Ultimate Ears UE Blast Review
We've long been fans of the Ultimate Ears Boom family of Bluetooth speakers thanks to their rugged yet stylish designs and solid sound quality. The Blast spinoff line adds even more with Wi-Fi connectivity and Amazon's Alexa voice assistant. The Blast and Megablast are effectively Alexa-enabled versions of the Boom and Megaboom, with the same colorful waterproof, cylindrical design and fairly powerful audio. At $179.99, the smaller Blast is a much more wallet-friendly than the Megablast, and can still put out some solid, well-balanced sound.
Round and Rugged
The Blast is visually indistinguishable from the Boom, with a cylindrical design dominated by a wraparound fabric cover and flat rubber end caps connected by a wide rubber strip running down the length of the speaker. It measures 7.4 by 2.7 inches (HW) and weighs 1.4 pounds. The rubber strip holds the large, signature plus and minus volume buttons, with the remaining controls sitting on the top cap. They include a large, reces...
The Ultimate Ears UE Blast puts Amazon's Alexa voice assistant in a portable, rugged, waterproof Bluetooth speaker.
Amazon Alexa voice control; Rugged build; Generally solid audio output
Struggles with deep bass