The Charge 4 sounds excellent for a mono speaker at this price. Its solid build is waterproof and, for all of its output, not terribly big. There are other solid options in this price range-the EcoXGear EcoSlate , the Bose SoundLink Color II , and the Sony SRS-XB3 are all winners, and if you want to...

Powerful audio performance with rich bass and crisp, clear highs; Gets quite loud for its size; Waterproof

No speakerphone function; Mono audio output

The biggest difference is only useful to 0.1% of people.

Good build; Gets loud; Long battery life; Can charge your portable devices; USB-C charging; Plenty of color options

Basically the same sound as the Charge 3; Slightly bigger and heavier than previous model; The buttons that aren't lit up are hard to see in the dark; Vocals in the mids can get masked by bass; No microphone for phone calls

Once in a while MajorHiFi gets its figurative paws on a fine Bluetooth speaker. The new Charge 4 from JBL is one such beast – offering 20 hours of battery life, waterproof design, and a bumping sound. And all for a tasty $149. But is there any reason not to snatch one up MajorHiFi investigates.

Great speaker. super power for such a small speaker. you'd never imagine how well the sound fills up a room. Great value! If you love base, this speaker is a must have. Only dislike was how long it to recharge, seemed to take several hours... but that may have been the quality of my charging cable.

I've had this for five whole days now. I couldn't be happier with it. I got it to use when I hang out on my deck where it works perfectly. It paired with my phone with no hasssle at all. Then I got this weird idea to try it in my living room, which is too small for a real stereo system.

Great sound perfect size accurate volume controls easy to use

A remote control might be nice; but not critical

Great battery life, awesome that it also works as a battery for phone. I use it in my disc golf cart, and it fits perfectly in my cup holder. I am also a T1 diabetic that needs his phone to have charge 100% of time for my blood monitor. Recommended. Got on sale for $99! Great deal.

I bought this for teaching music classes abd it really packs a punch. Plenty loud enough, not tinny at all, good bottom end. Easy to use too.

Ease of connection is good. I intend to use it on my boat this summer and eliminate the traditional "car stereoish and speaker combo." A couple of velcro straps on the dash and I should be good to go.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," goes the old adage and that's exactly the philosophy JBL took when updating its already-excellent Charge 3 speaker. The design is basically identical, as are its specs, but the improvements are subtle and not noticeable until you begin listening to the speaker and...

Balanced; powerful sound; Can charge your phone; Long battery life

Some distortion at high volumes; No 360-degree sound; Long charge time

i bought this yesterday and it is amazing i also have a flip 4 and they sound great together