Bose - SoundLink III
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Last updated: Dec 15, 2025 Scoring
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"Throughout an 8 hour usage at work, not once did it ever disconnect for me. Which was the only reason why I stepped away from the Kilo."
"very easy to set up a connection and once that is done, the bluetooth connection is near instant once speaker is turned on"
"its the only thing i've no latency issues or connection issues"
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"It’s taken 50-60mph gusts on front, rear and side with no issues."
"Very simple design and it's built well (it has even accidentally fallen to the bottom of my pool one time, pulled it out, kept playing and has had no issues)"
"ate the rain and wind storms with no issues. ... It's a tank."
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"The boombox 3 is the best sounding, deep bass speaker for its size and weight class."
"Get yourself a JBL boombox 3 with a built in separate subwoofer speaker. ... It will change your life with the bass and make all your neighbors either envious or mad at you. ... It has epic bass."
"Bass reponse is insane, it keeps up all the way to max volume. ... No other jbl speaker has that and the bass would usually drop off at like 70%."
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"It gets much louder than JBL flip ... I just want good and loud sound for outdoors."
"After using it, I can confidently say it has superior sound quality to my Anker soundcore and Amazon echo speakers that I have mostly used in the past. ... I have to say, I ’m pretty surprised at how good it sounds. ... I’d say for use in a shop or work environment, it’s quite good given how much background noise there could be."
"I could hear it loud and clear, with bumping bass. ... When on full, it sounds like somebody is throwing a loud house party."
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"its very portable although I use it as a home stereo."
"Thin for portability. ... I like this flatter form over the round speakers, it will pack better. ... if it packs better the chance is higher it will go more places with me."
"Only travel speaker we take on our adventures."
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"Big Agnes quoted me $109.99 for a new poleset (plus postage to the UK) which seemed too much. ... They did mention I could buy individual segments for cheaper, but that's still a lot of money because of the postage"
"When the Copper Creek isn't on sale, you'd also be saving literally hundreds of dollars with the Hogback, too ... which is nice."
"they are pricy when not on sale."
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"Avoid the Bose Flex Gen 2 and Bose Max. They have parisitic battery drain of 10-20% per week. ... These Bose will be dead in 2 months after a full charge. ... The units I have are brand new and no firmware update, because the previous returns had the new firmware updated and the drain was even worse. ... This is about as scientific as you can make it. Test every 7 days from 100% and watch it deplete to unuseable in 2 months. ... There's a huge thread about this subject from many Bose customers. Bose knows about it. Acknowledges it. Does NOTHING about it except offer you an exchange. ... Never seen anything like this in other BT brands. I have an old Sony BT speaker that I haven't touched in 2 years and can still play music!"
"The Bose Flex has a standby battery drain issue. It'll eat 30% a week"
"The battery drains 25% per week while turned OFF!"
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"The BOSE soundlink series are NOT stereo speakers. ... But it still a mono, compressed Bluetooth signal."
"-mono audio"
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"I have the SoundLink III and the device randomly shuts off on me now. ... For mine, if I turn it back on within 30-40 seconds, it'll automatically shut back off."
"Then the volume resets to zero."
"Same. I just turn it back on and it works but anyone know a fix for this?"
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"They do not move enough air to produce any significant low-end tones."
Same here! My 2 soundlinks are still going strong and I even still have my sounddock from when I was young.
r/BuyItForLife • What's the best quality bluetooth speaker you've ever tried? ->Ive left mine on my patio one full night of heavy rain, work like a charm.
r/BuyItForLife • The best bluetooth speaker worth buying now? (sound quality and portability) ->Diggin my Bose Soundlink. Thin for portability. The bass isn't mind blowing but I was surprised for the size. Sounds great.
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • Best Portable Bluetooth Speakers in 2025 ->I do. for me. so I'm the guy who rarely listens to music around others. I don't like listening to others music especially out side, at a park or beach for example. so I don't listen to my music loud out of consideration. this little bose unit sounds great to just chill with on the back porch, not loud enough for the neighbors to hear but it's able to reproduce great sound at moderate levels. I like this flatter form over the round speakers, it will pack better. if it packs better the chance is higher it will go more places with me.
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • Best Portable Bluetooth Speakers in 2025 ->Yes. I can hear the bass at low volumes. All frequencies are well produced.
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • Best Portable Bluetooth Speakers in 2025 ->We have one of those still going that is older than 2017. Not sure when we bought it, but have had it forever. Only travel speaker we take on our adventures.
r/BuyItForLife • Bose SoundLink bt speaker 2017 - best battery I have seen on any electronics ->Using an old Bose sound link Bluetooth speaker when I need more sound that the mini provides.
r/macmini • Which speakers are you using? ->I have several models of Bose Soundlink, left one at my previous work facility, all have lasted years and all are in excellent working order. Great sound, and at least 10+ different employees linked to one of them without issue.
r/BuyItForLife • The best bluetooth speaker worth buying now? (sound quality and portability) ->I have a Bose soundlink and a soundlink mini and I think they’re both pushing 15 years. The mini has been drug all over golf courses and gotten wet countless times. The soundlink has been outdoors on patios or back porches everywhere I’ve lived that entire time
r/BuyItForLife • What's the best quality bluetooth speaker you've ever tried? ->Bose. SoundsLink. I got one for chrismas 3 years ago. I took on a 16-day rafting trip down the Grande Canyon and even lost It in the bottom of the raft for several days where it was wet. Still work perfectly. It's pretty bomber.
r/BuyItForLife • The best bluetooth speaker worth buying now? (sound quality and portability) ->Bose Soundlink is a champ, our first died after many years and we got a replacement instead of something different. I was gifted a JBL mini-clip and holy SHIT this thing is loud and has pretty decent sound quality-around $70 I think.
r/BuyItForLife • The best bluetooth speaker worth buying now? (sound quality and portability) ->Jbl charge series doesn’t have a microphone and doesn’t accept input from microphone via usb-c. I believe the Sony utl series and Bose SoundLink both are great speakers and have a mic 🎤.
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • Best long lasting Bluetooth speaker for karaoke nights with friends? ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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