onn. Small Rugged Portable Bluetooth Speaker, Cobalt

Simple to use. I had it linked to my android phone in seconds. This is a great personal, battery-powered and/or USB powered/charged Bluetooth speaker that has plenty of volume for it's size and weight. It maintains a decent level across a living room. I can hear every note and word clearly when I'm in the room at the bottom of the stairs and it's playing in the upstairs bedroom. I didn't know how many reasons I had for needing this until I got it. I've been using headphones since the external speaker system on one of my PCs went on the fritz. The Onn sounds great with that computer plugged into it's aux input. The Sound quality is basically that of a decent FM radio. Here's a great application for musicians. As soon as I find my temporarily misplaced 1/4" to mini-plug adapter, I'm going to run one of my acoustic/electric guitars through it via a guitar wireless transmitter/receiver system. This should be ideal for placing it across a room to reinforce a acoustic guitar at a moderate level in a very small venue with an intimate crowd. I'll be also looking for a battery powered mini-mixer so I can run both wireless guitar and vocals across a room. You can Bluetooth several of these together if you need more than one at a time for more coverage. Everything will fit in a guitar case. Sound quality is always subjective but I've put together pro ~20,000 Watt stereo actively tri-amped systems and I'm delighted with the sound quality of this powered, completely wireless (with optional wired aux input), little Bluetooth speaker. I need to charge it overnight and test the stated (up to) 8 hours of battery-powered operation. I have run it for a limited time on battery power with no problems. I've also been running it plugged into the USB output on my PC. The only thing I would have liked to seen was some kind of charge level indicator. Other than that minor criticism, it's amazing for the price. I'm hard to please and I just ordered a second one.

This is a great little speaker. Out of the box it was charged and ready to pair with my phone. Pairing was as simple as holding down the bluetooth button on top of the speaker. Then looking in the settings of my phone under bluetooth and finding the "onn. Rugged SM GRY". Then play your favorite music. The + and - are used to raise and lower the volume, if you long press they will replay last song or forward to the next song. The "play" button will play or pause the music. I didn't keep track of the hours that it played on a charge but I know it was a long time. When it needs to be charged it will let you know. I really like the sound for such a small speaker. When you hold it in your hand you can really feel the base thumping. The small size makes it easy to move with you from room to room as you move about the house. I have owned a bluetooth speaker from another manufacturer and I definitely like this one a lot more.