tear even after a year of daily use and moving it around semi-frequently. The only real wear is a two or three hairline scratches where I slide it in and out of multiple times a day and honestly the fact it remained that way and isn't all scuffed up like I expected is amazing. The charging port door doesn't seem like it'll wear out anytime soon, nor do the jacks seem worn at all. I swing the thing by its carrying cord all the time and haven't seen any scratching or wear as a result and I have full confidence nothing bad will happen from doing so. BATTERY: The battery life for me was about 2 weeks when I got it and now it's down to 1 to 1/2 weeks, but I think I've been listening at higher volumes more recently and considering how quickly laptop batteries lose their charge, I think it's held up very well. CONS: There are a couple of bad things I've noticed. First of all, the highs are a little too high for my liking and its the kind of thing you really won't notice unless you listen to it all the time, especially at higher volumes. I solved this using the EQ on Spotify. Furthermore, while the bass sounds good by default I know it can do more, so I set the EQ accordingly. The other thing is really quiet songs at higher volumes reveal a really soft background static from the internal amplifier. This flaw is more than likely inherent to non-grounded amplifiers or ones without room for extra circuitry that can minimize it (but it seems pretty minimal already, so don't worry about this). To be honest, I thought the speaker was so perfect I was surprised it had any flaws. PHYSICAL DEVICE: It's waterproof and I've taken it to dusty and dirty places and washed it off just fine. The water can muffle the sound if it gets stuck on the speakers, but I've been able to shake it off half the time. It's pretty small in person, about the size of a 16oz water bottle and fits almost everywhere water bottles do which is very convenient for taking it everywhere. Compared to similar speakers it's smaller and sounds better. BLUETOOTH: It can handles 2 simultaneous phone connections and trade between them seamlessly whenever the other person starts to play something. I've had issues with 3+ people, but they had iPhones and I think that was the problem because I think I've done 3 Androids before without problems (but iPhones still work well up to 2 devices). Furthermore, the auto-connect only works when it's set for both headset and music, but since I don't enable headset I have to manually connect each time (but I think this is just my phone as other peoples usually auto-connect). Overall, I think this speaker is amazing, better than the older and newer ones, and much better than its competitors. I paid about $85 for this and think it was absolutely worth it, but it's cheaper now and I'm happy it's still available since I think it really is the best you can get for this category. (side note: the pictures are from when I got it, but it's looks almost the same but with the 2 or 3 tiny scratches where I slide it every day)

Great sound quality and so practical. Good value for money

Muito boa, melhor preço que encontrei. O som é impressionante, embora já conhecesse. Não sei nada sobre resiliência à água (esse é um termo superestimado que nem cabe nesse caso), não vou ouvir música debaixo da água. A bateria dura muito, se considerarmos a sonzeira que a caixinha suporta. Lembra daquele toca CD, você ouvia um metal no volume máximo e as pilhas morriam em 40 min? A caixa aguenta horas, eu é que não aguento mais Heavy Metal.

Perfeita

I'd been previously using Anker BT speakers but felt the need for better SQ and some weather protection whilst keeping the compact form factor. All the reviews suggested that I should go with a Ultimate Ears BOOM 2 and just when I was about to pull the trigger on one, I started reading about the lack of bass. Many reviewers compared the BOOM 2 to JBL Flip 4 saying that former has no bass and the latter has plenty of it. After watching a convincing real-life test of this on Youtube, I ordered the Flip 4. I have to say that I have never been so impressed by a BT speaker before. First of all, the red version looks extremely attractive. The size seems a bit bulky at first for a compact speaker, but I can hold it in my hands without any issues concerning grip or weight. You can even slip the speaker inside a small bag and forget it's there. The IPX7 rating is great as while I don't intend to do any water sports with the Flip 4 in hand, me and my friends do use occasionally use it in light rain or in snowy conditions. Finally, the sound. Wow. This small speaker fills up a small and medium-sized rooms with nice and crisp sound. This isn't exactly a 360-degree speaker (though it looks like one) so while you can keep it both vertically and horizontally, you do have to face it a certain way to get the SQ sweet spot. What sets this speaker apart from other similarly-sized speakers I've used is the bass. It's a small miracle that the folks at JBL have been able to get such bass into a such a small speaker as this speaker would easily fool an average listener into thinking that the music was coming from a 2.1 speaker system with a dedicated subwoofer. I guess the small trade-off concerning the excellent bass is that the passive radiators are exposed at the top and the bottom of the speaker although they are protected by the speaker exterior's edges. While these JBL speakers should be quite durable, I'd imagine they aren't as durable concerning drops and hits as the UE speakers are. I actually went and bought a protective case for the Flip 4 that protects the radiators with a mesh. The battery life is only about 12 hours but I'd rather listen to 12 hours of full sound instead of 20-30 hours of sound with only a hint of bass. So there you have it... The JBL Flip 4 is just an excellent BT speaker hitting all the marks. The competition might be more durable in terms of submerging the speaker into water or dropping it to asphalt but this type of structure does seem to set restrictions to SQ.

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