Ultimate Ears ROLL 2 Reef Wireless Portable Bluetooth Speaker (Waterproof) (2016)

This speaker is amazing! I bought it about 8 months ago, and still has the same awesome sound quality and battery life that it did when I purchased it. The shape seemed a bit weird at first, but now I love it. Now I can jam out while cooking dinner, while riding my bike, while kayaking down the river, or hiking or anything!The bungee cord on the back is incredibly stretchy and durable. The charging time is pretty reasonable, and the speaker is made made out of some pretty tough materials. I have dropped a couple of times and it had zero problems with it. The Bluetooth strength is pretty good, and can go up to about 150 feet with newer phones that have Bluetooth 5, Or 30-50 feet with normal phones. This speaker works well with Apple or Android devices. If you have a smartphone, I highly recommend recommend getting the UE Roll app, it is very easy to use and it has a lot of super useful features. One of my favorite uses of the UE app is that if you lose your speaker, you can turn it on from your phone, crank up some music, and boom, there it is! Anyways some pros and cons:Pros:Very good battery lifeSmallFlat, so it fits into a bag very easilyVery good sound quality, especially for the sizeVery useful app, that adds a lot of functionsCons:Charging port and aux port are hard to get toTHE ONLY THING THAT I REALLY HATE ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: it has no ability to play/pause/skip from the speaker, which is really annoying sometimes.The speaker is easy to get dirtySo, to sum it up, I highly recommend this product, and if you are waffling between the UE Roll 1 and 2, get the 2, it has better Bluetooth strength and sound quality.

The UE Roll 2 arrived and in about 3 minutes I was listening to crystal clear music. Now, it takes a while to fully charge so I had to plug it into my computer to help get it charged (it will take probably 5 hours to fully charge the speaker), but right now as I type this review? I have enjoyed listening all afternoon now.The speaker comes with no instructions. You might want to use a YouTube video to learn a bit more about the device. The "plus" and "minus" on the speaker are the volume up/down buttons and the power button is on the back.This is a very lightweight speaker that fits in your hand. It is water resistant (it also comes with a small inflatable floatie to place it in while you are in the pool). Still, I'm not fond of the idea of dropping it into a tub of water and waiting to see if it still works after a few minutes of being soaked. LOL.Seriously, it is easy to use with great sound and appears to be very very well made. I took a couple of pictures of this UE Roll 2 as it is currently plugged into my computer (to charge it) while it plays music from my iphone. The box indicates music can be played from up to 100 feet away from the device. Right now, my iphone is across the room from where I am so I cannot attest to the 100 feet assertion on the box right now.Would I buy another of these? Absolutely. Just the fact it is compact, good price and apparently great quality makes this one of those MUST have blue tooth speakers for your home, near the pool and it would be easy to pack and take on trips.Five big stars for this top notch device.

It's a shame that they don't make this model anymore! I love being able to mount it virtually anywhere. I'm a James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Jason Mraz kinda dude...Counting Crows...that kinda thing and this SHINES!!! The volume is shocking!!! Too loud for most situations at max...so a nice 60% seems to work for me....I bought two and having one strapped to the microwave handle and one on the closet door handle across the room makes a beautiful sound. i live in southern Florida and have a pool. I leave one on my lanai table for drinking and chatting and one in my pool, floating on the surface in the included float...Makes for a great pool party...Then, if we go inside for 15 minutes for a snack, I just grab one...bring the music inside while the pool guests still have their tunes...The tone isn't a thump...though I like the bass...it's more "rich". Punchy, solid vocals with a focus on acoustic and reggae tunes....My wife likes to tweak her EQ in the app to pull out some offending upper mids...But I'm happy with the "standard" eq preset....What I love most is the small size to power ratio...I find myself always taking it with me...from washing dishes, to the shower...even popping on my passenger seat in my old 99 rodeo, cause this sounds better than the factory stereo...I think the ease of throwing it in a bag, or strapping it to a bag strap make me just wanna always have this around. The low latency and long range of this sucker makes it great for movies on the go also. I'm very glad to have scooped on of these up before they are gone for good. I assume the wonderboom is great, but the for factor and the big bungee on this roll 2 makes it tops in my book.