BOGASING M5 Bluetooth Speaker, 40W Portable Wireless Speakers with Immersive Stereo Sound & Punchy Bass, 30H Playtime, IPX7 Waterproof Bluetooth 5.3, EQ TF-Card, AUX, USB Stick for Outdoor

HEADLINE: This is neither the smallest or biggest portable speaker but it packs a punch with more than enough great sound for general use. Outdoors in a suburban garden on max volume (15, no it does not distort) it is uncomfortable to be within 2m of the unit, sounds great at 10-12m.Since this speaker is portable here is a way to judge its size and weight before you buy. The unit is roughly the size of a pound of butter but about an inch longer. It also weighs 600g/1lb5oz or 30% more than the butter.The plastics case has a rubberized surface so it won't slip out of your hands unless you've been handling the butter by mistake :)I bought this unit in July 2024, there may be variance from my unit and any past or future unit.My unit was well presented and seems identical to the unboxing videos by other reviewers. The unit was supplied with an almost full charge. To get the unit working I popped a microSD card into the slot, turned on, and pressed mode. It immediately chimed (not too loud) and began playing my tunes.Having built an number of speakers in the distant past I was skeptical on what could come out of such a small box. I'm completely blown away, the sound is similar to good bookshelf speakers, a very satisfying and balanced sound, the sub-bass (less than 60Hz) is lacking, but everything else seems to be there. 95% of the population won't realize the difference.There are actually 16 volume levels. Given the small size a lot of the 40W will be soaked up by bass production. In a domestic environment I find 5 more than enough if you count (0=mute to 15=loudest, see above about level 15).For file playback (microSD or USB stick) I tested FLAC, MP3 and WAV.* Maximum sample rate is 48kHz (Tested 44.1kHz , 48kHz, 88.1kHz and 96kHz FLAC)* Maximum bit depth is 16bits (Tested 16 and 24bit FLAC and WAV)* MP3 CBR (Tested 320k and 192k) and VBR (Tested High and Medium)Battery life seems good, after 6 hours of play I'd lost one of the 4 power LEDs.Indoors I prefer to stand the unit on end and not flat on the raised feet. Maybe outdoors the feet would save the case from scratches.There are a couple of small niggles...* While up to 128GB cards are supported there is no way to skip folders, so you need to click next or back a lot of times if you want to get to a particular track.* Many of my USB sticks cannot be properly inserted because the housing interferes. Using a nano stick or a USBA-M to USBA-F adapter solves that.

I was looking for an upgrade on my smaller bluetooth speaker, that wouldn't cost a fortune. After reading many reviews I chanced on the Bogasing M5, and it really is a very good speaker for the money. Build quality seems very good, with a rubberised outer layer, and tough speaker grilles. The connectivity is one aspect that drew me to the M5. I use an old iPod and needed a speaker with an aux socket. This has aux in, TF card slot and USB socket. I have not tried synching it with bluetooth so cannot comment on that. But aux in sounds great. Standing the speaker up gives a decent 'stereo' effect from the drivers on either side of the speaker. Controls work well, though being black on black they're no alway easy to see. Battery life excellent so far, with good 4 LED indicator. And the sound? Very good. There is enough volume and the three audio presets offer enough versatility for my needs. As a bass player I like bass, and this speaker delivers enough bass without it becoming too dominant. Overall I am very pleased with the M5. It does everything I wanted it to, without having spent a fortune.

Well, I am very impressed. The price is great, the speaker is awesome. For a quarter of the price of bigger brands, and you would not know. The bass is full and deep, vocals sound crisp and tried house/trance/ classical and my favourite death metal, and I am super impressed. The speaker itself has a lovely weight to it, the size is perfect. The connection was super fast and easy. The buttons are very basic and simple too, very easy to use. 10/10 for me, definitely recommend. Also, its volume level is very good too. Only had it half way and it’s booming very loud and still holds the sound quality. And the battery light hasn’t moved off 4 bars yet, so that side of it is also very impressive.

After wanting a portable speaker with an aux to use for my PC, i first went with the soundcore boost , great bass and sound but no aux and i discovered that majority of small Bluetooth speakers have video latency which makes it unusable for video or gaming ie the Audio comes after the lips have moved, i then increased my budget to the motion+ after seeing great reviews however i found that the bass was lacking and it looked overly large with an outdated style i also discovered it was common to have a terrible hiss when no audio was playing so i also returned that, after numerous searches i came accross this speaker which looks a lot like the Marshall Emberton II which is a great looking speaker, i can confirm that this has hit the sweetspot, no video or gaming audio latency/lag through Bluetooth or aux and sounds great, its loud, crisp has great bass - perfectA big tip for everyone who buys it you get the best sound quality --Play through aux (Bluetooth is about 90% of the quality so depends on preference)-Remove the front/back covers (also gives it a more retro speaker look whilst getting more clear audio)-Use an EQ app on your phone or PC , i have attached my settings if anyone wants to replicate them adds much more clarity and slightly boosts the frequencies where it lacksmy unit does have a very faint hiss which i know is common among majority of speakers but who doesnt like silence if they are not playing any audio but it is much less noticeable compared to the motion+ so it perfectly usable and isnt distracting, im planning to get a second unit so i can place them both either side of my monitor vertical so i will report back if the hiss is also on the second unit and is common, if not i may replace this first unit if so.Update - the second unit does have the same hiss so is very common but perfectly fine to my ears however using a pair of these in Bluetooth is a no go for gaming or video watching as it greatly increases the latency although when using 2 over aux doesn't have this problem