#Jbl charge 5 vs bose soundlink flex portable
#Jbl charge 5 vs bose soundlink flex Bluetooth

And unfortunately you can’t use any of these USB C ports to charge your own devices… and you also can’t use them as a wired connection.Īnd I also gotta point out that none of these speakers have an audio jack. Now it think its great and all that these speakers have a USB A out port… but I think its going to become obsolete in the near future cause most phone these days now come included with USB C charging cables. However, both the Charge 5 and XB33 have a USB A out port so that you can charge your own devices. Now when it comes to charging all of these speakers… they all charge via a USB C port as they should. Now if you were to use this speaker with its light feature turned off… you can always extend its battery life that way. So real world use with this speaker playing at 80% volume, with its light feature turned on and with its extra bass mode turned on… this speaker is good for around 7 hours of playback time. Where as if you were to use this speaker with its light feature turned on and with its Extra Bass Mode turned on… then it has an advertised battery life of 14 hours. Which just makes this speaker sound very flat. And keep in mind… 80% volume on the Charge 5 is going to be noticeably louder than 80% volume on the Bose Flex.Īnd then there’s the XB33 which has an advertised battery life of 24 hours… but that with this speaker playing at 50% volume, with its light feature turned off and while in stamina mode. But nonetheless with this speaker playing at 80% volume its good for about 8 hours of playback time which is not bad at all.īut for comparison sake… the Charge 5 has an advertised battery life of 20 hours… and with it playing at 80% volume it good for about 10 hours of playback time. And just given this speaker’s size I really wish that it had a 20 hour battery life of at the very least a 15 hour battery life. Now when it comes to battery life… the bose flex has an advertised battery life of 12 hours. And keep in mind… if you do decide to use this light feature… its going to chew into your overall battery life. I think it looks decent and its nice to have… but obviously please don’t make speaker purchasing decision soul on their light feature. However, one small detail that we do have to address on these speakers design wise is the light feature on the XB33. They're all dust proof and they're all water proof. And when it comes to overall durability… all of these speakers check off the same boxes. Now there’s nothing wrong with a fabric wrapped body… but the silicone and steel on the Flex just feels nice. Where as these other two speakers have a mostly fabric rapped body. And the use of silicon and steel on this speaker not only makes it very durable… its also makes it feel very premium.

Now when it comes to materials… the Flex has a silicon wrapped body and power coat steel grill on the front.

#Jbl charge 5 vs bose soundlink flex portable

So all of these speakers are portable and you can easily throw them into you back pack… but all of these speakers are considerably larger than lets say your JBL Flip 5.

The Flex is around the same size as the Charge 5 and XB33. Now first lets talk about the design of these speakers. Nonetheless, if you want to pick any of these speakers up they’ll be linked down below. However, both the JBL and Sony do like to go on sale on a regular basis. So the Bose Flex has Charge 5 and XB33 pricing… but it has Flip 5 and XB23 performance. Where as the JBL Charge 5 has a retail price of $170. Now regarding pricing… both the Bose Flex and Sony XB33 have a retail price of $150. Nonetheless if you’re wondering how the Bose Flex stacks up to the JBL Charge 5 and Sony XB33… this is the video for you. However… the Bose Flex does have a price premium to it and at first glance you’ll might think that its direct competitors are really the JBL Charge 5 and Sony XB33.

#Jbl charge 5 vs bose soundlink flex Bluetooth

So the new Bose Soundlink Flex is a great portable bluetooth speaker from Bose that quite frankly just sounds way better than its direct competitors the JBL Flip 5 and Sony XB23.