Bang & Olufsen Beosound Explore - High-end Wireless Portable Bluetooth Speaker for Outdoor, Home and Travel, 360 Degree IP67 Waterproof with Playtime Up to 27 Hours - Black Anthracite

Urrrrgh, it's just perfect!It's genuinely even more wonderful in person.It's small enough to hold in the palm of your hand (see photo of it in the palm of my hand), and it's stunning. I know, looks don't matter, etc etc, except they absolutely do, of course they do, and this is the Angelina Jolie of speakers; the Ana de Armas of bluetooth... so gorgeous you'll want to do unspeakable things to it.I'm not a degenerate, so I'm just using it to play music but, honestly, your mileage may vary, and I won't judge you for it.Just quickly, I know apps are a pain, and bloody everything wants you to download a bloody app these days, but this app is worth getting.You can change your sound mode (adjust bass, etc); use it to pair two speakers together for stereo, etc etc. Definitely worth getting - you're very limited with what you can do from the unit itself: essentially, on, off, skip, play, and volume control.It pairs with my phone's bluetooth easily - catches it first time within a second or so, and makes a delightful plink-plonk sound when you turn it on.The sound is lovely... but, I admit, it could maybe do with having a bit more bass, if that's your sort of thing. Again, you can increase the bass via the app (photos shows the wheel you use - you can manually move the sound around and land on your perfect spot), but if you like it super, super deep, this may not scratch your itch.Saying that, for my sins, I've discovered a guilty love for dubstep, and this showcases the heavy drops (God forgive me) very nicely. (I am legitimately ashamed of using the phrase "heavy drop" in front of people.)The battery is amazing, too - I'm fairly convinced it lasts longer than 27 hours, because I've used it a tonne, and I've yet to re-charge it. If it's not been in use for 27hrs yet, it's very close, and there are no issues with sound quality or lag or owt.The only thing I would say is, for the money, you'd want it to come with a case, ideally. I'll treat mine like the treasure that it is, and I'll never let any harm come to it, but knocks can and do happen (just not to mine!) so a case being included would have been good. It comes with two flimsy silicone caps for the top and bottom but they're no good.I bought this hard shell case at the same time, and it works a treat (and it matches!) so that's highly recommended, too.Lovely, Green Speaker is probably my most treasured possession, and I can't see the novelty of it ever wearing off, so if you're on the fence, I can't say enough good things about it.(But, given my taste in music, I would not blame you if you feel I can't be trusted.)

Love this speaker. The colour and finish on my green one exude quality. It’s just wonderfully designed and feels reassuringly heavy for such a small unit. The sound quality is great when tailored using the graphic equaliser in the app. Many reviews say it doesn’t have the best bass. If you want something to over amplify and thud out overpowering bass that shakes your windows buy something else. This is high fidelity where treble, mids and bass are all very nicely and proportionately presented into a very pleasing pure sound. Bass enjoyably deep and tuneful.To get the best sound quality you have to be aware that positioning has a big effect. If it’s on a shelf, windowsill, high/low position, hanging or in an alcove the sound profile changes considerably. That’s where the app comes in. Find the location you want to place it, then go to the app and use the graphic equaliser to perfect the sound to your preference.Set up and the using the app are simple as they possibly could be. The interface is very slick and intuitive.If I had to think of a negative, it could perhaps have next/previous track controls on the unit. Other than that I can’t recommend it highly enough for anyone who wants a beautiful, classy, easily portable Bluetooth speaker with Hifi sound quality rather than a bass-swamped party speaker.EDIT: my negative comment about no prev/next track buttons on the unit is irrelevant now I’ve found out that 2 presses on the play button goes to next track. Three presses goes to previous track.

My first B&O and it’s a bit of an eye-opener. It took no setting up, save for the app which needed an account set up (email and confirmation); within a couple of minutes it was sorted. Pairing took a moment. I can now hear detail in my favourite tracks that I haven’t heard before. The app gives me the freedom to create my personal preferences for music or radio or talking books. I can save each setting and switch to any of them whenever I need to. The presets are pretty fab too. No issues at all. The battery is amazing; I played music all day yesterday, and most of today too, and it’s still going strong. The carabiner is handy too. My neighbour came in to listen to it and now he’s ordered one for himself, in green. Overall, I’m really impressed. The price does reflect the quality.

Beautiful design, awesome battery life, good sound. The sound of the speaker is quite bass heavy, enjoyable when listening to genres such as jazz, but means that the clarity of speech is reduced. That is really the only flaw with this speaker - I'm otherwise very happy with the design and build quality, which are head and shoulders above anything else in the bluetooth speaker market, as well as the insane battery life - which lasts me easily 2 weeks of regular listening.

This is actually my second one of these units and I always thought that the first one I got was good but paired up with another under the connectivity of the app they are enhanced two fold paired with an impressive battery this will last you all day so you can take it anywhere and play anything through it, it is truly a beautiful piece of equipment expertly designed and built I would highly recommend getting one of these and I can say you will get another all because of the sound quality which is unrivalled by anything I have ever seen or heard would I get another definitely would if an upgraded version came it yes I would get it would I part with them not unless they stop working