Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

JBL is in it, to win it. I own the JBL Xtreme, the Charge 2+ and now the Charge 3. If I had to pick one it would be the Charge 3. I love the sound of the Charge 2+ but the volume is not loud enough. If you are going to listen to the speaker right next to you, the Charge 2+ is very good as the treble and bass are boosted like a smiley face eq setting. The Xtreme is pretty much the same, treble and bass are boosted and the volume goes pretty loud, however it is not very portable as it is a medium to larger size speaker. The JBL Charge 3, on the other hand, is a lot smaller than the Xtreme and slightly larger than the Charge 2+. The sound is very well balanced with an emphasis on midrange and vocals. The treble and bass are not boosted like the other two yet the volume can go twice as loud as the Charge 2+ and almost as loud as the Xtreme with less treble and bass but with better midrange. If you stream music using Spotify on an iOS device you can go into the settings, into playback and adjust the eq settings to boost up the treble and bass a bit and make the Charge 3 sound even better. I have to give a shout out to Spotify for adding a much needed eq that does not lower the volume when activated like most other eq apps do, including the one that comes integrated with the iOS devices. As soon as you activate any of the different eq settings you can hear the volume slightly decrease which drives me nuts as some speakers are not that loud to begin with. Kudos to Spotify for nailing it straight from the beginning and kudos to JBL for making an already great speaker even better and with twice the volume level. Pros: Volume level Midrange Waterproof JBL Connect Battery life Size Cons: I would have loved to see a removable shoulder strap similar to the one on the JBL Xtreme.