JBL - Charge Essential
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Last updated: Nov 26, 2025 Scoring
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"with more low end"
"Charge has more bass."
"the JBL flip & Charge have good bass for the size."
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"With units other than the digitakt that are usb powered you can use it to provide power as well."
"used as a charger"
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"nothing beats that thing running all day on 1 bar of a 5Ah battery."
"I have a jbl charge and the battery is amazing."
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"sits perfectly in a water bottle holder, for biking, taking in your car, etc."
"It's weight is about 1kg (2,5lb), so ideal for a stroll in the woods!"
"easy to bring places"
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"I've been using the same JBL charge for probably 10 years."
"splashed ... dropped in pool ... kicked across deck...drops etc"
"going on 5 years of 3 daughter abuse pool side ... still sounds great"
Disliked most:
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"Until it's too hot and shuts itself off."
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"No deep bass at all. ... But bass? Nah"
I use a JBL charge in my truck and a JBL earbud when walking.
r/USPS • Bluetooth Speakers in LLV ->Until it's too hot and shuts itself off. In an ffv, the side window is possibly better
r/USPS • Bluetooth Speakers in LLV ->Yeah, realistically that isn't going to happen, replacing 10 speakers with 1-3 is tough as it is, much less when those 10 speakers were designed for the space they are in and those 1-3 are jammed into an enclosure with the amp and battery in a single unit... I mean the closest you will get is a one of the big JBL Party Boxes which honestly isn't very portable at like 75 pounds and 45 inches tall, not to mention they run a grand or so. If you just want decent sound quality -AND- portability the JBL Flip, Charge, or even the Extreme series are pretty decent, but for high end quality you are going to be going well over the $500 mark... KEF, Bowers & Wilkens, Sonos, etc. And Bose... Yeah, I am not a huge fan... I would take the Infinity system in my Hyundai over it in a heartbeat for sound quality.
r/Corvette • I might be asking in the wrong sub, but can anyone recommend a good portable Bluetooth speaker as good as C7 Bose speakers ->I've been using the same JBL charge for probably 10 years. When/if it dies, I'll go buy another one just like it.
r/BuyItForLife • What's the best quality bluetooth speaker you've ever tried? ->I wouldn't recommend any Earfun speaker to someone who isn't very tech savy. Every Earfun speaker sounds mediocre out of the box and they need EQing. I really like my UBOOM X, but I just can't recommend it to my mom. That's why my mom has a JBL Charge. Also, any of the stock (normal or OLUV's) EQs are way too focused on deep bass, which isn't the best with classical music. And it's not very portable I think, it's rather huge.
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • Super simple to use Bluetooth speaker ->Two charges(maybe even the 6)
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • Best speaker for a car with no stereo? ->Charge has more bass. Flip is lighter more portable. One of my favorite speaker of all time is the JBL Clip 4. But the 5 is better because the power button doesn’t get hit by accident like the 4. Smaller speaker but it sounds great and extremely portable and great battery life.
r/JBL • Which Bluetooth portable speaker? ->I just use a JBL charge. Battery powered, easy to bring places. With units other than the digitakt that are usb powered you can use it to provide power as well.
r/Elektron • Budget speakers recommendations for Digitakt in 2024? ->I have Jbl charge don’t even know which version and it’s really good.
r/BuyItForLife • What's the best quality bluetooth speaker you've ever tried? ->The charge series is usually the sweet spot in the lineup
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • Which JBL Speaker is the best? ->This is what it's all about. The sweet spot. For me it's the charge, for others it's the flip or the xtreme, depending on what you're ok traveling with.
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • Which JBL Speaker is the best? ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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