Pros & Cons
Pros
I am not an audiophile, but imho it's the best sound i have ever heard. The sound quality from the charger 5 is amazingly clear and loud.
Small enough to be portable and gets loud enough when you need it. If you are traveling, it is a pleasure to turn it on after a long day of walking and sightseeing. The battery life is pretty great too.
Jbl charge 5 is an outstanding sounding speaker with the best of both worlds. Beats my 380 watt sound system in everything except loudness. Bass and clarity is the most impressive i've had.
It’s way more than i needed for the bathroom. Nice clarity. Very good. Under no circumstances.
Cons
From a full charge, the change light starts blinking red. This is a mono speaker, it is not stereo. You tend to push the volume high to compensate for the lack of spaciousness, but all you get is bigger monotone.
Maybe half the price is respectable. Feel ripped off. Seriously very disappointed.
Highlights
Quality
The sound quality is really good and the battery life is even better.
No, it won't win hi-fi awards, but with the jbl app you can tune a 3 tone eq, a music playlist app will play your entire flac l... Read More
I used only own the charge 2 and was never terribly impressed.
So, i will keep it to use with my cell for parties, but i am not completely happy with the features it offers.
Packaging/appearance
The power charger never worked from right out of the box.
Came charged so it was ready to go out of the box.
Competitiveness
If you want a bigger better sound i'm sure the extreme and i know the boombox sounds great, but at those prices i can't justify... Read More
Well it has no competition on the bass.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 11,402 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 20 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The speaker is marketed to last for 20hrs you should expect 10hrs of battery life
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Either i got a reneweddefective unit or they lied about the 20 hr
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I’m only able to get about 45 hrs on a full chargefull according to the jbl app
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The media could not be loaded
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Now it would never hold up for 20 hours
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
At most 56 hours in average on medium volume
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also it did not connect correctly to my alexa dot
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After connection the dot and the speaker both remained silent