Bose SoundLink Color II: Portable Bluetooth Speaker

Bought this one as a gift (also have one for myself) and love the quality. Looks great/sleek and the sound is fantastic. The person I gifted this to absolutely loves it!

The fact that I am reviewing this positively, is saying something. I rarely spend time with positive reviews, but this is too good to NOT tell others about. I have previously owned the Anker speaker sold here on amazon for between $20 and $30 and the sound is actually not that bad and the battery life on that unit was impressive, but I accidently left that behind at a hotel and decided to get the Bose as my replacement.

This thing is awesome! From, the deepest 30hz bass to the highest tweets and everything in-between, this Bose speaker, like every other Bose product I have owned in the past, produces the most RICH, CLEAN, high quality sounds of any sound producing devices out there, in my opinion. It’s almost like a magic trick as most people that hear it can’t believe the rich sound is coming from the little 5×5 speaker.

The device is encased in a thick dense carbon/plastic type case that feels and sounds like hard wood, when you knock or thump on it, then the entire unit is wrapped in a thick ruggedized layer of silicon rubber coating to making it not only waterproof, but easier to grip and allows you to toss it around like and old tool in your toolbox without damaging or causing any blemishes that would normally occur over time with normal day-to-day use. and if it gets dirty, you7 can just wash it, since it is waterproof.

The buttons have a nice soft rubberized textile click when pressed. I would, however, have liked them to be raised up a bit rather than flush for the occasional “no look” adjustments. The volume has 100 steps rather than the typical 10 which is nice for fine tuning the volume. Also, there is an integrated microphone that makes for a superior quality handsfree experience when connected to your phone via Bluetooth for phone calls.

Power Supply is NOT included, like all major phone and speaker brands, they have gotten away from including the adapter. I have seen the reviews of people saying the unit wouldn’t charge, but I want to assure you that the issue isn’t with the Bose device, it is the charger, cord, or user error that is the issue. And to be fair, I still think Bose and other manufactures should include the charger and cord. (especially when it has a minimum power requirement in order to charge effectively.) If you ever have any issues with charging, you probably don’t have a high enough watt/amp power block. You need a minimum of 1.8AMP – 2AMP and above is even better to get it to a full charge quickly.

I see a lot of reviews of people complaining that it won’t charge. It will charge, just needs enough juice to do so. Charging adapters are cheap enough, just go buy a 2 AMP+ chargers. (and don’t cheap out on the charging cord, those cheap cords that came with your made-in-china product you ordered off Wish or Alibaba isn’t going to cut it.)

I do wish the charging adapter type was USB-C and not MicroUSB. Most of my devices now use the USB C type charger. This really isn’t a bad thing so much as a convenience factor as it would be nice to have only one type of wire/tip for everything rather than have 100 different types of charging wires laying around.

The battery life in testing is about 11 hours at medium-high volume. on a typical day I turn it on in the morning when I wake up and then continue to listen to it at my desk at low volume which takes me through a typical 10 hour work day without needing to be charged.

It has voice prompts when you turn it on. but this feature can be disabled through the phone app. It also has multi-device sync giving the ability to sync with my laptop and phone at the same time, which is nice because my windows sounds and my music can live together in harmony.

It is waterproof! I use this thing in the shower. nothing better than having rich quality music while showering.

This is an EASY 5 out of 5 stars. I would highly recommend this to anyone and everyone for a wide diversity of applications! you will not regret the purchase.

O som é claro , nítido e potente para uma coluna de som de tamanho tão reduzido. Não seria de esperar outra coisa da marca Bose que é das melhores marcas de som do mundo. Deixando recado para as pessoas que compram caixas de som enormes e estridentes sem qualidade nenhuma: o tamanho não importa , importante é qualidade não a quantidade de ruído que sua caixa faz . Neste caso temos qualidade e quantidade sem ruído e com imensa portabilidade. O unico defeito é a app da bose que não serve para nada e não funciona bem. O Bluetooth nem sempre funciona, aconselho compra fio para ligar ao que estiver a usar.

TBH initially I wasn’t pleased with the sound of it at all! I’ve gotten so used to listening to music underneath the bump and vibration of (Beats) bass that I didn’t recognize real quality any more. I didn’t pay attention to the fact that I can clearly hear every instrument (individually) as well as every lyric spoke within the song playing. I didn’t notice the awesomeness of this tiny little box until I was in a completely separate room away from it, yet I heard every sound described above in perfectly pristine quality as if the music was live & followed me into the next room. Suddenly I remembered the quality sound of the Bose products my parents owned. The beauty of clear, quality sound wrapping around you.

The overall appearance of the speaker speaks to it not being a cheap reproduction. The texture is great to the touch. It feels very durable and is comfortable on the hands, easy to grip & carry.

While the colors available offer up great images of summers at the beach or by the pool, I opted for black and will settle for relaxing, music filled baths on horribly cold winter nights😀…I live in a very cold climate!

The battery life is awesome so far…I haven’t charged it since the first day I received it three days ago. Yet I’ve listened to it somewhat continuously.

Setting it up with the App was very easy and user friendly. The voice prompts were a great help, but aren’t necessary as the setup is very easy.

This is without a doubt the best bluetooth enabled speaker system. So many features have been well designed. I will list a few:

1. From the app, you can turn on the speaker remotely.
2. You can then turn on a second speaker and play them together. It’s so easy!
3. You can select “Stereo Mode” with one button and it works flawlessly.
4. The stereo sound itself is perfect. Try it. Set them up for example 6 feet apart and stand exactly in the middle of the speakers 6 feet back. You will be able to hear each of the instruments coming from its correct location on the stage, and the vocalist (for example) coming from directly in the center.
5. When you stop playing music, after a while they turn themselves off.
6. They are water resistant, so you can leave them outside, though better if something is over them so the rain doesn’t hit them directly.

The only thing I don’t love about them is that like all Bose equipment they are bass-y and they don’t do a great job of resolving the extra bass they add. So if you listen to a lot of bass-driven music I don’t recommend them. But for music without much bass, e.g. Bob Dylan, any piano music, soloists, they are incredibly good, especially for the price.

I strongly recommend buying a pair.