I have bought two flip 5s since February and neither lasted more than a month of never leaving my car. it sounded great while it lasted, but considering the price I’m very disappointed with the fact that both shat the bed within 4 weeks. Don’t waste your time.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from jbl.comBy Homer, Customer Support, May 15, 2020
Thanks for the feedback. Generally speaking, leaving Lithium-Ion battery-powered devices inside the car (especially in hot weather) can and will severely impact the overall life of the battery. Enclosed spaces like these can cause extreme temperatures that are bad for the battery, the same goes for exposing it under direct sunlight for too long.
I bought this JBL Flip and I love it even more than the one I bought in 2013. New features are great and it connects so easily to all my blue tooth devices. Quality speaker at an affordable price.
I ordered this speaker for my 13 year old grandsons birthday. He loves it - especially the pink color because none of his friends have one that color!!
If your looking for a high quality speaker with great bass and excellent portability. This speaker will deliver those qualities without any problems. If you're looking for more features in a speaker, such as the flip 4, know that it won't deliver the same sound quality as the JBL Flip 5.
Only problem I have is that sometimes is just disconnects from iPad and while connecting JBL speaker to speaker it will just disconnect but when speaker works correctly the sound is awesome in music or streaming television I have both camouflage speakers white and green I would give five stars if JBL could figure out why speaker keeps disconnecting; I always have the speakers either right next to each other right next to device or about two feet away from device with the speakers about one foot apart