Bose - SoundLink Flex Series
Models:
SoundLink Flex (2nd Gen)
SoundLink Flex (1st Gen)
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Last updated: Aug 14, 2025 Scoring
Liked most:
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"it sounds fucking amazing. ... I was blown away at Best Buy. I thought this was fake somehow like there is no way this thing is producing that bass and that level. ... The speaker is phenomenal. ... At first it was almost too bass heavy; but after an hour or two of playtime it broke in and the mids came alive, without loosing any bass. ... it still sounds fucking incredible."
"Bose Soundlink Flex 2 has the best sound quality in a small personal size."
"clarity"
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"I bought mine 3 weeks ago and don go anywhere without it "
"portable go-to on the beach"
"The fact that I can slide the flex into my backpack’s outer pocket makes it still the perfect speaker to bring camping."
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"Also, you can get a 2nd one and play them in stereo. ... I am not exaggerating: if I got another, I could put them on either side of my tv and that would be my home theater."
"Got 2 flex speakers and paired together with about 3 or 4 foot spacing in stereo mode the sound is really really great."
"Together, they're loud, detailed, clear, and have plenty of low-end."
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2
"No lag in movies or videos dialogues"
"It's BT lag is the best in the business so you will have voices sync when watching videos."
"When Connected to Bose Max or Bose Soundlink Flex 2, it offers me the option of AptX Lossless or AptX Adaptible Low Latency. There is no lag at all if you pick AptX LL."
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"I am notoriously bad about not taking care of things and them falling apart or breaking. ... These things are indestructible"
"It can withstand outdoor roughness"
"I use my Bose Soundlink Flex when I'm in the Hot Tub."
Disliked most:
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"Avoid the Bose Flex Gen 2 and Bose Max. They have parisitic battery drain of 10-20% per week. ... These Bose will be dead in 2 months after a full charge. ... The units I have are brand new and no firmware update, because the previous returns had the new firmware updated and the drain was even worse. ... This is about as scientific as you can make it. Test every 7 days from 100% and watch it deplete to unuseable in 2 months. ... There's a huge thread about this subject from many Bose customers. Bose knows about it. Acknowledges it. Does NOTHING about it except offer you an exchange. ... Never seen anything like this in other BT brands. I have an old Sony BT speaker that I haven't touched in 2 years and can still play music!"
"The Bose Flex has a standby battery drain issue. It'll eat 30% a week"
"the Flex gen 2 bleeds battery at about 10% per week. ... So if you had the Flex 2 without charging in two months, it'll be dead. ... Bose refuses to acknowledge this problem."
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"It sucks that both the Flex 2 and the Home are mono speakers. ... It's ridiculous to charge these prices and not even having stereo."
"if it has any chance of being stereo it does a bad job at it"
"stereo separation"
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"not very loud ... can't get really really loud"
"it will project sound way further & louder than the Flex."
"That said, the JBL does get significantly louder overall, so if you plan to use it primarily in large spaces like gymnasiums or outside, then the JBL would probably be worth the extra cost."
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"absolutely destroyed everything I had! (Soundcore x600, Bose Flex, Flip 6, Charge 5, Sony ULT Field 1, W-King 10) ... The rest are toys that peter out with more volume"
"louder volumes kinda kills it like 85 and above"
"the bass on the flex is compressed past 70% for me."
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"When on it's back, the EQ really opens it up! Otherwise it's returnable in my eyes."
"One thing i would change, is add an option to turn off the positioning eq change, because ONE - it now has a delay when switching positions compared to the old flex, and TWO - i personally rather having one eq for all positions."
"bass response was shallow from what I remember. ... The flex still hits pretty low if it reflects off a wall in a smaller room."
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