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Jbl clip 4 has been going strong for about 5 years. However all the branding/rubber grips fell off in a week.
I got the Clip 4 as a gift and it’s what got me into higher quality Bluetooth speakers. Very noticeable difference from no-name brands.
The JBL Clip 4 has a long battery life, for personal use (backpack, room, office) is surprising. The sonu ult field 1, withstands impact, good material and listening very well, a little larger than the clip 4 but it can be transported, I can recommend those to you since I have both and I assure you that they have good quality materials. I've had the clip for 5 years and it sounds the same as the first day of purchase.
So I’ve currently got the JBL Clip 4 and it’s a decent little speaker for it’s size but I’ve dropped it so many times (and fallen on it once skating as to where the actual metal part came clean off) so the quality has definitely dropped. I’m wanting something quite a bit louder as the park I go to is decently sized and I want to hear it around the park (for any fellow skaters or Karens about to hate, I only play music on my speaker if I’m with people and I double check with the other skaters around me if they’re good with me playing music and I even try to accommodate to their music preferences if it isn’t god awful) Anyways, I’m not really wanting to spend too much, £200 is my max unless there’s a really good quality speaker a little over, I mostly listen to just Nu Metal on it as that’s the most popular type of music with me, my friends and the other skaters around but I also like a bit of pop or sometimes even rap music So basically I’m wanting an all round portable speaker that has good quality sound and isn’t too expensive, thanks for reading this far (or just looking straight at the bottom haha) and I hope I can find a good recommendation 🙏 EDIT: I searched about and I’m considering the JBL Charge 6 which is currently £129 on Amazon so quite a good price and I’ve seen pretty good reviews for it
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.
i got the clip 4, and can vouch that the clip series is actually pretty awesome for its size, plus you can hook it to your backpack, thats a super underrated feature
so hard to answer without more info on how you want to use it. I have a JBL clip 4 that is awesome for my bicycle at the beach, but not gonna host a pool party with it lol.
I still use my Jbl clip 4 and i think it’s what you would call durable and cheap.
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