Soundcore Glow Mini Portable Speaker By Anker, Bluetooth Speaker with 360° Sound, Light Show, 12H Battery, Customizable EQ and Light, IP67 Waterproof and Dustproof, for Camping, Home and Beach Parties

I saw this speaker randomly scrolling through many here on Amazon .. Price point on par with other reputable, popular, cost friendly/budget speakers like JBL Go3. Which I'm using as a comparison for price & sound.Sound quality: blows the Go3 away. Hands down. Much cleaner sounding highs, mids & even has really good low end/bass for such a small speaker. Overall sound clarity is superb, full & well balanced. Volume level is a bit louder than Go3 as well.Doesn't necessarily feel as "rugged" as Go3.. However Go3 is built to take tumbles & such..which it has proven it's durability in the hands of all who own one.The Glow also feels solid/sturdy, has a quility feel for the build. I'm sure it stand up to daily abuse. It's built with a thick plastic body, Rubberized bottom & the "rubber footprint" is really stable. Does Not move or slightly "dance" around unlike it's predecessors Anker Mini, Mini 2,Mini 3 & 3Pro all of which I own.Connectivity is seemless & simple (with voice prompt.) As it should be. Charging is type-C & only input port on device,located in the "back" under finger loop behind a rubber flap/door.As for the buttons...The layout is flat & stupid. The party cast button should be in the rear or on the end with the other buttons. Best place in my opinion is where the power on/off/play/pause/call answer/call hang-up button is. The rest of the buttons seem fine but those 2 buttons should be swapped. It's a senseless design & flawed.It's not intuitive at all. JBL, Bose, Skullcandy, random off brands etc.. Have a much better button layouts that makes sense... Even prior Anker Mini speakers have a better button layout. Why they changed it on this product is beyond my understanding & I'm quite sure many will agree with that point of view. Some things need to be left alone, things ppl are used to. Button layout happens to be one of those things.Anker really dropped the ball on this... Which hampers the overall ease of use. It's already difficult to discern the buttons in dim lighting. In dim lighting it Would be nice to know where they are/*which button is which* if they were raised a lil more - that would be enough so you can tell which button does what without directly looking directly at them as well.The light effects are cool, very colorful & not to bright but bright enough for outdoor day use & can be seen however not so much in sunlight.. But that can be said about any speaker that has light effects. So definitely not a caveat.The description states that in the soundcore app you can tweek the lighting & sound effects...which can be found in the app audio EQ settings.The sound effects are nice. Has custom EQ settings as well as presets to chose from... As for the lighting effects. You can customize in a variety of colors & ways. Neat features most other devices do not have. Fun to tinker with..Phone calls on this speaker seem clear for the recipient on the other end with no breakup or garbly static.Not much else to say about it as I just got it & so far am very pleased with it. It has an app & great feature set for a speaker this size that sounds REALLY GOOD & is quite impressive... Checks all the boxes for me & I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up getting a sound quality award . It really is top notch... But the button layout is rediculous to the point of drunken stupidity.Battery life - sufficient, could be better but good enough.Value - yes, very good product, well worth the money.

Bought for my kids because it is waterproof and don’t have to worry about them damaging it. Sound is great, connects easily to devices, battery lasts a long time.

Absolutely love the Soundcore brand and the PartyCast 2.0 functionality. That said this speaker underperformed, even with the modest price point. I got it on sale for $30, which isn't too bad for the quality, but given the performance I've gotten out of their other products I expected a bit more. The battery life is good to fair, the lights seem to drain it quite quickly. It's very easy to pair and is overall a decent speaker.

I purchased this speaker together with its counterpart the Soundcore Glow portable speaker. The Mini to be used at work as it's compact and does not take up a lot of space on my desk. The regular sized one is for when I work in my studio. Comparing the two, the Mini has better sound than the regular one. Maybe there is a setting on the big one, I don't know because I haven't tried. But right out of the box, the Mini blows the regular sized one out of the water. I am impressed by the sound quality for such a small speaker. I love that it is that small, so it's easy to pack into a bag when going out of town, or since it has a loop, it could be just be attached to a bag with a carabiner for "music on the go". I can highly recommend this speaker!

Son loves the lights and music sounds great

I've had over 15 different Bluetooth speakers of different sizes. For this particular size this is in my opinion the best speaker for the money. Better than the tribit Stormbox Micro 2 while costing less.The sound out of the box is decent but with the right equalizer settings it is great.

This is convenient and produces much more sound than I expected. It's perfect for travel in the car or for when getting ready in the bathroom. I also like that it's somewhat waterproof (I haven't had any major mishaps yet, so I'm not sure how waterproof beyond being OK getting moderately wet in the rain). I had hoped it could mesh with my Neo Rave speaker, but the models don't seem to be compatible. Now I have to decide if I want to buy a 2nd Rave or a 2nd Glow Mini for use when taking to parties.

I bought these primarily for the party mode feature. Unfortunately, they would disconnect every hour or two. Getting them to reconnect was sometimes difficult and I would have to recycle power to get them to reconnect. After two days of fighting, I gave up and returned them.