soundcore - Boom 3i

Soundcore boom is a weapon of the speaker

Buy him an Earfun UBOOM X for dorm parties. For his outdoor activities, add the Soundcore Boom 3i. Both speakers should fit within your budget, and they will give your grandson so much more than a Flip or UE Boom would.

I like the soundcore boom handles way more actually. The Sony xg300 handle is kinda flexible and doesn’t hold as nice to me. It wobbles. And the thicker soundcore handles are more round, I would choose them everytime. Though portability is a thing, soundcore handles are fixed

If you own the boom 2, try getting another boom 2 and pair it? I think that if you own a working boom 2 right now, then that's the most bass you will get with $150 possible (2 paired together) Also make absolutely sure you're trying out different custom EQs. My boom and boom 2 sounded LIFELESS before EQing

Ah fair enough! Yeah I havnt ventured into any options for the next size up. I do think the boom 1 and 2 are really special for their size, with the right eq and song it still blows my mind, but I'm glad that the bigger ones are in fact putting out real work. I havnt paired 2 boons myself actually, it was just random advice since he wants more bass for $150, and I think he already has one of them. It does sound like he'd be better off saving a little more money and shopping out larger models at the $180-$250 range, cus idk what will make him much happier than the boom 2 for $150 rn (that's really worth the difference over Boom 2 I mean)

Mine should be waiting fir me at home once im done with work.. guessin this thing will smoke the flip 7 for sound quality but i will return here after some testing today

Have had ut crankin since 10 am this mornin while workin waitin to see how battery holds up have had it about 60 to 80 percent volume and tuned brightly in app rught now showin about 60 percent battery but soundwise it easily wipes the floor with the jbl flip 7 , the wking d320 doesnt come close to it as far as bass and clarity even with that having 2 tweeters but so far im super impressed with it. For 98 bucjw ya cant go wrong. Headin to lake after work will test the floating on it altho its not how id ever use it lol

I got two 3i's and a boom 2 to try against each other. I agree with the portability of the 3i vs boom 2. The boom 2 is stereo, but the 3i is mono. The TWS paring between the 3i's is way better than my first gen motion +'s. The boom 2 does have some rich bass but the 3i's bass seems to drop out less when the volume is increased. More testing and EQ adjusting to be done before I'm sure about that. I'll likely send back the boom 2 as well. I appreciate the comments.

Soundcore just made the Boom3i. It has a buzz clean feature to clear sand out if you got some in too and cheaper than Jbls its $100 as of now for Prime-Day

I bought both. I returned the boom 2 and keeping the 3i. The 3i can get plenty loud and the portability compared to boom 2 is night and day.

This is sage advice: two speakers for different use cases. I tried to settle on one speaker that would be practical for their grandkid's purposes, that is, parties *and* hiking, camping and water sports, and couldn't. A boombox for when volume and better fidelity is required; a smaller speaker for outdoor on-the-go activities. OP, as well as Earfun and Tribit, Anker (Soundcore) has enough of a lineup to satisfy different criteria. For instance, [Soundcore Boom or Soundcore Boom 2 ](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=anker+soundcore+boom&i=electronics&crid=9EFL7JVSRBJK&sprefix=anker+soundcore+boom%2Celectronics%2C123&ref=nb_sb_noss_1)are smaller boomboxes; the Soundcore Boom 3i is a tough, outdoor, portable speaker.

The Soundcore Booms are great speakers for the size and weight and really great when you factor in the cost. You may just want to grab a second one for parties and wider stereo. The next big step up is the Earfun Uboom X. Not as portable as a Motion Boom because of the extra weight but the bass output is unbeatable for the money. Sounds nice and you can EQ it to sound even better. I would love a Brane X for the small form factor and deep deep bass but $500 is not chump change! You can get a pair of Motion Boom 2 's for $140 and pair of Uboom X speakers for under $300.