Soundcore
$21.99, twenty hours, IP67, it floats, two years of warranty — and its numbers agree with each other.
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Six axes, the same rule for every speaker. This is our judgment, not the manufacturer's.
| Battery life | 9/10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sound | 5/10 | |
| Potencia | 3/10 | |
| Portability | 9/10 | |
| Durability | 9/10 | |
| Value | 10/10 |
Twenty-two dollars. Twenty hours of battery — eight more than anything else in this group. IP67, it floats, it comes with a removable strap, and Anker warrants it for two years, double what JBL and Bose give. It is also the best-scored speaker of the five at 4.7 from 13,259 ratings.
And it is the only listing on this entire site that says the word «biking». Anker's third bullet: «whether you're showering, camping, hiking, or biking». Everyone else sells the pool and the beach and leaves you to work out whether it will survive a handlebar.
Its specifications also agree with each other, which after the JBLs above deserves saying out loud. Five watts in the bullet, five watts in the table. Twenty hours in the title, twenty in the table. A 45 mm driver and a «Speaker Size» of 1.75, which is that same 45 mm in inches. The only nonsense is «1 C batteries required (included)» on a sealed lithium pack, and a frequency response given as a single number.
What you give up is sound. Five watts is five watts, and against wind and traffic it will not be enough — though since nobody publishes a decibel figure, that goes for every speaker here. If you want volume on a bike, buy the Clip 5 and accept that its page is fiction. If you want the sensible one, this is it.
Anything marked «—» is a figure the manufacturer doesn't publish. We don't fill those in by eye.
| Type | Ultraportatil |
|---|---|
| How it attaches | Detachable strap and built-in loop |
| Power | 5 W |
|---|---|
| Peak power | — |
| Maximum volume | — |
| Drivers | 1 |
| Passive radiator | — |
| Frequency response | — |
| App EQ | Yes |
| Claimed battery life | 20 h |
|---|---|
| Battery life at high volume | — |
| Charge time | 4.5 h |
| USB-C charging | Yes |
| Charges your phone | No |
| Replaceable battery | No |
| Bluetooth version | — |
|---|---|
| Codecs | — |
| Pairs in stereo with a second unit | Yes |
| Two devices at once | — |
| Aux input | No |
| Microphone for calls | — |
| Water resistance (IP) | IP67 |
|---|---|
| Floats | Yes |
| Weight | 264 g |
| Dimensions | 3.23 x 4.72 x 1.89 in |
| Strap or handle | Yes |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| The only listing here that names cycling | «The lightweight design and included strap make this mini speaker portable enough to carry anywhere, whether you're showering, camping, hiking, or biking». Anker says the word. Nobody else on this page does. |
|---|---|
| Its numbers agree with each other | 5 watts in the bullet and 5 watts in the table. 20 hours in the title and 20 hours in the table. A 45 mm driver and a «Speaker Size: 1.75», which is the same 45 mm in inches. After the JBLs, that is worth pointing out. |
| Twenty hours, and it floats | The longest battery of the bike speakers here by eight hours, IP67, and it comes back up if it goes into a canal. |
| «Number of Batteries: 1 C batteries required. (included)» | It is a sealed 2.4 Ah lithium pack. There is no C cell anywhere in it. |
| «Frequency Response: 20 KHz» | A single number, top of range. Same field, same mistake, as almost every listing on this site. |
| «Speaker Size: 1.75» | Inches, presumably. The field has no unit. |
| Two years of warranty | Double the JBLs and the Bose. On the cheapest speaker on the page. |
| Latency is published | 200 ms. High, but published — which almost nothing here is. |
A summary of the reviews published on Amazon.com as of 2026-09-09.
4.7 out of 5 from 13,259 ratings, the highest here. Buyers repeat battery life and the price, and the shower comes up constantly. The complaints are about maximum volume outdoors and about the strap's clip, which is plastic.
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