JBL Charge 5 Portable Bluetooth Waterproof Speaker

It cuts the music off even when I am next to the speaker

I got this for a trip to Cancun And it was an amazing choice

Great piece of kit, very solidly built and with a sound quality that is incredible. I love it and the colour, forest green sets it apart from every other member of the households speajers so it can't be'taken' by mistake 🤣

Excellent speaker . Highly recommend we'll worth the money

didn’t come with charger & wont turn on???

I love this speaker!! Did a lot of looking and I feel this is the best bang for your $! Great sound, looks great and love how it can go anywhere to bring the jam with you! I can’t really speak to how long the battery’s would run for but I haven’t ever run out of tunes while using so think it’s a good long time.

Bought 2 of these for Christmas, one for me and my dad. I actually took time to research this size speaker and this jbl sounded great for the price comparison to others and the name says it all “ Charge”!! 5! They market this product proclaiming that it will last 20 hours at 50% volume and you can connect your phone as well to have it charged if need be. Hence the name… (Charge 5). Well………. sorry folks! At 100% this speaker lasts 2-3 hours tops , I lowered the volume a bit to about 80% and same thing, it didn’t matter 100% or 80%. Not sure when your suppose to connect your phone to charge bit I’d make sure the speaker was plugged in. So what’s the point when you obviously plug your phone into the socket right next to the JBL 20hr speaker /charger. Does it sound good? Yes! Does it hold the charge they proclaim? No! Is it a great compact speaker with great looks? Yes! Should you just keep it plugged into AC when using it? YES But that’s not the point of a portable speaker right? I gave a 3 because of al the pro’s I mentioned and it sounds great. Does it hold a cbarge for 4-5 hours or 20 hrs. ? No!

Ok I have to say that I ended up returning it. It just wasn’t loud enough for me. I had a Sony speaker I was replacing because it sounded low and the battery no longer had the same charge as before. The JBL was barely louder than my old Sony. In returned it for a Sony speaker that was on sale for $150 vs $350.

bought this 2 months ago and hated it.. thing literally broke after i used it and knocked it in my pool "20 hour" battery life is a lie. only good thing its its audio quiality.

it’s really good and plays a lot of institutionalized by suicidal tendencies i feel like the speaker has its own personality

It was a gift for my 19 year old son. He loves it

bought this for a trip and it really came in handy. very easy to set up and good volume compared to other speakers.

Target customer service SUCKS! I ordered this before Christmas and it was not delivered and lost in the mail. I have to wait 5-10 besiness days for a refund and I still don't have the speaker. I ordered it again lets see how long it takes this time.

havent bought it yet,but it seems fantastic and pretty loud

have had it for 5 years and it still works very we!

I have bought 2 they sound great. I may be too picky here but it would be good if you could switch them on and off with the app!

It's a nice little speaker but it sure does pack a punch. Good, deep base and a large range of volume. The app also allows a small amount of customization which is nice.

I bought this about 2-3 months ago. I use it daily. The sound is great. However the battery life is worse than my charge 4 by a long shot. I’m lucky to get 5-7 hours of ply time from it. Very disappointing.

Bought this to use as a car stereo in my otherwise music-free fleet vehicle at work, as well as for camping. I will say that the sound quality is good. Distortion free, full range from the high notes to the bass. And it can take a beating, as advertised. Didn't get a chance to put the water resistance to the test, but it stood up to a range of high and low temperatures, and heavy winds carrying dust, and even falling off the dashboard a couple times without faltering. However, that's where the legitimacy of its claims end. Even at full volume, I couldn't hear the music if I walked more than 80' from the truck (engine off, no competing noise). Similarly, camping in the middle of nowhere I had it sitting on the hood of my rig and it wasn't loud enough to make out from the perimeters of camp. And the battery life is abysmal. Far from the advertised "up to 20 hrs." I was lucky if I made it through an 8 hour workday before it quit on me. Never tried to charge my phone from it, because it couldn't even hold a charge itself. I should have listened to my coworkers, who said JBL's quality has gone downhill in recent years. Instead I went with the "known" name. Learned my lesson. Will not buy from JBL again.

Not worth the price. In a few months even with irregular use age, the sound is distorted and makes music unendurable on this device.