Simpowel V8 Portable Bluetooth Speaker with FM Radio

This was recommended by a friend who uses one for work all the time. My latest works radio had died and I was looking for something robust enough to last on a building site, have decent sound and be small enough not to be a handful for carrying around. This fits the bill perfectly. In fact it is actually a little too good as a work radio, but the price makes it genuinley affordable. The sound is amazing for the size. The radio is easy to tune despite the lack of presets. And the battery lasts easily the whole day - I'm on the third day and still not charged it. The bluetooth connection is great for when no radio signal is available, simply connect to your phone and listen to the music there. The whole outfit is very well built and the radio seems to be plenty robust enough for site work so would also be ideal for travel. I really can't fault this item other than it would be even better if it came with a dual USB charger, bought mine seperately so that I can run the radio and my phone on the mains if I am in one place long enough.

This is a lovely piece of kit for home use - a fully rounded sound and so easy to set up! It feels so robust too, perfect if you have kids running around!Unfortunately, I had to return mine. I needed a speaker for running dance classes and this simply wasn't loud enough. My fault really, I should have checked the output first! The Polaris has 2 x 4.5W RMS speakers, which is fine for listening around the house, but certainly won't fill a school hall! I have since bought an IWANTIT IBTLI14 Wireless Speaker from Currys for £50. It has gives a total of 30W output and is perfect for my needs.

Polaris V8 Portable Bluetooth Speaker with FM Radio, Micro SD Mp3 Player, NFC &- Removable 18650 Li-ion Battery- 9W(4.5W X 2) wireless speaker with Passive Radiator - (Black)Have been loving my Polaris V8 and use it all the time. It has enough volume to fill a room to a decent volume level and is simple to set up and use. One great feature is that if it's on Bluetooth mode, when you switch on it automatically looks for a device to connect with eg phone or laptop - if they have their bluetooth on it connects by itself and makes a noise that let's you know it's connected, then it's good to go. Additionally it has a line in setting to mini jack and an fm radio setting.I spent a long time looking around for a Bluetooth portable speaker WITHOUT a built in battery and eventually found this. They have got round it being a closed unit by the whole thing being wrapped in a band of rubber with the back open for battery and connections and the front with the speaker grill. I think this disposable device idea is a terrible one and will mean many devices like these and bike lights will have to be binned when the battery fails - extremely bad for the environment and ultimately more expensive! Additionally having replaceable batteries make this great for camping etc because if you buy a few of the batteries you can charge them in advance so you can have spares ready.

Hmmm, a few problems here but for the money it's fine.On start up it says "powering on" quite loudly, in a very English gent voice, along with: "Bluetooth mode, FM mode, device paired" and "powering off."This is fine but you can't switch off or adjust the volume of these announcements.Playback is fine but don't turn it up as that wee subwoofer in the base will fart like a goose in the fog.The 3.5 jack is a lovely colour of red but there is a bit of earthly hummmmm when connected to your phone etc.Haven't tried the SD slot yet.But, it works fine in my kitchen which is where it was bought for and is loud enough, just don't expect Wembley stadium volume levels.I said I should have bought the Bose but my wife has a chum with a wee Bose and in her own words; "it ain't all that!"

The sound quality of the product is great for the price, but the speaker has problems that makes it pretty useless.The bluetooth modes keeps dropping the connection.The line-in input has a constant hum when selected.The display is constantly on and very annoying.

Great product overall, sound is pretty good.However I bought this for a couple of reasons and when I use it with my PC (speakers in my screen are appalling) there is so much hiss from the speakers it's distracting. It actually sounds like the fans on my laptop are running but it's actually the speakers!For this reason I can't recommend anyone buys them, it's a shame as they are so close to being good.

Incredibly high quality sound and brilliant functionality for such a small price. Usually low end Bluetooth speakers have some issues with the sound quality or volume level, not with this excellent device. An added and surprising bonus was how good the buit in stereo FM radio was too and the high quality cables that came with the device. Absolutely Brilliant.

I am not the worlds leading audio expert but I know decent sound when I hear it and this little speaker represents great value for money.Sound is clear at all volumes and after 15 hours or so 'running in' they are even better. I have found best sound quality from a memory card butvia Bluetooth and mp3 player aux line it is still good. I have a Bose Wave System that cost approx. 15 times more than this several years ago butit is only a little better at filling a room with sound and I admit I was a little surprised with that. I would not hesitate to recommend this product.