Anker Soundcore mini, Super-Portable Bluetooth Speaker with 15-Hour Playtime, 66-Foot Range, Wireless with Enhanced Bass, Noise-Cancelling Microphone, for Outdoor, Travel, Home

Purchased to hide up the chimney to play santa bell sounds, for some Christmas magic for the children. It’s really cheap, really good and easy to use. Sounds decent when playing music and I think this will be well used in the summer to take outdoors. Can be used plugged in, or portable. Controls are easy to see and use and was really easy to pair via bluetooth.

I bought this speaker just to use in the garden over Summer but I use it everywhere now, I love it!! It is small but definitely holds its own alongside more expensive brands. The build quality and style is impressive at this price point. The instructions are easy to follow and I was able to connect my iPhone via Bluetooth in seconds (you can also connect laptops etc via the Aux port or insert you own SD card but I haven’t tried those yet). The speaker is very portable and we regularly move it around the house or out into the garden. The sound quality is amazing, very clear with no distortion. The volume range is perfect for a bit of background noise or party tunes and can be easily adjusted by the controls on the front. The mode button switches the speaker to the built in radio feature. Setting up the radio is straight forward, auto scan tuned in a good selection of local and national stations with good reception.It holds its charge with no issues, the longest I have used it on full charge is 10 hrs before I turned it off so the 15+ hours in the description sounds realistic.I’d definitely recommend this speaker, it’s been one of my best purchases.

Small and mighty. Everything works as it should. The big surprise is the quality of the sound and the volume, amazing for such a tiny device at such a tiny price..

Purchased for our daughters small party to have some background sounds. I selected this one because I've had a few Anker products before and have been impressed with their quality.I like it has an SD card slot, an Aux port (because I'm old school) as well as Bluetooth of course.The FM radio is a bit of a Brucie bonus too.Only a charging cable supplied, which is also needed for the FM antenna. No aux 3.5mm cable in the box so you will need to supply your own.Bluetooth connected fine on my Android though I have not tested distance since we would normally have the phone fairly close to the speaker anyway.Figuring it out control wise is pretty straight forward and thus far it has been working very well.The sound quality is actually lovely!I am very, very impressed. I am not an audio buff as such but I like good quality sounds and I am happy to admit this surpassed my expectations. The highs and mids are, to me, clear and well presented.The bass is really a surprise too. That passive radiator is really doing its job here and punching well above what the size looks like it could deliver.Even at max volume it copes very well and you can feel vibrations helping that bass frequency out.Speaking of size, it is smaller than I expected but being made from metal it has a great quality feel to it.Downsides, I wish this could have been a bit louder. I admit it is only 5 watts and perhaps I was asking a lot but even with my devices at max volume and the Soundcore mini at max I can tell in a noisy environment it will struggle to be heard.That being said, you have to appreciate the use case - it is a small portable speaker, not a party machine for a hall!The other downside is the Soundcore app which has been suggested to use. Sadly, when I tested this the Soundcore Mini was not supported. So a useless app. Anker must have removed this devices from their list of supported devices.Also, it asks for your to setup an account and enable location services which seems too intrusive really. Thankfully you can navigate past these - but I just wanted an app to play with the sound quality etc and it no longer works.So overall a star off for this but considering the price and the quality of sound I can not give it a strong 4 stars.Might opt for their larger boom series next!

Having had purchased Soundcore products before, I was searching for a small speaker that I could use around the home. This one came up and having read other reviews it was time to give it a go. I am very impressed! Given the tiny, ultra-portable size, this speaker and the 5W driver really packs a punch in such a small shell. Immediately after unboxing you can feel the premium quality build, nice clicky buttons and the little weight that it has to keep it firmly on any surface. Connectivity was super easy, nice long rang with virtually no dropouts or interference whatsoever despite my phone being upstairs! LED light on the front and side is great to see the status of the speaker along with playback controls which offer good feedback. Charging is quick using any micro-usb cable as well. Notice that the speaker points upwards giving a nice 360 sound as opposed to being directional (which is okay if you’re siting in one place) but this sounds good all around a room no matter where you place it.Onto sound quality, and this speaker delivers a nice, balance sound considering the small size. The bass is there, but also mids and highs are evenly balanced, but don’t expect anything overpowering and because of the smaller driver don’t expect there to be a wide soundstage. For this price point, this outdoes any small speakers which I’ve demo’d previously. There is a good range of features too such as the FM Radio, microSD card slot and the AUX in so you can listen to audio in various ways. Battery life is excellent, only charged it once and after a few hours I am now at 90%. This speaker is truly everything you expect from Anker build and solid battery technology. I have mine turned on and playing ambient music whilst I work from home and it is a pleasure to listen to, not to mention that it can get really LOUD too! Even on low volumes its perfect and allows me to listen without disturbing any other people nearby too.I’ve connected the speaker to various devices (Android, iOS, MacBook) and all have worked flawlessly, the speaker reports back the battery percentage and the light on the device can indicate when to charge. Look forward to using it for calls with the built-in microphone but so far very impressed. This speaker doesn’t have the bulk of larger speakers but it also has a nice, sexy shape that isn’t present on other plasticky, tinny speakers. I was comparing this to other speakers at the time of deciding such as the Juice Jumbo, JBL GO 2, JAM Classic/Hang Up, Sony, Bush, Betron etc and others that fit the under £20 price tag and this speaker is worth every penny and trumps those hockey puck units easily!Perfectly adequate for a small gathering, even better for personal listening wherever you want! And definitely better than using phone speakers! You won’t find a small speaker with this many features, with this reliability and build quality!Recommended.