I own several dozen portable Bluetooth speakers, about 6 of which are tiny clip-on speakers like this one. I've found these small clip-on speakers to fall into 2 categories: 1) tinny sounding and weak audio 2) amazing, surprising, physics-defying solid audio reproduction with strong volume.
Fortunately, this Xinborry speaker falls into the 2nd category… it's one of those amazing speakers! This is my second Xinborry Bluetooth speaker. The other is much bigger, with a wood & fabric case and twin speakers. They share common traits of performing beyond expectation, while appearing attractive in a no-frills, serious way. There are no extra stylistic ornamentations, no "extra" features like flashlights and sirens that would draw resources away from providing great audio. The construction is solid and tight, with a sturdy plastic frame and metal speaker grille.
The audio is of far better fidelity and much louder volume than the pretty nice audio I get from my Samsung S25 Ultra cellphone. So one use case is to set it alongside your cellphone for improved music streaming. For giggles, I played a jazz song by bassist Victor Wooten through this speaker. While it didn't generate the type of soundwaves you can feel from larger speakers with dedicated woofers, this little speaker projected a decent representation musically of what the bass guitar was playing, loud enough to fill a small room without distortion.
The IPX7 water resistance enables using this clip-on speaker outdoors where it might get splashed or rained upon. There are only 3 pushbuttons for easy and intuitive control: the middle button is to turn on/off the power. The other 2 buttons are for increasing or decreasing the volume.
The Bluetooth 6.0 version of this speaker performed OK but not superior, in my UNFAIR stress test: I test my portable Bluetooth speakers by placing my cellphone by the front door of my home, and then walking the speaker toward the back of my home. With my best Bluetooth 5.2 and 5.3 speakers, I can walk all the way 54 feet to the back of my home, without the signal breaking up or distorting. With this Xinborry speaker, after about 15 feet of walking away from the cellphone, the signal breaks up while I'm moving, but when I stop, the signal returns solidly. And when I stop at the end of my home 54 feet away from the cellphone, the signal returns solidly! I give this speaker my highest recommendation.
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