So i couldn’t decide between the Oontz Angle 3 and the Kove Commuter 2. Both looked really good. I bought both and gave them both a run side by side on the coffee table.Water resistance/water proofBoth claim to be IPX7 rated. The Kove claims to be IPX7 water-resistant, however the oontz claims to the IPX7 water-proof. Though the IPX7 rating technically is for submersion in 1m of water for up to 30 mins. Who’s stretching the truth? I don’t know. But, both should hold up to a rain without issue. Not planning on doing the backstroke with them at any point. So I don’t really care about them stopping working if I drop them in the lake since they’re probably done anyway no matter what if that happens. If you need to play under water go with the oontz I guess.Oontz:Pros: clearer highs, ability to pair more than two in surround mode, meaning you can Daisy chain 4 of them together to surround you with sound on your deck. That’s a big win if you’re looking for that. Literature is misleading. I’ve seen anywhere from 10 to 20 hours battery life with 14 highlighted too. Not sure on total battery life, didn’t test to depletion. But better than Kove at 7-9. Slightly louder than the Kove by an insignificant pinch. Has a 3.5mm audio cable for connecting audio in. Robust build. Solid with rubber cushioningCons: uses a fiddly app to pair the speakers together I’m stereo mode. I did see both speakers in the Bluetooth settings and paired one and and the other separately. Didn’t work in stereo mode. Had to finally download the app and pair master and slave speakers. Worked great once done through the app. Two speakers to keep up with and charge separate. Poorer base and less full sound compared to the Kove. A more old school design compared to the Kove. Less smart, just big single action buttons on on the end for each independent function. Seems more brutish of a design.Kove:Pros: better bass compared to the Oontz, but the treble was less clear. Overall I think the Kove has fuller and richer sound with some expense of the highs. These two speakers hook together turning into one unit that still plays from opposite sides of the speaker. So a very clever design. It can sit as one unit on the center of the table and project audio to both sides of the table from the center unit. Or split and become a stereo pair. Supports L and R channels like the Oontz. One power cord to keep up with, with two USB C plugs, where the Oontz has 2 separate cords. I only have one device to grab and go when it’s party time. Not two with two separate chargers and cords to keep up with and fiddle with. Better technology than the oontz with white-ring beat-tracking led lights on the top that just look cool. They turn red when charging. Elegant button layout that serves multi functions depending on long press or short press, just overall more sophisticated design and tech. Both speakers instantly paired without apps and only one device in the Bluetooth settings to pair with. Even on power and power off it just worked without messing around. Both paired together instantly.Cons: treble not quite as clear with Kove, no 3.5mm input. Bluetooth only. Less battery life than the Oontz by 1-10 hours depending on which piece of oontz lit you read. Seems a pinch more delicate than the Oontz but not by much.All and all both are great sets of speakers. Like anything in life, it depends on your mission.If you value simple, elegance and a smart design. If you value one device to keep up with that can split and become a stereo pair. Richer sound,. Battery is good enough to last most parties. Kove wins.If you need full surround to saturate a whole deck with X speakers all chained together with possibly more battery life and possible better battery life then oontz is the better choice. But you have a fiddly app, (future app support worries me, may not enter stereo mode without it?) and multiple Bluetooth devices to deal with. Oontz could be your winner. It does have some solid pluses if that’s what you’re looking for.Hope that helps folks.

 This speaker is AWESOME! Great sound! Long lasting charge! As you can see in the picture it can come apart or you can use it as one. This is our second Kove speaker because our teenage son took the first one. We highly recommend!!

Love how you can split them up. Just wish they were a little louder

Very happy with the Kove speaker. My friends were impressed with it as well.

Bought this exactly a year ago and it’s already broken. Loved the idea of the two separate speakers and used it weekly until about 8 months in when one side completely stopped turning on but it would charge…now it won’t even charge. I continue to use the one side but not worth it.

I evaluated this and another wireless stereo speaker. These speakers have the best sound of any small, portable speakers that I've found. Others were very bright, but these are the best at handling strong, low notes (like from an organ), and I think it's because it's the only speakers in this class that I've tried that have a subwoofer.It's very easy to charge the two parts. It's also very easy re-pair the speakers once they become unpaired. I have a very minor complaint, a variable complaint, and a substantial complaint.• These speakers seem fainter than the others I've tried. Maybe loudness is a by-product of other speakers being brighter. Or maybe these speakers have chosen to be softer to conserve energy.• The battery life is not good. The battery life seems to maybe be somewhere 8-10 hours. I'm recharging them 2 or 3 times / week, and I'm trying to remember to turn them off when I leave. The specs say that the speakers should auto-shutoff after ten minutes of no use, but mine have not turned themselves off. And once one of the speakers reaches 20% battery life, the speaker starts playing an obnoxious, loud sound just like the busy signal we used to get on a phone. To me, this is a design flaw. I'd rather have the speaker continue working until it runs out of power. But playing the busy signal every 30 seconds makes the speaker unusable once it reaches low battery, and it means that the battery life is really only 80% of its maximum.• This pair of speakers has been wonderful for maintaining the bluetooth connection. All of the other speakers I've had or tested seemed to lose the connection much more frequently. These speakers RARELY lose the signal. But this is the variable complaint, because when I wrote to the company about the Busy signal once the speakers reached low battery, they sent a replacement pair to see if it was any better. There was no difference in the battery and the warning, but I noticed that the replacement pair lost the signal more frequently than the original pair. I ended up returning the replacement speakers and keeping the original set.I would buy these speakers again, and I returned the others that I was evaluating. But if better battery life were a top requirement for me, then I wouldn't choose these. And if I have a set that drop the Bluetooth signal (for just a second or two) more than about once / day or two, then I would ask for a replacement. But if the sound from the speakers is your top factor in choosing your speakers, then I highly recommend these.

Not impressed with the sound overall; the bass is distorted, not even at full volume (which isn't much I'm afraid). Here's the big flaw; I bought them because I was impressed by the separating into a stereo pair feature (so much so that I ordered them here in the UK and paid all the extra shipping and duties). When the units are operated at a decent volume they dance across the surface and eventually make their way to the edge of the desk and onto to floor. This happened already on day 1 with one half - luckily nothing broken but I will have to be extra careful where I place them otherwise they won't last long. The flashing lights on the bass speakers at the ends are annoying but these can be made solid although I'd prefer to switch themm off entirely! I note that one side goes red when charging but the other goes pink! After unplugging I'm left one lit and one not! Don't know quite what's going on there but, hey, they're made in China and they're not Bose or Sonos. Not worth the price I paid here in the UK but prob acceptable in the US.

Love these speakers! The sound is amazing and it's so easy to carry around.

This is a simple but very well designed portable speaker. I recently used it on a road trip in a car that lacked a working stereo system, and it was loud enough to enjoy the music even with the windows open.The volume buttons are large enough that you can use them without looking. Just find the raised areas on the speaker and you're good to go. Handy for if you're cycling or driving and you can't take your eyes off the road.If I have one minor complaint it's that the battery only lasts 7 hours. That's not so bad, especially in a compact speaker, but I feel they could have pushed it to ten hours with a slightly larger battery without making the speaker too bulky.All in all, though, I'm impressed. The speaker works great and the price is very reasonable.

I like that its small it has big volume buttons and its easy to use its not to loud but its good if your not looking for a loud speakee this is for u battery life i havent used it has much but i havent had to recharge it since i got it 4/5💪👍

V=It was very easy to set up, charge and connect to my iPhone 12. Music quality including treble, mid-range and bass were pretty nice. At higher volumes the mid and highs were muddled but not to the point of annoyance.When using the speaker for Audible books it would occasionally fade out and drop off when the narrator took time to move from sentence to sentence. It also beeped occasionally as if it was trying to connect. After using it for about 15 minutes those issues seemed to go away but will update this review if the annoyance returns.Battery charged up quickly and it's held it's charge well so far, and volume control via the buttons or phone made for easy adjustments.

We had an old bluetooth speaker my husband used in the garge when he was working on the cars that he gave to our teen so they could play music where they wanted to, which usually consisted of it blaring in a room across the house from where they actually were.... teenagers! That speaker eventually got to the point that it really was not holding a charge well anymore. This speaker popped up and my husband jumped on it to replace the speaker that was dying. The teen LOVES IT!! It was easy to connect to the phone, they didn't need any of our help to do it, and as they say it "amplified the songs" from their phone. They also say that it works when their phone is pretty far away, read rooms away dear reader! The lights are also a hit, they tend to watch the lights because they think that they change with the beat of the music. I will say that the sound is also a huge improvement over the previous speaker, and it is about 1/4 of the size. It really is nice and compact and produces good sound. All in all, this is so popular in our house, we have had requests from our youngest that they are allowed to get one when they finally have a phone!

This little speaker is great. The sound is nice and loud. Easy to connect to my phone and use. Do recommend.

Needed a little speaker for the kitchen to listen while doing dishes and cooking. This little guy gets the job done. Sound quality is good. Nice highs and good lows. The light up speaker is a nice touch too. Although I could do without it. An option to turn the light off would be good.

Cute little portable speaker that is easy to set up. I use it to provide comforting music in settings where it might be difficult to set a regular system, like a hotel room, for example. Have received nice compliments for the look and sound quality.

It’s good clear voice good bass and wont break the wallet like other “high end” bluetooth speakers

I have been using this speaker for over a year now, and I must say....wow! There's penty of volume in this little thing. I will admit that the bass is a little heavy over the mids and highs, but at least someone added bass without makinig it cost $300. I have only ever used the bluetooth function. I have never messed with the memory button. I turn it on, connect it to my phone, and rock out on either Pandora or SXM. I have played multiple genres to see what it can handle. Most of the time I run 3/4 volume, and all genres seem to respond well to that level. The battery life is still pretty decent after a year, which is nice. This is just what I wanted for the garage and the work site. Very happy overall!!

An obvious visual copy of a certain named manufacturer, the Kove Kasita Bluetooth boombox speaker is a nice sounding surprise in a world filled with low-end knockoffs.Build:As mentioned above, the visual design is a rather obvious copy of a certain other manufacturer in the same category. The build quality is actually really good all around, sturdy materials that have no creak or stress when handled. The covered port in the rear is rubberized and helps with liquid ingress, and it doesn't feel cheap, like it will fall off after a few uses. It hides the USB-C charging port, a 3.5mm audio in jack for direct connection and a USB-A port for using the massive 7200 mAh battery as a charger for your phone or other device and for playing audio files on a USB drive or the like. The built-in carrying handle is very sturdy and solid feeling and this unit also includes a nice carrying strap that connects to metal connection points. The grill surrounding the majority of the unit is metal and has a nice finish to it. There are rubberized touch controls on the tops that are easy enough to use, but because they aren't lit, are not easy to find without directly looking at them. After using this for a while, I got accustomed to the placement and could operate the device easily enough without looking at it. I would like to have seen the controls illuminated, this would have been icing on the cake. The bottom of the unit is finished off by sturdy, rubberized rubber feet that keep the unit planted regardless of where you place it, and it has a nice heft to it that gives it a premium feel.In use, once you turn the unit on, you are greeted with a very distinctive start up sound. It takes you kind of by surprise in not only the volume it comes in at but the sound itself, nothing bad, just very different. Connectivity is a breeze, and it connects easily and stays connected without issue. After pairing, my devices never had a problem reconnecting almost instantly.Sound quality:Treble - the highs here are distinct without sounding harsh, cymbals and higher-toned instruments have a pleasant sound with no ringing or distortion even at high volumes. This speaker features two tweeters that are about eight inches apart for decent separation.Midrange - is respectable for this category of device. Vocals come across warm and full enough to not sound like they are coming from a tiny box. Bass guitar and saxophones really shine as does other mid-ranged instruments. Of note, it's better to leave this unit in the standard sound mode (default) and use your phone or device to EQ the sound. You get much better results with this setup as the other two modes aren't really that good. The speaker has two mid-bass speakers that handle midrange and bass.Bass - is surprisingly good, not room shattering by any means, but the bass can definitely be heard and felt depending on the type of room and surface you place it on. The bass is augmented by two side firing bass radiators that are about two inches wide. You can see them working when you turn up the volume to higher levels. All in all, the bass is very respectable without overpowering the overall sound.Overall sound is crisp, clean, and clear at all volumes this unit can play at. The total power is 60w for all the speakers and this is good power for a speaker this size. The overall tone of this speaker is good, separation is good, and imaging is decent enough for the speaker drivers being so close to each other.The only issue I have is the pricing for this unit, as of this review it is not currently available on Amazon but when it was the going price was around $180 and the retail price is closer to $375, which I think isn't worth it for what this speaker offers. I think a nice round $150 would be very reasonable for this and the main reason this didn't get five stars.If you can find it for a good price, this unit comes highly recommended.

I've heard that the best song for testing a speaker is Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car.' Personally, I prefer the Across the Universe version of 'Dear Prudence.' Each of the four singers tests a different range, and the steady, thrumming bass pulse below it all shows how well your speaker can handle multiple ranges at a time. So that's what I used to try this speaker out. And it was pretty darn good, with some interesting caveats.Streaming from my phone was a snap. Zero connection problems, 20 seconds from out of box to hearing Dana Fuchs' smoky, sultry voice. At around half volume, the background bass was a steady, clear thrum. Jim Sturgess' tenor came out crisp enough to put on a sandwich, and Evan Rachel Wood trilled beautifully. Joe Anderson's baritone harmonized seamlessly, which is something I've noticed causes problems with other capsule speakers. When they all sang together, I could pick out each distinct voice. That said, as weird as it is to say, they were all a bit too clear. The bass and the baritone needed to resonate more than they were.I switched over to Blackaway and Black Caviar's 'What's Up, Danger' and figured out the problem immediately. The bass has no "punch" to it. When the song picks up with "Can't stop me now!" you should feel the sound in your chest, but there was nothing. No impact. Everything was super clear, but it came at the cost of any depth of sound field.As for volume, the sound nicely filled a 900 square foot room, with no dead spots or noticeable drop in volume as I stood further away. It was even surprisingly clear at high volume, and with the wattage they packed into it, that high was pretty loud.I'm still going to give this speaker 4 stars, because if you're just listening to the Top 40, it's a decent speaker with great sound. It's a bit too big for music in the shower, but it would be good for background music at an outdoor party. It's just not going to be your main speaker when you want to feel the music.Regarding construction and functionality, it's water resistant, holds a good charge, and seems to be solidly built. It's a great speaker for casual listening

This solid bluetooth boombox provides loud, clear sound. It is not lacking in bass. The three band ranges of low, mid, and high frequencies are so distinct and carved out, that certain genres sound better than others. but, unless you're a stickler for/only listen to "wall of sound" stuff, this is perfectly suitable. Really good, even.I haven't' worn this with a strap, though it looks sturdy. I use it in the kitchen, and the only bluetooth units i've seen that are more powerful than this one were definitely in a higher price bracket.Charges reasonable fast, retains a charge reasonably long. No complaints there.