Ultimate Ears - Boom

Hello, I'm searching for an outdoor speaker for my winter job. I work in a ski resort, so it needs to be waterproof because of the regular snow, has to have something around 6\~7 hours-ish battery life at a rather loud volume (the machines being rather loud, the speaker needs to be like 70%+ volume). I can't have anything too big since it has to fit into a backpack already filled with my other necessities for my job (boombox are too big for example). I don't have any specific price range in mind, but I guess I can put up to 250$ for it, maybe a little more. I had UE boom in the past (the 1 and then the 3), I was satisfied with their battery life but they ended up having a lot of sound distortion on high volume after a while, that's why I'm asking for recommandations before getting anything.

I just bought a motion+. It's great but definitely a bit less bass punchy vs the negaboom it is replacing. It's totally fine for the price but that's the only criticism I have of it and tbh given its less than half the price of the megaboom here in Australia is a win.

my first one was the 1st UE BOOM and it blew my mind with its sound and it being waterproof alongside really good battery life back when it released. No i'm considering getting a new one but i also feel like the macbook pro speaker and airpods pro is good enough..

Can’t help on the fan, but highly recommend UE Boom bluetooth speaker

Imo boom is already small enough, I could gladly carry around a mega boom everywhere tho..

The UE Boom speakers are great, very portable and should be more than loud enough.

Start here: [golf speakers](https://www.rtings.com/speaker/reviews/best/golf-cart) and [outdoor speakers](https://www.rtings.com/speaker/reviews/best/by-usage/outdoor). I use the Anker Soundcore Motion+ when I ride. The soundstage is amazing and it doesn't downmix to mono. It doesn't have a magnet but our carts have the front plastic window. I just place it on top of the carts dash, and wedge it between the front plastic window. I also have the UE Boom, which doesn't get nearly as loud but it provides 360 sound, which is ideal for outdoors and golf. Magnets are nice, but I think you want sound and function first. You can also purchase Velcro accessories to mount speakers to a cart.

Yeah I had a Boom that got stolen a few years ago, I love that brand ever since. I'll think I'll buy 2 boom or megaboom later as they can party-up with the hyperboom, that will make a nice outdoor party set-up for sure !

Not a tip for a specific speaker but check if the people you want to train with, if you're a group that is, already have speakers. In my local group people generally have JBL-speakers and being able to link multiple ones is superb. I have good experiences with both JBL Charge-models and UE Boom-models in general but mostly older models and I know JBL changed their protocol for linking units so be sure to do your research.

I have a uboomx and I love the sound and the price. There are promo codes floating around.

Haha, well, I’m sure plenty of people enjoy the UE Boom series. Personally, though, I’m not a fan of the driver layout. I find that directional speakers offer a more enjoyable listening experience, instead of having the left and right channels fired in opposite directions away from my ears for "360 degree sound".

First time I used my UE Boom was at the beach. My idiot self put it on a little side table next to the ocean while we played in the shore break and wouldn't you know a wave came and gave it a bath. Sound stopped and I ran to grab the thing thinking it was toast only for the music to continue once it wasn't submerged anymore. Tstill have it almost a decade later and it still works great. I guess they really are water resistant

Given that the battery on any of them will die at some point, and cannot be replaced, are any of these really BIFL? That being said, if you’re just looking for a recommendation, I have a UE Boom that’s been going strong for at least 12 years, maybe even 15, as well as a Marshall branded speaker that is nearly as old. Both sound great, but I’d give the edge to the UE for sound quality to the UE, and the edge for simplicity and connectivity to the Marshall. UE is also waterproof where the Marshall is not. But to caveat my caveat, I have no idea if either of these is still made by a) the same manufacturer, or b) to the same standards, and would frankly expect that they aren’t and that the new ones you buy only share branding, and are probably inferior, since that’s the way nearly everything has gone

Yesss I’ve had my first one for 10 years, second for 7ish, and they’re stellar. The app is great too

I’m 10 and 7 years on my two booms respectively

Been using the Ultimate Ears Boom for a while now and they’ve been great! Got a second the a bigger one because of how much I liked them.

I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "high quality" - If you are referring to the quality of the speaker itself as well as the sound quality, I would recommend BOOM from ultimate ears (Logitech, Swiss). I've literally thrown it down 2 floors and it survived, the sound quality is by no means bad either.

For the small portable my affections are always with Bose. Some of my favorite speakers for sound stage, portability, and loud reaching well made BT speakers in super portable, easy to handle packages. I have three of their BT speakers and they really perform. As I get less portable, I stumbled into one not on your list — Logitech’s Ultimate Ears brand — which has some smaller BT speakers as well. They’re really well made and they double down on putting resources into the simple features I care about most (sync, app, weatherproofing etc).