Sony SRS-XE300 X-Series Wireless Portable-Bluetooth-Speaker, IP67 Waterproof, Dustproof and Shockproof with 24 Hour Battery, Light Gray

I use this for work (postal worker) and it works wonders! It is easy to set up and connect, as well as take calls via the bluetooth. It is a bit on the larger size (think a Nerf football) but that allows it to be able to blast music with a ton of power and sound. The battery lasts me about 16 hours of consecutive use. It is also built like a tank; it fell out of my work truck while turning and ate some pavement. Took some minor scratches and the top part popped off, but it still works well! Great buy for a higher end bluetooth speaker.

Amazing sound !! Great product !!

Great product and value for the price I paid. The pairing mode works well, not as seamless as Sonos but the price is 4 x better

Sounds great with the right placement but the sound is too directional; my charge 5 gives me a lot less trouble but I like the overall build quality of the SonySatisfied with the battery life and it’s easy to carry around

Great value and sound

*Please note this is a review for the larger SRS-XE300.*I purchased this looking for a midsize travel speaker to use when carrying around my larger SRS-XG300 ("mini" boombox) isn't practical - ex. getting on a plane.Being so happy with that speaker, I decided to give the SRS-XE300 a try. But...I found myself a bit under-whelmed.PROS:- I was impressed with all the tinkering afforded by the application - my favorite feature in particular are the battery health features that limit charging to 90%: the first and last 10% of discharging/charging a lithium battery are where most of the wear occurs. Since Bluetooth speakers are hard to repair, ensuring battery longevity is important to me. But it does a great job offering lots of other controls over other sound features: stereo vs. mono mode, EQ, etc.- The bass was quite impressive for the size.- I didn't experience much distortion even when cranking it to higher volume levels.CONS -- It seems like this iteration of Sony speaker put a diffuser to help "direct" sound out of one side of the speaker - and I found that this significantly degraded treble performance off-axis. I have hearing difficulties, and even after fiddling with the EQ and volume, I was never happy with the clarity of vocals especially if I wasn't standing directly in-line with that opening. Increasing the volume would make it uncomfortably loud. Perhaps it wouldn't have been as big of an issue had I purchased *two* XE300's to make a very directional stereo pair, but at that point the space savings over the XG300 would be moot--not to mention the increase in cost..I ended up returning this for the JBL Flip 6 and that design seems to work better for me, though the bass response is nowhere near as impressive as this nor is the app's feature set.Overall: I think this is worth a try, but personally, if a small size is not a factor, I would HIGHLY recommend making the jump up to the SRS-XG300 - now THAT is a kickass speaker.

Easy to connect various BT sources. Great sound with stronger bass output than expected. Cannot speak to run time per charge but if the sound quality, solid build quality, and appearance are any indication, it should live up to the battery life expectations. It is larger and heavier that most portable BT speakers, but the sound quality justifies the weight and size. I really believe I made a good choice.

Amazing speaker, I use it all the time in the shower and outside. I go four wheeling on really dusty and muddy trails and this speaker is really easy to clean.