Reviews for JBL Flip Portable Bluetooth Stereo Speaker - Black

I had high hopes of this speaker after all the great reviews it got. But when I got home and tried it out it was horrible. After charging it for 3 hours, the speaker sounded low and muffled as if it had been submerged in water. I gave it the benefit of the doubt and hoped that I just gotten the bad one of the bunch and exchanged it for another. The second one wouldn't connect at all to my MacBook, or iPad. I finally got it to work on my phone and it sounded great (which is why I gave it two stars) but it would skip parts of the song or glitch too much making it hard to enjoy the music. I wouldn't recommend it at all unfortunately.

The sound quality on the Flip is unreal! It blows all the others out of the water. Lots of bass and doesn't get get distorted when you crank up the volume. I've had mine for almost 6 months now. I use it everyday at work.

The only thing it could use is a stronger Bluetooth signal. It's really lacking when compared to some of the others. And more recently, about every 30 minutes it will cut out for a second. But I work in a room with high voltage notorious for eating up radios. So, leave your device close to the speaker and its a great product.

I just got it today. I compared it to a couple of other models by other makers, both of which I respect and one that I'm stubbornly loyal to. I had some JBL speakers in high school though, and this Flip caught my eye.

In the store, she instantly had the other two contenders eating her dust.

Got home, opened the box and charged the battery, tested it out and laughed out loud at the beauty of this fine product.

Very, very pleased. Hats off to the fine people of JBL and the fine people of Apple for providing us with this.

Very proud.

I went originally to the apple store to buy either a Jambox or a JBL MICRO. But I ended buying a JBL Flip. The sales person at the store said that this product should do the work as good as a jambox (which is more expensive) and hundred times better than a JBL Micro ($40 less). So, I've decided to trust him and give it a try!! As soon as the pairing was made with my mac and the music started, I knew I bought an incredible product! And there's also a Mic to answer calls that works great! I saw some reviews that said that the Bluetooth wasn't working properly with an obstruction between the phone and the speaker. So, I went I'm my garage to test it, I placed my phone behind a 2 inch metal plate at 20 feet away from the speaker and the sound was still perfect! I highly recommend it to someone who want to buy a good portable speaker with big sound and deep bass at around $100-150.

I do a lot of presentations and this is a very easy product to use. The first time that I used it, I literally took it out of the packaging and plugged it into the wall and connected an audio cable to my iphone. I appreciate both the ability to use it plugged into a power source as well as the wireless (bluetooth) and internal rechareable battery. You can place the speakers closer to the audience and speak from the podium and still control the volume from the iphone volume buttons. The sound is phenominal and the ability to fill a room is the best I have used for portable speakers.

Was really excited when I bought this little guy. The sound was pretty robust for how much you pay and the battery life was cool. The downfall of this product is it's bluetooth connection.

If I have the speaker 2 feet away and I place the phone in my pocket, the bluetooth immediately cuts out. Any time the smallest barrier comes between the speaker and device, no matter how short the distance is, the bluetooth becomes spotty and struggles to maintain the sound.

I bought the Logitech UE portable boom box as its replacement and I'm way more content than I was with the Flip.

Jus sayin'

I bought this to replace my Logitech speakers. Big mistake. The base on it is non existent and it sounds horrible for a "room filling" sound. I would say its good as a desk speaker and that's about it. I love my Logitech and will stick with the same speaker just the new Bluetooth version. This JBL is not great. If you want good base and good loud sound you may need to go with a more expensive speaker from them.

This speaker has not let me down. I use this when I go over to my boyfriends house because he has an old boombox and its funny how this thing can outperform that! It is small, easy to take with you wherever you go, and best of all, it is so loud for its size. It also has bluetooth connectivity which is great when I want to watch DVDs on my computer and dont want to plug anything in. Hands-down, great investment for price - I'm gonna get my little brother one for his birthday.

You would be hard pressed to find a blue tooth speaker this size with this much kick for a better price. This is a great buy. I bought one for each room of my apartment. I like having parties on weekends and my friends love that they can play music from their phones when they visit.

I have the JBL on stage 3P, which has more power and twice number of speaker and this little guy sounds better. Totally worth the 100 bucks to be wireless, although it definitely does not last 5 hours on a charge, more like 3.