Anker Soundcore Boost (Upgraded) 20w Bluetooth Speaker 12H Playtime £39.99 Sold by Anker Direct / Fulfilled by Amazon

Got this, wasn't impressed sent back and paid a bit more for the JBL flip 5, twice as good.

Love this speaker. For me it’s probably the best price to performance of the Anker range. For comparison it’s not a lot bigger than the Soundcore 2 but blows it out the water for music. It’s a warm sounding speaker so not as good for non music applications. (Although I have the older version I can’t adjust the EQ so maybe this can be improved now?).

When comparing to the Motion Boom it holds its own compared to the default EQ. Don’t get me wrong the Boom beats it but for a speaker that’s around 3 or so times bigger the Boost has no right being compared to the Boom but it doesn’t fall far short.

Have this speaker, was seriously impressed with the sound quality, particularly the bass possible from such a small unit, great battery life too!

Great speaker, I use mostly indoors, but have used it a couple times outdoors and it does gets really loud. I was amazed you can get decent bass out of a speaker this size.

It's supported by the Soundcore app so you can tweak EQ on it too. If you tweak the sound or use a Equlizer app on your phone you can get some really decent sound out of this speaker compared to it's default settings. And the biggest plus is you can reverse charge your phone off of it.

My only nitpicks are that it's quite hefty, so not something you want to move around alot. And the bluetooth sometimes takes awhile to connect, which I've found with most of my Anker stuff for some reason. So most of the time I manually have to connect to it via bluetooth menu. (edited)

Agreed. Definitely worth 40£. Had mine for four years I'd guess. Use it loads. Waterproof so doesn't get ruined when you forget about it outside.

I've had one for ~6mo. I was a little underwhelmed when I got it, cause the reviews were so glowing. It's not anything to run a party off, but seems fine/pretty much what you'd expect for a portable speaker this size. I keep it in the bathroom. It's plenty loud enough for using while I'm in the shower, which my phone wasn't, which is why I got it.

I'd also say it's a bit in the middle of sizes, a bit big and heavy to be taking on holiday, but somewhat limited on sound by its size for static use. (edited)

Have this and a Bose Soundlink II (for different purposes).
For the money it is perfectly capable of a great sound, not quite as controlled bass as the Bose but warmer and just as loud.
But a quarter of the price, bargain.

Connects automatically when I turn it on.