Bose Soundlink Flex Compared JBL Charge 5 & Sony XB33 - Can The Flex Keep Up? 

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I bought the Charge 5 but returned it and bought a Bose Flex instead. The form factor is much better for me, just fits in my bag better than a football shaped object. Loudness goes to the Charge 5, but where the Bose Flex shines is it is has a very balanced and clear sound. Much more clear than the JBL - not muddy in the slightest, and considering it is a mono speaker it sounds fantastic. Battery life is not enough - 15+ hours would be better as I often times work 12+ hours at a time, but it can be charged while playing so not a huge deal. I have a 1 hour commute time and I just plug the speaker in after work. My battery is always at 90% or more when I fire it up in the morning. Love it, very glad I returned the Charge 5 and tried the Flex instead. I think this one of Bose's best products now

For people that haven’t had the chance to hear the Bose Flex, just get it. That little speaker is insanely good. I’ve had probably 10-15 speakers at this point and the Bose has impressed me the most. The sound is a whole other league above it’s size. It’s decently loud, but more importantly, the sound quality is absolutely amazing. Crystal clear vocals and so much richness and warmth in the music. It’s a beautiful sounding speaker whereas the JBL/Sony are more just basic speakers that get loud and have thump.

The Bose actually sounded the best listening on my airpod pro.

I have had a lot of portable speakers in the past including JBL Flip, Jbl Charge 4, JBL Extreme, Bose Soundlink Micro, Xiaomi Mi Portable, Tribit Stormbox, sony SRS XB2 and from my experience I like Bose Flex the most, it has good bass, overall good quality of sound, I like the form factor, is not as bulky as the other speakers mentioned in the video, is kind of pricey but I you get one on discount you won't regret it.

I own the Bose Soundlink Flex, and it is the best portable speaker I’ve ever heard! I’ve listened to everything from high end portable speakers like the Sony, and the Apple HomePod Mini, all the way to cheap Amazon portable speakers, and even a speaker box the size of my torso, and the Bose Soundlink Flex sounded the best, the loudest, it had the most base, the most clarity, and no distortion when turned all the way up! The other speakers sounded muffled, quiet, minimal base, and distorted when turned all the way up. Currently in 2022 going into 2023, there truly is no better portable speaker than the Bose Soundlink Flex. I would honestly stop looking for a portable speaker and just pick up the Bose Soundlink Flex, you won’t be disappointed.

I have always owned JBL speakers. Always had a problem with the battery life and connection. It would disconnect from my laptop every 3 minutes when nothing was playing. Very annoying. I have just received BOSE sound link flex. It has been connected to my macbook without single interruption for hours. I am very happy with the purchase.

I just got the Charge 5 yesterday. Very impressive. No regrets.

I got the Bose flex and the JBL charge 5. JBL charge 5 is best!!!!

Wow. I watched one of his videos when the channel had less than 2k subs. Amazing growth brother.

Me decanté por el BOSE SOUNDLINK FLEX, básicamente por tres motivos: 1. Potabilidad, tamaño, peso y Calidad. 2. Espectro Sonoro con unos graves notorios para su tamaño. 3. No son muchas las marcas que a través de un parlante Bluetooth integran asistentes de voz y te avisan con nombre propio el nombre de quién está tratando de comunicarse. Conclusión: No hay ningún modelo que le compita en características. Su peso ligero lo hace el compañero perfecto para llevarlo a todo lado, sin que se vuelva incómoda su movilización en el día a día. Por todo lo anterior, compré dos unidades y el cubrimiento es estéreo es increíble para su tamaño. No hay que perder la objetividad, buscaba calidad sonora en un parlante que fuera portable y no incomodara en un canguro, un maletín, o hasta el bolsillo de mi vestido de paño.

I pair 6 JBL speakers for backyard parties all the time

Thanks for your videos. Feedback: I wish you didn’t rotate through options so fast when showing samples of the sound. i was trying to really compare the base and just as I focus on aspects of the sound you flip the options to the next option. it ended with me not being able to compare sound between these devices. i need to look at other reviews. I like ones where they also play the same clips on each one. comparing complete different aspects of a song doesn’t feel like a fair comparison. i almost got the sense that you’re probably a fast thinker, and that you

Flex might not be as loud, but the sound stage of the flex seems to be fuller. It’s like comparing the Jbl party box 110 to the UE Hyperboom, party box is louder, but Hyperboom has more clear, clean, accurate sound. It’s up to preference of what is you prefer.

You deserve so many more subs man love the quality and efforts in your videos 🙂

I think the sound quality on the Flex is much better than the other two. I could care less about how much louder the JBL is when the Flex has a much more full and rich sound.

Bose Flex surprisingly sounds really great considering Bose Mini II and Revolver sound really bad

I like JBL but it always has a very loud twitter so it doesn't work very well for me, so I returned the JBL Charge 5 and got a Bose the sound is much cleaner and the bluetooth connection is very fast, but I prefer the JBL Bass hahaha

I'd love to see a comparison to the revolve or the bose color 2. I used to have a color 2 and upgraded to a revolve which I have for 2 years now and no idea if this is an upgrade or downgrade in comparison

Still rocking the XB33 after all this time. Simply sublime. Never seen a reason to upgrade

Watching with my Bose Flex 💯

boss flex is very insane sound

The flex looks like it would slip right into a backpack without taking up too much space, which I kind of like.

do Bose vs jbl flip 6, cause that are the only two best ones I've seen

The video i've been looking for! Waiting for Black Friday to make the purchase.

How does t flex compare sound quality wise with t revolve 2?

That was a great review. Comprehensive yet to-the-point.

I am very satisfied with xb33, but it must be combined with my rooted android, using dolby atmos + viper4android, the sound quality will be amazing, coupled with ldac (hi-res) support, listening to music from any source the sound output is very good with deeper bass, clear vocals, overall clear sound details of other musical instruments, using only mp3 or flac files in the music player normal, the sound produced is very clearly different, but without the sound mod that I use on my root phone, the sony xb33 speaker does not produce quality sound

Love my SoundLink Flex, Honestly the best sounding BT Speaker that I’ve ever heard! Still enjoying the loudness my Sony XB43 offers but for SQ the Bose wins hands down. ✅🍿

I got the charge 5, I highly recommend spending the extra 30$ or whatever

Sony should just stop shipping out their speakers flatly tuned out of the box and leaving the tuning job to their consumers because most of them don't really bother doing that nor do they know how to. It leaves a bad taint to Sony's name because it embarrassingly loses out to the competition despite its sheer size with a high price tag that goes with it. Sony's speakers do have the potential to sound really great but that's only if you know how to tune them via the equalizer correctly. The problem is, most people don't really bother doing that and even if they do, they most probably won't be able to do it correctly. Reviewers also compare speakers based on their sound profile out of the box. Thus, the Sony loses out to the competition against speakers smaller than its size because it's flatly tuned out of the box.

Yeah your speaker reviews are just the best out there buddy

Listening from the galaxy buds plus, the bose's depth of bass is much higher whilst also maintaining the mids and highs

To me...on my phone...the Bose sounded best. The JBL sounded too open and the Sony sounded a little muffled. But maybe it's just me. 🤔

After seeing tons of videos, I went out and tested it. I couldn't hear the real power of the flex in the shop. But when I was comparing it side by side with the charge 5. The charge way overpowered the flex. Like insane. This video shows 90 over 70. But in the shop it was more like 50 over 79. That much more power does the charge has. Sure, clean sound flex sound good, but it simply lack the body. With eq on the phone I tested different profiles, flex sounded really nice. But it really lacks power, it's just to small. I don't think it's a proper comparison. Bit sure why lots of folks compare these two, charge is way bigger

I have the Bose, that thing cranks

Jbl : bit muddy Sony : muffled Bose : fairly better than the above

Bose and JBL rock…but…I’d love speakerphone function of Bose

I love your content great videos and your ears are trustworthy aside from the Samsung beans. Def deserve more subs

So far using the xb33 for smaller portable speaker I'm quite satisfied with it, when I want to hear house shaking sound I just pair it to the larger box speaker the xp700 and play it in sync. Sony very practical at this point in time, hurry jbl give us something more.

The Bose SoundLink sounds really good for a side speaker the only problem is dead battery life is garbage you can't even get two hours of music at a high volume that's very bad with the technology that they have today

Hows the Flex vs the Bose Revolve and Soundlink mini 2?

You really shouldn't tell people to not choose one device over another based on features they like 😕

Does anybody here use any of these for classical music? It sounds different from mainstream music on any speaker.

For the size I think flex is the winner.

I feel like the Flex is right in the middle between Sony XB23 and 33, and the JBL Flip and Charge 5.

I own jbl boom box..clip 3..go 2.. and the essential when u go past about 70 percent or so the bass falls away some boombox is the loudest and best ...the Sony xb33 bass stays all the way to 100 percent volume I like that about it and love the live feature it's a game changer esp using the app eq

I have the Sony and Bose. The Sony sounds the loudest with nice powerful Bass but the bose sounds the clearest and smoothest but not as loud as the Sony or the Bass

Bose needs to update to Bluetooth 5.1 or 5.2, it isn't 2015 anymore lmao. Better yet, if they really want to lead the pack, put aptx hd support in there...

I bought the Bose Soundlink Flex, and it lasted about a year. Now it won't turn on unless I plug It. into the charger and then when I raise the volume to the max, it just cuts off. I have tried discharging it and recharging it, but it does the same thing. If I Use low volume. it works OK other. than not turning on unless it's plugged into the charger. Once I. unplug the power, it stays on. so. I know it's not the battery. Once I crank the volume up, it just cuts off.

Does anyone know when the Sony XB34 will be coming out if at all? The XB33 has been out for over a year now and I thought Sony released a new lineup yearly.

Would you consider adding a variant of the review of the battery life of the sony speakers with the "extra bass" feature on but the light feature turned off? As that would help to discern the amount of battery life the lights drain and could help in a purchase decision based off of battery life. Potentially the battery life and sound quality push the sony further ahead?...

try this speaker bogasing s8 pro max. had all these speakers sony bose jbl .this is a 3way speaker has a woofer 2 mids and 2 tweeters and 2 passive radiators on the back a total of 100w.great and clear mids and trebles good bass hi fi sound

the jbl sounds tinny. I got the bose for christmas and it is the best sounding thing ive ever heard. Besides a full sized system.

BOSE without a fuckin doubt. Stop wasting your money on JBL.

I went with the flex 👍

you forgot to mention the shape and weight factor. I have the XB33 and the Bose Flex, the Sony is not usable to travel with, neither the JBL .The Bose fits in any backpack and weight is not noticeable

I’ll take the Bose

in terms of weight and size the more fair comparison would be the JBL flip 5 and the upcoming flip 6 would be a better choice to compare it to. Flip 6 will be $130 only $19 less then the bose flex. so i dont really think this is a fair comparison and the fact that the bose almost hangs with the charge 5 is saying something. its half the sixe and weight of the charge 5. which imo is a big differance. i personaly have never heard a speaker this small have such an impressive bass quality to it. it makes my flip 5 sould like a toy. however the new flip 6 looks very promising. Oluv reviewed it already and he loves it and thats saying something because he found the flip 5 unimpressive. hes exact words were the flip 6 sounds bigger then it is. it made the flip 4 sound like it had no bass. so i think the flip 6 VS the bose flex will be a good battle. I predict the flip 6 will win in over all sound quality.

you should have like at least a million subs ur videos are great... love the vids keep it up man!

The best..bose is dynamic sound and clear bass..

so my JBL charge 5 has EQ, and he just said it does not have it lol, man , seems like JBL listened to you in the past two years and added the future.

Hey there gymcaddy 100k is waving👋👏

I love my charge 5, best bt speaker I bought so far 😊

DLX Willington did a more proper comparison between the Charge 5 and the Flex using a high precision microphone and the Charge 5 sound overall better than the Flex.

How does it compare to the Marshall emberton? I can’t find a video comparison.

JBL change 5 is Sound best

The JBL Charge 5 now has an equalizer, which works really well.

Soundcore Motion + is away than all this to value for money

Whoa!! Hold on a sec. I have the Sony XB-43 and it has an audio jack. Looking right at it. YOU sure the -33 doesn't have an audio jack?

The Bose sounds more open vs the other 2

It’s Amazon prime day today and oth of these are marked down to similar prices yet I’m so torn on what to buy 🤣

Nice review.

why didnt you turn the live on with the sony speaker? sounds waaaaay better

How much watts output does the Sony and Bose have

JBL all the way

For sound bose, for party jbl , but for soundstage 360 sound , marshal, sony, bose

The flip 6 destroy the Bose and $20 cheaper...

Idk what's in the majority of other commenters ears, but the jbl charge 5 sounded more clearer and separated than the bose flex. As good as the bose is, it sounded like it was under a blanket compared to jbl.

Thank you for the clear explanation I was looking for, I am so bummed there is no jack anymore on the speakers, now we are all forced to go wireless at all times, what if people don't want to have these radiations around from that??

I think your next video is going to be a short on beats fit.

I picked up the Flex in blue last night. I like the blue. The black attracts heat, and the White will turn yellowish over time. The Flex is nearly twice as loud as I expected. Crystal clear audio at high volume is what you get for the price tag... you won't find better performance for a speaker this size. I was looking for a speaker i could use on a multi-day camping trip so the USB-C is a plus, as i hope to charge it several times with my 20,000mah power bank. I've been trying to find out how many Mah the Flex battery has, but the internet and Bose doesn't seem to know. So far I fully charged it once last night and my bank is still showing near full. I will continue to discharge the Flex each day and recharge it until the powerbank runs out. Will keep everyone posted... but first impressions.... astonishing sound for it's size. You wouldn't know it was this compact if you didn't see it.

Sony needs to have treable boosted to max in app to really shine and outperform these two easily... Overall without an Eq Bose is a joke, Charge 5 unnatural, boosted and harsh while Sony is muffled.

For electronic/house lovers:JBL! you wont get the thumps in bose. For rock, jazz lovers(no thump) music :BOSE

how is the xb23 a direct competitor????????

The motion+ for $100 still kills all these for me

How does the flex compare with the old soundlink mini? We still have the soundlink mini from 2014, which was really ahead of its time. The Bose was really the first good Bluetooth speaker, but JBL seems to be ahead of Bose now.

Bose sound better. Especially when listening through a Bose noise cancelling pair of headphones

But is the JBL water resistant?

Flex is perfect for my paddle boarding needs

ok now use the EQ settings for Sony and lets see which speaker sounds better

Hey my friend thank you for showing this video about the JBL in the Sony and the boss I think it is and I agree with you the JBL it sounds very good because my son has the big one I mean a huge one boombox and I use it and that's I like the way it sounds clear sound and gives you what you need I don't have no problem with it and I agree with you

Can you recommend a nice small Bluetooth speaker with an audio jack?

I like my Sony xb33 crank up the equalizer and the extra bass and it sounds great, plus it's very durable charges my phone and I like the lights and stamina mode more features for the price which was good because I got it on sale a while back

When is the Beats fit pro review coming?

Just got the Bose speaker for work and mine died after 3.5 hours. It was at max volume but that is horrible battery life. Did just get a bad one or is that all it has.

It sounds like Bose wins in the sound quality category.

That JBL logo looks hideous and the fabric is shite.

Bose Flex has sound quality that is top class. It's amazing in hand vs. the sony and JBL.

Good job thank you🥰