JBL - Flip 5

Is the flip 7 really that bad?? I have the flip 5 and while it's not the best, for the price and how durable it has been I would absolutely recommend it. It is still going strong after 4.5-5 years of use.

I got this speaker about 6 months ago and it’s been working great! Good bass and sound, it works better in the humidity compared to normal Bluetooth speaker like JBL. My flip 5 died just recently even though it was just in the shower with mild humidity. I’d definitely recommend paying a little extra for this speaker since it’s specifically designed for the saunas heat and humidity

I’ve got the JBL Flip 5 and move it to all my classic cars. For my ‘67 bus I’ve got the basket cupholder from JBugs or Wolfsburg West that hooks into the dash slots on the bus and it fits right into the drink holder. Holds my cell also as I’ve rigged up a holder to the basket so I can tap safely. I’ve also installed a USB charger port in the ashtray that I got from https://www.classicchargers.com

Both my MotionBoom+ and Flip 5 have fallen into my hottub repeatedly with no ill effects.

The JBL portables are excellent. My Flip 5 still sounds great.

well, you just heard the first time, had a flip 5 and was very disappointed with it, now I've been using only soundcore products and I love it

We’ve dropped our JBL flip 5 in twice in the two months we’ve had our hot tub! 🤦‍♀️ It keeps working!

Charge 4 or flip 5 imo cuz lfm

A pair of JBL flip 5’s are my bedroom stereo and a pair of flip 6’s is my work stereo. 🎶

i bought a JBL flip 4 in 2017, and used it to listen to music / announce my presence to motorists / deter unwanted interactions while i was cycling (we're not litigating that choice here, i'm just providing context). the flip series is almost the perfect size to fit into a bike water cage. _**almost.**_ needless to say, she's taken multiple tumbles over thousands of miles, year-round. "dozens" would not be an understatement. almost all of them just bouncing off onto asphalt, at-speed. i once hit a sharp bridge lip and the flip bounced off of a bridge beam into a ravine. luckily it was easy to find because i could hear it echoing up through the creek water when i bumped the volume up to max lol in 2020, i took the Flip 4 back into bestbuy to swap it for a fresh replacement, because it had a no-questions-asked warranty attached to it, back when those were still cheap. it still worked fine, the battery still lasted as long as it did when i bought it as far as i could tell, but the ruggedized outer shell had no shortage of scrapes and the speaker meah had a fair number of tears from taking a few too many headlong cartwheels across the bike path at 20-odd mph. by then, they only had Flip 5's, so that's what i queued up for the swap. I expected the associate to take the old 4, but they didn't. i walked out with both. i bequeethed the battle-hardened Flip 4 unto my younger sibling's commuter bike and took the fresh Flip 5 as my own. Both of them are still going strong to this day. the 4 is approaching 10 years old. My sibling also subjects the speaker to much more perilous outdoorsing than i ever did. Despite a storied history of battle scars, sticker residue, DIY speaker mesh darning--and being so thoroughly sunbleached that it's now roughly the shade of grey the toddler is wearing in this pic you used--it still works. my aib has felt no desire to replace it. My Flip 5 is also still going strong, but she is generally subjected to much less danger on any given day lol i'd say get a used Flip 4 in this particular use-case. 1, because it's used, so if it wnds up failing the toddler test it's not a huge loss. and 2, i genuinely believe one of the reasons that my/my sibling's Flip 4 has survived so long is because JBL had the presence of mind to include a ruggedized silicone port cover that shields the charging port and the aux cable from debris and mousture/liquid. if i hadn't gotten it for basically 20$, i never would have traded it for a Flip 5 (i would have just gone and found another 4), because the 5's ports are fully exposed to the elements at all times. so you have to be a bit more tedious with it. whereas whenever the Flip 4 took a dive into silty/muddy runoff water, i was always reasonably confident that the delicate parts were still undamaged and dry. and i was never disappointed on that front~ hope that personal appraisal helps!