Ultimate Ears MEGABLAST is an excellent, one stop, portable Bluetooth smart speaker that will blast your room and ears with no remorse. Combined with a stylishly strong design statement and an IP67 rating (for dustproof & waterproof), the MEGABLAST is a blast to have around for different occasions.

I would not suggest anyone buy this. It stops every 15mins for no apparent reason. So now I have to contact the manufacturer because Verizon won't stand behind something they sold me!!

Over the past year or so, there's been a strong trend toward voice assistant speakers, with a number of companies jockeying to provide their own takes on Wi-Fi capable speakers that offer support for Alexa, driving the popularity of Amazon's voice assistant up to new heights.…

We looked/listened at a few on the market and this won hands down. Now we have it in our home it doesn't disappoint, the sound quality (low or high) is next to none. It's handy having Alexa on it and because I already had the app on my phone it seemed to link up by magic. Recommended

The smart speaker market is becoming a highly contentious field, more brands are releasing devices with Google Assistant integration trying to out sell the othe

If you have $249 in your pocket and you’re looking for a fantastic speaker, it’s easy to recommend the MEGABLAST. Again, this is one of, if not the, best sounding speakers I’ve ever heard.

Love it.Big sound for such a small speaker; Love the fact that it's waterproof and very rugged; Would definitely recommend to people who want to take it out and about and not worry about breaking it

Some times playing music through Alexa keeps cutting out but that just could be my internet connection

The Ultimate Ears Megablast and Blast have taken things up a notch from the previous generation of Megaboom and Boom products. They have been reengineered with custom drivers and pack in more powerful mid-range output and even deeper bass.

Sleeker design; improved sound quality; rugged and water resistant; Amazon Alexa built-in

Charge port hard to get to on the base

With Alexa skills thrown into the mix, the UE Megablast transforms one of our favourite speakers into something more connected. It's a great performer, waterproof and robustly built, with software updates bringing essential feature updates. Just make sure you buy the charging base too.

Solid build and water protection; Sound quality; Volume; 16 hours of life; Spotify music integration

Wi-Fi stability; Power Up base not included; Alexa experience not as smooth as Echo

Bigger. Better. Smarter. That's the short version of the pitch for Ultimate Ears new Blast and Megablast smart speakers.

Great volume; Good battery life

Portable Alexa is a little clunky; Can't easily pair speakers