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Wonderboom PLAY

Ultimate Ears Wonderboom PLAY

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#491 in

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Sentiment score50% positive
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Last updated: Jul 7, 2026

Reddit Reviews

Reddit Iconanonymouslyactive_07
5 months ago

From best to worst 1. Soundcore motion + 2. Klipsch nashville 3. Sony ult field 5 & tribit stormbox lava (tie) 4. Marshall emberton 3 & Bose soundlink flex 2 (tie) 5. Kef muo 6.tribit stormbox blast (OG) & Earfun uboom x(tie) 7. Soundcore boom 2 & x600 8. Harman kardon onyx studio 6 9. UE everboom, wonder boom & epicboom Soundcore motion + has been discontinued and has no ip dust rating Klipsch nashville, kef muo, bose soundlink flex 2, and harman kardon onyx studio 6 are mono format speakers Sony ult field 5, tribit stormbox lava & blast, earfun u boom x, Soundcore boom 2 & x600, UE epicboom and HK onyx studio 6 are all pretty large. The Marshall emberton 3, UE everboom & epic boom are 360⁰ speakers this is subjectively worse than a forward firing speaker for soundquality.

5 months ago

You speaker recommendations are pretty flawed, the harman kardon go play 3 is not a out door speaker at all because of its exposed subwoofer, and no ip ratings. The motion x600 lacks deep bass, and its high-end can become fatiguing. The soundcore flare 2 and wonder boom are small and a downgrade in soundquality to the soundcore motion +. The UE wonder boom is the best speaker youve mentioned

Reddit Iconbott1111
7 months ago

I have had the flip and the wonder boom, the wonder boom is by far the better speaker, those things are tough, robust, lighter, easier to carry. I got the flip 6 replaced on warranty then a year later had it die again (I never top it out to work ) the wonder boom works out on a mine with me and hasn’t skipped a beat

7 months ago

They are meant to be small, portable speakers… they do the job for that. The wonderboom is the most portable and by far the most indestructible, I’d never buy another JBL speaker again. On a lanyard the wonderboom is so comfortable to carry around on you to compaerd to the flip which swings like crazy. I own a proper hifi system so I do appreciate good sound, but you just can’t go wrong with the wonderboom

Reddit IcondanTHAman152000
2 months ago

I still have my original MegaBoom and works great. At one point I thought the speaker was going bad, but it was the podcast app I was using that enabled an optional “loud mode” type setting that when I disabled, I was happy to hear my speaker work great again. I’m not sure when I bought mine but I know it was the original one. A while later I bought a two pack of their smaller WonderBoom(?) from Costco for super cheap. It sounds basically better than my Apple HomePod Mini’s and convenient size for vacations. It’s telling when even a battery powered Bluetooth speaker can last many years. Idk about UE’s other products but I’ll default there before JBL for sure.

Reddit Icondax660
7 months ago

I like the Wonderboom - it's about the size of a softball, waterproof and floats.

Reddit Icongullixo
7 months ago

Nice collection of BT speaker! I see the two Wonderbooms. Did you connect them in Stereo and how did you find the sound experience in comparison to other (single) speakers? I think, connection of 2 speakers to stereo mode is quite nice an can replace a much higher rated and more expensive speaker. Maybe not in volume and power, but much more to a better sound stage.

Reddit Iconibizzet
8 months ago

i've had a wonderboom and i prefer the JBL or the Anker

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