Best portable Bluetooth speaker

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I’m after a good quality portable speaker. We currently have a really good one in the house but it’s fairly cumbersome & requires plugging in. So now I’m looking for a portable one for when I’m perhaps in the garden/camping/BBQing, etc.

Happy to pay up to £150-£200 max.

Anyone got any recommendations?

Thank you in advance.

I like the Anker ones

I’ve had this one for 4 years and it’s great, really good sound

https://amzn.eu/d/9I35F2y

I’ve an old Bose one. It’s still amazing but was expensive back in the day. My son has a JBL Flip and he loves it.

Sonos Roam 2.

If you wanted to spend a bit more I would go for this
https://amzn.eu/d/bGbxqAw

We have a small Anker one from Amazon, it really packs a punch for its size and and sound quality is excellent .
i would add that we’ve found all Anker products (phone battery chargers) excellent

Thank you folks. I looked at the Anker ones but my initial thought was ‘buy cheap, buy twice’
That’s not to discredit them. I was rather thinking of if I pay a bit more, it may last longer?

Anyone got the Beats portable? Or the Bang & Olufsen? Would I just be throwing money at something when I could get similar for a fraction of the price?

I’ve got Tribit XSound which was a gift. I love it. It’s small enough to fit in a bag and the Teens keep stealing it so it must have their seal of approval.

Anker are a decent brand. I have several of their power banks and a few Eufy items too.

If you want a premium brand, however, I wouldn’t get Beats. I’d get the Sonos I recommended above.

I use my anker one daily and in the bathroom where it’s steamy and it’s never skipped a beat in 4 years
if it broke I would be ordering the exact same one!

I have the Bose Revolve Soundlink had it about 5 years and can’t fault it. High quality crisp sound

I also have the small anker and it's ideal

if you want a portable speaker that lasts give the pine beat a try, it's from a new UK brand (poca audio) that's all bout making products last longer. I believe it's serviceable and comes with a 30-month warranty we recently bought it and were really chuffed! guests keep asking about it because of how good it sounds and feels.

Sonos Roam

JBL are good

I have this and absolutely love it - I got a second one to connect them for stereo sound. Although the price is a LOT higher than I got it for, so I’d recommend waiting till it drops again.

i use it literally every single day, it’s amazing.

https://amzn.eu/d/4x6UUE1

Forgot to add the link! https://pocaaudio.co.uk/products/pine-beat-speaker-the-longest-lasting-bluetooth-speaker

it’s honestly amazing, also it’s sustainable which is really uncommon.

JBL Charge

I recently upgraded my sturdy little travel worn UE mini boom (had since 2014 !) for a Bose SoundLink Flex Portable Speaker (2nd Gen) Link didn't post !
Friends had theirs in serveral locations. But I do second Anker for reliability as well.

These are amazing minirigs.co.uk

JLB are really good, have a tiny portable speaker made by them and a PartyBox 310 which is a brilliant speaker, probably overkill for what you want tho but they do smaller ones!

We have this little bose micro. Had it for years, it travels well, taken it to the beach etc and it's still better than any other portable and most plugged in speakers.

https://www.bose.co.uk/en_gb/products/speakers/portable_speakers/soundlink-micro.html?mc=05_PS_SP_PL_00_GO&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20517333333&gbraid=0AAAAAD3l1X21xawVD8uxvya0P8YvdGAkc&gclid=CjwKCAjwqKzEBhANEiwAeQaPVXf0l-cCjLNQFEKLdDewOplVy7cAryPvyh878510gv54H6mStUa1vhoCnykQAvD_BwE#v=soundlink_micro_stone_blue

I second what outdoorsy said, the pine beat is amazing! it sounds phenomenal and isn't too big https://pocaaudio.co.uk/products/new-pine-beat-speaker

you can also get the pine beat on Amazon, I'm getting it for my DS

It's not a speaker you need for the garden, but headphones.