Listen to music outdoors with this JBL Charge 3 Bluetooth speaker. This water-resistant speaker delivers music and phone calls from up to three smartphones or tablets, even when you're caught in the rain. The 20 hours of battery life provides plenty of listening pleasure, and this JBL Charge 3 Bluetooth speaker can also charge your cell phone.
I was looking for a good portable speaker and originally was comparing the Charge 2+ and UE Boom 2. I noticed the Charge 3 was released and some things that made me make the purchase were:
-Battery life rating: I have to say that so far it has lived up to the long battery life as advertised. -waterproof: I use this at work where there is a potential that I can get wet. After looking at YouTube reviews and seeing someone drop it in a bucket of water and watching it float definitely left a positive impression -sound: this little thing gets pretty loud. I usually only listen to it at half volume and it's well enough for me to hear. The bass doesn't kick like you would expect from a sub woofer but it does have a nice kick to it. The UE Boom 2 has nice highs where you can hear vocals probably a little better but the Charge 3 has a better all around sound in my opinion.
One of the things I wish this thing would have had was a lanyard attachment point. it has some good weight on it so carrying it around can be cumbersome because it's not a small speaker. The size is good in my opinion, but I would feel more secure about not dropping it if I could attach a lanyard around my wrist like a Wii remote.
If you are in the market for a portable Bluetooth speaker I would give this strong consideration.