The JBL Flip5 is a very good speaker. This item was given to me as a gift, so I decided to give it a try. Now When I looked at this speaker, I thought to myself this little speaker is not going to be putting out any good sound. I was so wrong. It put out very good sound quality. You can even hear some of the base in some of the music. That was very impressive. There is a feature on the speaker I didn't explore because I don't have a second one. You can pair the two and you can use one as the left speaker and one as the right speaker. I wish I did have two, but one is plenty. For example, I had a Halloween party and it was outside. No one really had a radio or any sound system setup for music. I had my Pandora on my phone and my Flip5 in the car. I put it on the table and hooked my phone to it by Bluetooth. Fired up my Pandora and we had a party. I didn't have it halfway up on the volume and you can hear the music inside the house. You don't have to be at your phone to pause the music. On the speaker you have a pause button and a volume buttons for quick access. Also it comes with a cable to charge your speaker, but no brick to plug it into a wall outlet. If you have a computer or another device you can plug your USB cable into, you can charge it that way. When you first get it, it is half charge. My recommendation is just charge it all the way before you use it. Without using the speaker I noticed the charge will last beyond 2 weeks. I used this speaker for about good 4 hours and it didn't drain the battery much. Also the speaker is waterproof. If you have it near any water source, you will be okay. At the party, someone had some drinks and it spilled on it. It was fine. All I did was wipe it and it was good to go. Overall it is a very good speaker. If you need something that has good sound quality, this is the one. I have used many Bluetooth speakers in the past and this surpassed them all. If I had to get another Bluetooth speaker, this would be the one
When the flip 5 first arrived it sounded great. 4 or 5 days later I noticed it just didn't sound right. Come to find out sound was only coming from the left side and the right side quit. I only listen to it at around half volume and it stayed indoors on a counter. Very disappointing.
Response from jbl.comBy Chastinem at Customer Service, Chastinem at Customer Service, November 17, 2020
Our JBL Flip 5 has a single 44mm x 80mm racetrack driver. The design of the speaker's driver is located on the left side of the speaker.
Nice speaker this is way better than there small s
on November 10, 2020
Posted by: Anonymous
from Nj
Sounds great good power will buy another.My only bug with it is they give you a big foam box to keep it in .it would be nice if they got rid of that and made a camera protector lens cover for both base ports .To protect it when put in a bag.i woud even buy them. Hence my 4 stars.
I just got this. Sound is good for a small speaker. I wanted something with more lunch, so I also got the Xtreme 2 assuming they would connect. No. PARTYBOOST and Connect+ aren’t compatible. Sneaky.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from jbl.comBy Chastine at Customer Service, Chastine at Customer Service, November 10, 2020
Thanks for providing your feedback with our JBL Flip 5. Our PartyBoost feature isn't compatible with our Connect + because they have different technologies. As Bluetooth technology improves, so do our portable products. As of the moment, our PartyBoost speakers are Flip 5, Pulse 4, and Boombox 2.