Jelly Comb Portable Bluetooth Speaker with LED Lantern

Screen Shot 2014-12-24 at 10.36.57 AMI’ve tested quite a few of these small Bluetooth speakers, and this is one of the better ones out there. It has many very appealing features, but it’s not without few shortcomings.

Pros:

1. Compact, lightweight and battery-operated. These three features in conjunction with each other mean that this is a very portable speaker that can be placed almost anywhere.

2. Easily syncs with portable devices and other electronic equipment.

3. Decent, rich sound. I’ve listened to a few radio stations both on Pandora as well as through iTunes Radio, and all of them came though sounding pretty good. I especially enjoyed classical and some other easy listening stations. Techno and hard rock leave something to be desired, but even those stations were pretty good if you are not too demanding. This is not a speaker designed to gratify the die-hard audiophiles, but for casual listening it is more than adequate.

4. Good range. I was able to listen to this speaker while it was across the room from my iPhone, and even while it was in the next room. The range will definitely depend on the kinds of obstacles that you have between the speaker and the device you are sending the music from, but overall I would say that it works up to eighty to a hundred feet.

5. Nice design. I really like the look and feel of this speaker. It’s simple yet elegant shape fits very nicely with my home office decor. The rubberized surface feels good to the touch.

6. Can be used as a lantern. The speaker’s expandable design and a lantern feature distinguish it from most other such Bluetooth speakers I’ve come across.

7. Good battery life. I was able to use this speaker for a few days while listening to music a few hours a day without recharging. For the most part I just leave it charging though through the included USB cable.

Cons:

1. Speakerphone feature not very useful. You can’t place calls directly from the speaker, and the received calls sound very muffled. Worse still, you need to be really close to the speaker in other for the other party to be able to hear you, and even then the voice quality is really low.

2. This is not a very loud speaker. Granted, the really powerful speakers with this form factor tend to be very expensive.

3. Not terribly rugged. It’s a nice speaker for a gentle picnic, or a not too demanding camping trip, but I would not use it in real wilderness.

**** Product provided for review purposes. ****

 

Bojan Tunguz

Bojan Tunguz was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which he and his family fled during the civil war for the neighboring Croatia. Over the past two decades he has studied, lived and worked in the United States. He is a theoretical physicist with degrees from Stanford and University of Illinois. Tunguz has taught physics at several prominent liberal arts colleges and has been writing about physics, science and technology for more than a decade. He also has a wide spectrum of interests, and reads and writes about current events, society, culture, religion and politics. Over the years he has reviewed many of the books that he has read, and posted his reviews on various online outlets. In 2011 he had become a top 10 reviewer on Amazon.com, where he continues to be very active. Aside from reading and writing, Tunguz enjoys traveling, digital photography, hiking, and fitness. He resides with his wife in Indiana. You can follow my review updates on the following pages as well: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tunguzreview Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tunguzreviews Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/104312842297641697463/posts

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