Our 2026 Portable Speaker Comparison puts 8 of the best portable bluetooth speakers head-to-head to find out which speaker is the best. We put the Sonos Roam 2, Bose SoundLink Flex 2, UE Boom 4, JBL Flip 7, Marshall Emberton III, soundcore Boom 3i, Sony ULT Field 1 and Beats Pill through their paces to decide our winner! Which one would you go for? Let us know in the comments…
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@smarthomesounds surprised yaw didn’t have the Harmon Kardon Luna 2 speaker in this comparison
I just received my JBL Flip 7 and 2 Bose SoundLink Flex 2 which I had ordered. The Bose is hands down the best bluetooth speaker (in this form factor) I’ve ever tested. There’s quite a bit more details in the sound than what I can hear with the Flip 7. Vocals are superior and bass is fuller and more pronounced in my opinion. The Flex 2 is just an extremely well rounded speaker for all kinds of genres.
From a fellow Audiophile I use my JBL Grip and Flip 7 daily for personal use and watching videos if I want premium sound with clean deep bass I use my Harmon Kardon Onyx Studio 8 and for the loud and roudy occasions the Soundcore Boom 2 Plus.
Soundlink flex (Bose) was a good buy until they updated it. Now the notification tones are SO LOUD that they drown out any music. I’ve stopped using it.
Over all these I would pick the charge 6, it’s incredibly portable it’s not really bigger than these, it goes everywhere with me