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A little less than five years ago, Anker released a Bluetooth speaker called the SoundCore Motion Plus It turned out to be very popular because he offered a surprisingly good sound for his fairly compact size and his $ 100 price. In some respects, the new of Anker Soundcore Boom 3i is the spiritual successor of this speaker. It is the same in good shape but has more an outdoor adventure orientation with Anker the caller “Built for the wild” and replacing it as the first Bluetooth speaker with reading in water, because it floats and “self-corrects” to keep the drivers of speakers facing upwards just above the surface.
I have been using the Soundcore Boom 3i for a few days and I was mainly impressed by this, but the speaker is much easier to recommend to CNET readers when Anker told me that if I applied the code Boomtest1 At the Caisse sur SoundCore.com, I would have $ 45 on the black model, lowering the price at $ 95. In the meantime, the code Boomtest2 You get $ 40 reduction on the blue or yellow model.
As you expect a speaker that promotional photos show a kayak (it has a detachable transport strap), the SoundCore Boom 3i is completely waterproof and dust resistant, with an IP68 note. Anker goes further, praising the 3i boom as “5x” resistant to salt water. “While the typical speakers can rust in less than five months, the 3i boom remains without corrosion up to two years of use of the beach, the boat and the seaside.”
You shouldn’t expect an audiophile sound of a mono bluetooth speaker from this ilk. But for the most part, the Soundcore Boom 3i gives you what you want with a portable Bluetooth speaker from a sound point of view. By that I mean that it plays hard for its size – it weighs approximately 1.8 pounds and measures 8.3 per 3.1 per 3.3 inches – the more a reasonable amount of bass and has a fairly respectable clarity. You can find speakers that seem a little more natural, but these types of robust portable speakers are not designed for critical listening.
The speaker has colored LED lighting on each side.
I used it outside and inside in a few rooms, including a bathroom (this makes it a good bathroom speaker), and he was able to fill the small rooms of sound. You can change the sound with the equalizer settings in the Companion Soundcore application for iOS and Android and play with the parameters of the LED light show synchronized by the beat, which I kept most of the time. You can also associate two of these speakers in stereo mode and get a much better sound.
I tested the speaker’s reading in the water, dropping it into my bathtub. (Once I arrive at a swimming pool, I will drop it in there.) He actually turned, so the loudspeakers were confronted, and the music continued to play, although the audio was a little scrambled when a small wave passed on the speaker, and the pilots started to spit water.
One of the problems with Bluetooth devices is that Bluetooth does not transmit in the water, which is why you have to load MP3 in memory when you use wireless headphones during swimming (you cannot broadcast music on the headphones if your head is underwater). I do not know where the Bluetooth antenna is on this speaker is, but it is probably on the side which remains above the surface when the speaker floats.
The Soundcore Boom 3i floats not only, but automatically accumulates to a vertical orientation.
You can actually activate a buzz clean mode from the application that makes the speaker vibrate and lose dirt and particles, like sand after a day at the beach. After finishing the clean buzz, you can then rinse the speaker to make it really clean.
The speaker also has another interesting feature: maintaining the Bassup Bass -Boost button for 5 seconds triggers an emergency alarm at 96 decibels – Anker says it is clearly audible up to 100 meters – with flashing red LED lights. You can press any button to turn off the alarm.
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The battery life is evaluated for 16 hours at moderate volumes, which is decent for a speaker of this size. It should also be emphasized that the Boom 3i has a 100-foot Bluetooth range, which is better than the 33 feet more typical than you get with many Bluetooth speakers.
The Soundcore Boom 3i in black, which costs only $ 95 with the reduction code.
