Boompods Zero Talk Mini Bluetooth Speaker with Amazon Alexa Built-In, Smart Devices - Small Wireless Waterproof Speaker IPX6, 5hr Playtime, Portable for Travel, Bathroom Shower & iPhone, Grey

If you want bass, then the Boompods Zero Talk Mini Portable Bluetooth Speaker is not for you. What you get is a tiny little speaker, that pumps out a very well controlled mid-range sound. Vocals are clear, and the overall sound is enjoyable. Bass is missing, but even if the speaker were capable of more bass, it is probably disabled, to stop the little speaker from jumping about. The sound quality is great for background music, and the volume can be pushed enough to fill a decent sized room, which is very impressive for such a tiny speaker. The Boompod Zero is the perfect travel companion. Pair it to your iPad, and you have the perfect mobile entertainment system. It is also superb for podcasts and anyone that likes white noise/natural sounds while sleeping. The icing on the cake is the Alexa feature. It works via your phone, but it is so convenient to be able to press the button on the base of the speaker, rather than unlock your phone. As long as you know what you are buying, highly recommended.

I bought this to take to my mother’s house so I can use the Amazon music channel at night. It’s about the size of a boiled egg but sounds much better. It gives a good sound for something so small. To use it with Alexa you need to download the app onto ur phone or tablet and pair it. (I imagine you could skip the download if you don’t need Alexa!). My only complaint so far is poor instructions so don’t know how to turn the volume down. The charge it came with lasted a couple of hours. Not bad for the size. Good clear sound but I don’t know how loud it goes. For a relaxing bath it was set a little too loud for me, it being right next to me but most other occasions would require that and likely more volume. If I can figure out the volume control I will be a happy person. An extremely portable little speaker with access to Alexa if you want it. A proper little gem. Just give us a minimal instruction on its use please.

Excellent product - small, portable and amazing sound quality!

I wanted a bluetooth speaker to keep in my bag at all times as I always seem to end up in situations where I need one and didn't bring it along! This Boompod is small enough to be light and unobtrusive so can easily follow me anywhere!I think you need to be realistic about the limitations of this little speaker. It is an improvement on the sound from a phone, tablet or small laptop, and is capable of getting room-fillingly loud when needs be. However it does start to distort a bit at its highest volume level, but I can't ever imagine needing it so loud that would make it an issue to me. I've had it a good 12-15m away from the laptop it is bluetooth connected to and it has kept a steady signal which is particularly impressive, however at that point so much as putting yourself between it and the laptop will cause the signal to cut out.It's a subjective thing, but some reviews here praise the bass and I'm really just confused as to what they're going on about. It does have *some* bass in there but it is relatively weak. And I'm ok with that - I'd not expect something so small and inexpensive to be pumping out phat beats! On test tracks I use to judge speaker output, the lowest frequencies are almost entirely absent. Its mid levels are where all the power is being delivered and the overall quality of the sound is a bit flat. BUT it's not scratchy and tinny like phone speakers and that's the main thing.Haven't run it long enough to get an idea of battery life but if it gives about 3 hours I'll be content. If it fails to manage that I'll be back to edit this. I also have no interest in using Alexa on it so can't comment as to its capabilities there.

I feel really mean giving this one star as it is a lovely little product which might be perfect for some people's needs, but it has too many cons.The instructions are dreadful and could have been drawn by the average six year old. There are no proper instructions in English (or any other language), just mainly drawings. So learning to use it is frustrating.If you need a tiny blue tooth speaker with sound that can be very loud and is a big improvement on a smartphone, and is waterproof, then this could be ideal. It is really well made and is a little gem.BUT if you want to use it with Alexa, it is VERY limited. It only works via the app on your smartphone/lap top. You have to connect it each time. It works well with BBC sounds or to find a podcast etc. There is no base so listening to music is not likely to please many people.It pairs automatically but frequently at full volume (which is VERY loud). Some commands seem to be ignored. Eg I couldn't get "Alexa stop" to work at all, so the only option appeared to be the all-purpose button underneath: but in the absence of decent instructions, who knows.After a couple of hours use, it told me that its battery was low, but I didn't use it long enough to know if that was going to be an issue.The bluetooth range seemed excellent but instructions to Alexa could take half a minute to get a response.Sadly, I had to return it.

Good sound oot something so small

Great little speaker. Unfortunately though it stated it was compactable with an ipod it would not work on mine due to not being able install the needed application.Easy to return for refund.

I love this little speaker, was very impressed with the sound quality for the size. Easy to set up, and quick charging. Bought as thought would be useful for traveling. Not too bad a price too. When people say its the size of an egg, it is, a very small egg.