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JBL - Refurbished Excellent - Boombox3 Portable Bluetooth Speaker - 2022 - Black
Average customer rating
4.5
(110 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 110 reviews
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Customer Reviews for JBL - Refurbished Excellent - Boombox3 Portable Bluetooth Speaker - 2022 - Black
Customer Rating
5
not 24hr playtime
on June 21, 2024
Posted by: heavyhitter
love the boombox 3,its loud with deep bass. only one problem, its not 24 hour playtime! more like 6 or 7 hours
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Customer Rating
5
Great speaker
on June 29, 2024
Posted by: Geoff 77
from Napa, ca
I got the boombox 3 for Father's day and love the full range sound it has at lower volumes. Perfect for small yards with close neibors you don't want to bother. It will play loud and rock too.
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Customer Rating
4
Fantastic, but something's not right.
on October 13, 2024
Posted by: kman09
from Lake Charles, Louisiana
I got this speaker for Christmas last year (2023) and this thing has been AMAZING.
- Great build quality
- SUPERB sound
- Great battery life (as long as you're responsible with EQs and volume)
- SUPERB sound
- Great battery life (as long as you're responsible with EQs and volume)
But there are a few gripes I have with this speaker. And this is not just with the bb3. I've seen this happen on my XTREME 2 I used to have, the boombox 2, and some other speakers that have the same driver setup (driver(s) out the front, dual radiators on the side).
### My Main Issue ###
The radiators flex aggressively when playing at high volumes and in warmer temperatures. It's probably hard to solve this without creating a hole inside for air pressure which not only makes it non IP67 water/dust resistant, but also would make frequency response poorer with the radiators. But the air inside of the speaker is trapped due to the sealed design, and when the drivers and battery are hard at work, it heats up, i.e. expands. This pushes the radiators out, as if they're about to explode. Then following the slow expansion of air inside, the radiators shake violently, distorting bass and rocking the speaker back and forth. I'd imagine it's not good for the rubber holding everything together and the subwoofer in the center being gyrated in and out at velocities that it's not in control of.
The radiators flex aggressively when playing at high volumes and in warmer temperatures. It's probably hard to solve this without creating a hole inside for air pressure which not only makes it non IP67 water/dust resistant, but also would make frequency response poorer with the radiators. But the air inside of the speaker is trapped due to the sealed design, and when the drivers and battery are hard at work, it heats up, i.e. expands. This pushes the radiators out, as if they're about to explode. Then following the slow expansion of air inside, the radiators shake violently, distorting bass and rocking the speaker back and forth. I'd imagine it's not good for the rubber holding everything together and the subwoofer in the center being gyrated in and out at velocities that it's not in control of.
Right now the thing is sitting on my bedroom floor. After playing music with lots of bass (smooth sine waves, constantly, 45-55-65 hz), they look inset now! And when lightly pushing on them they barely move.
So these radiators are being forcibly held and pushed out, and in.
I really hope the engineers saw this and knew that it would be like this. If anyone working for JBL sees this, I don't need a replacement, but I'd like the peace of mind that this is somewhat normal. This guy on reddit seems to be experiencing the same issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/JBL/comments/yrdls0/boombox_3_trapping_air_passive_radiators_getting/
(For people reading the reddit post, don't listen to the comments. No there's no air escape hole but you get the point).
I've also included a picture of my inset radiators, just look at those and tell me they don't look stuck in.
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Best Sound
on June 30, 2025
Posted by: April H
I bought this a month ago.I'm so happy. It's the sound quality is awesome and base rocks. Sounds like we have a live band in our backyard now.
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Buy it NOW!!
on August 29, 2025
Posted by: Shenanigans
from Shelby, NC
Finally upgraded the sound system in my rock crawler. I could barely hear my JBL Xtreme over the cammed LS, but the Boombox is definitely where it’s at. 3X the volume with legit base. Wish I had bought one of these to begin with.
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Nice boombox3
on August 25, 2022
Posted by: SandyD
from Saltville VA
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This speaker is great. I used it at a get together at my house and had it outside and the sound was awesome. I use it inside the house as well and the mix between treble and bass are great. I used it with the JBL app as well and this boombox 3 does the trick.The handle fits perfect in the hand and is very easy to carry around. The look is simple and sleek. This is one of the best speakers I have. Wish it would connect to the party box and charge 4 I have but unfortunately it does not. This is the only draw back I see. The sound is of high quality, crisp and clean. Would recommend to anyone. Easy to connect and play. Battery run time is awesome I played it for 8 hrs straight and still shows over half battery left. Charging is simple.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
The ultimate portable speaker... Period.
on August 27, 2022
Posted by: Achambers1978
from Chicago, IL
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The JBL Boombox 3 is the successor to the Boombox 2. I had a Boombox 2 and I'll say they are very similar. That's a good thing, as the Boombox 2 is an amazing speaker. The third version takes everything good and makes it just a bit better. The waterproof rating gets an accompanying dust rating. The Bluetooth is a newer version. The battery is still amazing and the speaker still functions as a power bank. What I really noticed as different is the sound. The Boombox 2 was, in my opinion, the undisputed king of portable speakers. Everywhere I took it, it turned heads. It beat much larger speakers, including those ones you have to roll like a little cart, in both sound quality and volume. This speaker is even better. You can fill a huge room or even a large outdoor space with sound. The bass is just huge. I know some speakers perform slightly worse when unplugged from power, but I noticed no drop in performance from this beast. Battery life is advertised as 24 hours, which seems true.. I ran the speaker unplugged every day after work for 5 days and then most of the day Saturday and Sunday before I need to recharge it. Great battery, great bass, and truly amazing sound quality.. this is truly an awesome piece of tech.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Rocking the block with my BoomBox 3
on September 15, 2022
Posted by: jduun2
from Omaha, NE
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Oh my gosh!!! Rocking the pool parties this summer!! I am VERY pleased with this product and it arrived just before our back to school pool party with our kids' friends' families. We set it on a ledge before people arrived and it provided background ambiance all night long without a hitch. The sound quality is top notch with bass notes hitting hard in a wide open space. I still cannot believe how well the low end of the frequency range is represented with the Boombox 3. The two ends of the boombox 3 are basically passive radiators which helps disperse the sound as well as enhance the oomph of the low end. And my kids loved feeling the vibrations from the radiators while their favorite songs played. I also attempted to give a quick science lesson on how sound is made when they got close - which of course drove them immediately back into the pool - the youth of today. . .
Back to the Boombox 3 - It is a nice package that is easily carried with the extra large handle on top. The whole unit charges fairly quickly and I never ran out of power when using it. I used it extensively while clearing out and installing shelving in my garage. Again, blown away by the sound!! And this is where someone with a really big brain came in and said - "Let's make this a power bank as well since cell phones will run out of power before the speaker will." Brilliant idea!! This will be a godsend on campouts and our venture to the pumpkin patch firepits that are coming up.
I have only one small thing I can find fault with with regards to the BoomBox3, and this is being REALLY nitpicky. The center of gravity of the unit is kind of high and the footprint is a large oval on the bottom of the unit. So, if bumped- it does easily roll on it's front or back. So, if it is place higher up on something and bumped - it could potentially fall off whatever it is sitting on, damaging the unit or whatever it falls on. I only notice the tendency for it to tip over when I charge the unit up and try to open a cabinet behind the unit and bump it.
One thing I wonder about is how hard would it have been to add a radio receiver to the BoomBox 3. I still listen to broadcast radio occasionally, but yes - most of the time, I am either listening from my personal library on my cell or streaming SIRIUS. I guess keeping the ability to streaming will allow for better sound quality all the time.
Anyway, I am a VERY SATISFIED customer with this product and I will be using it a WHOLE lot around the house, while camping, while hosting parties, while enjoying the backyard, . . .
I would recommend this to a friend!
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