I was at bestbuy and was hypnotized by how smooth, warm and rich the sound was on Bose. The clarity is so nice and it’s such a pleasure to listen to. It’s a great speaker and I think it’s at the top right now within its size/price range.
Having two running in stereo is great. Running EQ through Spotify for me levels things out just fine. And like you , I'm not really a Bose fanboy but I got my first one at a discount and decided having two for on the go solid stereo was for me.
Im no Bose guy, either as far as home theater, etc. However, no one does small like Bose, I've got to give them that. I have the quiet comfort earbuds, the flex and a sound link. They're hard to beat for great sound in a small package.
@@jasonnguyen685 There is Power On button on the left hand side. You might need hammer drill on the first pair up, but you can work it out with chisel and sledge hammer.
... Have wanted a BT speaker for years. When I was interested in the UE Boom I never saw the Bose. Finally I said, enough is enough, I'm buying one today!! (about a week ago) Listened to what Best Buy had including the UE and the Bose Flex sounded better and was less expensive. Very happy with it. NOW, I am looking at reviews to see if others are as pleased as I am. Thanks for the review. .
I bought the blue one. Nice replacement of my old Micro. I have no complaints about BT 4.2. Who’s going to listen such a portable speaker from distance above 10m? Makes no sense. It’s not JBL Boombox. And there’s an EQ in every smartphone, so no need for extra EQ.
How do you find they compare in terms of their sound volume and portability? I obviously know that the sound quality itself will be noticeably higher. I’m currently trying to decide between the Soundlink Flex, Flip 6, Wonderboom 3 and Tribit Stormbox Micro 2 with portability being a huge factor.
I had bought another Bose Speaker, and was so disappointed because it needed to be plugged in all the time so I’m very excited to take this to the golf course !
I have progressed from Tribit to JBL C5, but felt the soundflex was a major step forward. Magic sound, I'm discovering un-heard lyrics and instruments! I bought mine for £108, so I'm welll chuffed.
I think the only thing I would really like for this is the Multi pairing! I’m in no rush and this is really exciting to see that Bose is coming out with good stuff again. I feel like for a while their speakers felt a little stale to me personally. I thought their revolve speakers were overpriced and I actually really dislike the cylindrical design everyone was doing. If I’m listening to it by myself I don’t want a bunch of power wasted to push sound out of the back when my ears aren’t back there lol. Hopefully in a few years they can update it to include the better BT! Not a dealbreaker at all, but I am comfortable waiting.
Actually if you have Spotify , they have a eq built into Spotify so you still could put a eq on this speaker . Not sure if Apple has a eq built into Apple Music too but
I bought one today so looking forward to receiving it. I have the soundlink mini 2, had this for 6 years and i still love this but wanted to try the flex. For me, i am happy without the built in equaliser as most android phones and music streaming apps have a built in equaliser so its all good😉👌
Thank you again, Jonathan for another informative review. I received a Bose Sloundlink Flex for Christmas from one of my clients as a thank you for my work for them last year. I will preface this by saying I do have a Bose ecosystem in my home including the Bose Soundtouch Speakers in my home office/guest room. I am a consultant and trainer for end users and their tech, so I think it is important that the technology being used, matches the needs of the user and their environment. That having been said, I am loving this little speaker! I have several portable speakers that I have used over the years for both work ( portable presentations) and for pleasure (sitting out back on the patio). This is smaller than my JBL Charge 3 (which has been my favorite to take on the family beach vacation or to the vineyards). The smaller size doesn't compromise on the sound that my family and I enjoy during the firepit parties or sitting by the friend's pool (and I don't worry about it sinking in the pool, should it fall in the water. This is my second Bose portable speaker (I own a Soundwear Compainion speaker), but this is one that everyone will enjoy. I haven't tested the speakerphone call quality yet, but so far it does what I like and want from a portable speaker incredibly well. I may opt to purchase a second one (since this was a gift ) for the party mode effect for this year's upcoming vacation with my family. It is currently connected to my laptop as I write this response as I play some instrumental jazz here in my home office. I thoroughly enjoy your channel and reviews. Happy New Year to you. Looking forward to more of your content.
No EQ really hurts it in my opinion, noticed this was added to the Max. They have a feedback button in the app with a "missing equalizer" option, I suggest everyone do that and hopefully Bose will add it.
New to this channel. Was looking for some decent indie advice and I found it. I have bought 2 Bose items recently based on your reviews and have not been disappointed.
We are replacing our Gen 1 SoundLink which we absolutely loved. It just starts randomly shutting off now but hey, its gotta be pushing 15 years old now. We tried replacing it with the Revolve and then the Flex and while I agree that the Flex is a great sounding portable speaker, both the Revolve and the Flex suffered from connection issues -with our phones literally right beside the speaker. Wondering if I just got 2 bad units, or if this is normal? The sound would just drop while playing Spotify -the song would continue playing on the device, and when the connection resumed, it would just keep playing, but it was REALLY annoying. This happened with by my wife's and my iPhones and it would happen a LOT -in a 1 hour hot tub session, it would happen 5 or 6 times, consistently. Did we just get two bad eggs? Or is this an inherent problem? I really liked the Flex otherwise, but am not going to put up with that..... Give up and go Sonos? Or try a new Bose a third time?
Great review, thank you. I am so confused now!!! I am in the market for such a speaker, and this one was to be my choice, then after several reviews, I decided on the JBL Flip 6, now I'm undecided again, I hope my local store has them both on display so I can compare them. My main reason for the JBL, was the fact it had a tweeter, but as an old fogie who's top end hearing cuts off at about 3Khz I guess that's irrelevant anyway, so it's down to design and price.
I want to see which ones I can replace the battery, after they are dead (environmentally friendly) and also which ones has aux port, as I don't always want to use Bluetooth...
Great video, thanks. I can get the Flex for 114£ in Sweden right now, should I go for it? I can also get the JBL Flip 6 for 76£. Is the Flex worth the extra £?
Just received the flex in carmine red, it’s the best on the go speaker for my outside job. As far as the eq adjustments, I’ve found that the iPhone adjustments in the music app help a ton!
I got this two days back after seeing many positive reviews over the internet. But for me, it lacks the sound clarity that I need!!! The instruments like guitar, piano, violin etc. do not sound good on these speakers!!! The instrument sound is very suppressed or muffled!!! The vocals sound clear and the bass has a punch, but tribble is missing significantly!!! My judgement is based on other devices like airpods, bose qc 35II and sonos beam that I have and since these are way superior devices, I might be feeling let down by the Bose Flex. I wish Bose provided an equalizer in the Bose connect app to tweak these to my liking.
If you want something that sounds great for vocals guitar piano etc. I’d recommend the Marshall Emberton 2 or 1 if you can get a good deal on it. The emberton is by far one of the best portable speakers out there
Question considering the soundlink flex. When pairing with another soundlink for party or stereo mode, there seem to be a video delay when watching videos. Do you experience the same with other speakers? Is there a fix for it.
I really liked your video. I was comparing Bose Sound Link Mini 11 and the Sound Link Flex. It sounds like a no brainer. I was already considering a Revolve but wanted the light weight speaker for traveling. I misplaced my Sound Link Mini and think this will be a nice upgrade for travel.
So I've just Bought this today, is There Perhaps a guide somewhere that shows me how to Connect it to my PC? My Goal is to be able to use it as Speakers for my PC for when I want to watch movies and stuff on my own when I'm not in a Discord call with anyone, while keep it charging via the pc port. I was Hoping to be able to Switch Between my Phone and my PC However so far I've not been successful. Will Update if I get more progress.
Watched this with sound through a Bose SoundLink Flex. Like, insane, right?? 🥳 Seriously though, this unit has an exceptional sound profile for such a tiny unit: rich, warm, crystal clear. Was not expecting it to sound so very good when I tried it out!
Hmm, today I've changed my mind on upgrading from the Flip 5 to Flip 6 and think I'll go for the Bose instead. It seems a great portable speaker. It will be interesting to play around with the EQ on the VLC media player with this speaker.
Hi I came across your comment and I purchased that Marshall speaker and sent it back it was a really good deal on T-Mobile and I thought I would try it out because I love to have a good amount of Bluetooth portable speakers it was some of the worst audio quality the bass was non-existent and even with the equaliser on my iPhone 12th pro max it sounded like crap I just thought I would let you know because they had first hand experience with the speaker and it was only one of the only Bluetooth speakers I have ever sent back to get a refund for just thought I’d let you know cheersg
I have a Bose Soundlink flex 35 mins away on the Amazon truck. This is after being gaffled by JBL not once, but twice. First JBL Flip stopped charging, popped and hissed its way to the grave in 3 mos. Contacted them irate and feeling swindled. Nothing tech support could do, but offer me a new speaker. Which they did eventually and which started popping and hissing in 2 mos this time. This would of course be right after I left a pandering review stating how great JBL was to at least address their technical failures by offering me a new and similar speaker, it was a Link20 This time. So, eff JBL, I eagerly await my Bose speaker and pray Bose hasn't gone to shite like JBL seems have. Of all the speakers I've had thru 50 years of listening to music the only ones that have stood the test of time and worth every cent are a pair of Bose Noise Canceling can-type headphones. I wear them every day to dialysis. I can't hear the machine, the nurses or other patients only what I want to hear. Oh please let the Soundlink Flex be of that same ilk and engineering.
I finally got to test both of them, luckily where i live they were both in stock. Flex sounded reall great, was testing in the shop with lots of baxkground audio. It really laxks power though. When i out it aisde of the charge and flipped tue sound on both of them Charge has way and way more power. I see vidoes of 70vs 90 percent volume. But to me it was more like 50 vs 90, that much louder is the charge. The flex flat sound does sound eay be5er. But every phone app has eaz with that, i got the charge 5 sound way better. I mean the body is like 2-2,5 bigger in volume. Wish the bose had a bigfer volume. I do like the clean look. I dont like the "in your fCe" jbl look. I currently have ue boom 4 which is clean assell but its getting old and the power button sheared off, it still aorks and sohnd amazing
Does the speaker give two pairing options for Bluetooth one with the name Bose Soundlink Flex and other LE-Bose Soundlink Flex. But the LE option doesn't connect?
Hey guys, our final review of 2021 and just in time for Christmas! What do you think of the new Bose Soundlink Flex? It's certainly a big contender in the portable speaker market going into 2022.
I also own a Bose soundlinkflex and if you guys also have it then I recommend you to listen to “ Bombay Dreams ft. Kavita Seth “ you will witness the true bass of this mighty speaker ❤
Bose SoundLink Flex $119 I have JBL Clip 4 Bose SoundLink Flex I Carry Clip 4 with me every where... I chose Bose over Charge 5 Wifi because of portability... When Walking, Hiking & Definitely Cycling; I Carry Clip 4 & Bose & Play Together & they Sounds Great Together...
Good review. I use this Bose speaker when I travel because of size and performance and because my home Bluetooth speaker, a Sony SRS-XB41 is a tad large......
Nice vid. Thumbs up, of course! Not sure, as the clarity didn't seem to be there. Multipoint missing is a real thing. In fact, it seems that it is missing things that the Bang and Olufsen A1 2nd Gen has. Love to see a comparison. Black Friday pricing for the B&O speaker was £159, so comparable. What do you guys think?
So after long fiddling around i was able ro connect it to two devices. And yet, via the app. So much hassle for so little progress. Deeply disappointed. I just wanted a plug and play speaker which my friends can connect to easily via bluetooth....not that they have to download an app if they want to play content from their phones. Is this too much to ask from a 100$+ speaker? I'm disgruntled....
I have the blue and I consider it an excellent speaker. I have the flip5 and I was going to purchase the 6 but it hadn't been released so I bought the Flex instead and I'm glad that I did because it is superior to the flip in clarity and spaciousness. I also own the Bose Portable Speaker and the Bose Soundlink Mini 2 and they are both excellent speakers as well.
@@soberanisfam1323 no, the 6 wasn't released when I wanted to purchase it so I bought the Flex instead. I have the flip5 which I had been using since the day of its release. I watched Flossy Carter's review of the 6 and he did a sound test of it against the 5 and in some instances the 5 was louder than the 6. The reviews of the 6 haven't been overwhelming positive so basically its just more of the same I guess. If you want to blast JBL is definitely the way to go but if you want quality of sound then Bose is definitely the way to go and I would advise not going above 70 percent volume because of distortion. For me it was the right decision to buy the Flex because I prefer quality over quantity. But it's too bad that you can't have both at the same time.
The Soundlink Flex appears considerably louder than my original SLMini and with a richer, slightly bass-heavy presentation, though the Mini does have (smaller) stereo drivers that offer limited but noticeable channel separation, as well as benefiting from placement near a wall or solid shelving unit for maximum bass response. m veering towards the Sonos One for a more crisp, spacious audio performance over WIFI, - in terms of portable listening, the SL-Flex seems a very worthy upgrade on the SLMini whenever mine eventually packs up. To all @Smarthomesounds, keep up the excellent work👍👍👍
I own 2 and I hate them. They never pair and frankly it's getting old. Bose can't seem to get the bose connect app to work. Own 2 micros. Same problem.
I recently bought this speaker used but in seemingly really good condition but I’ve noticed recently that when I connect it to my phone or my projector that every other minute or so it wants to reconnect to my Bluetooth thus cutting off audio for a few seconds. Why is this happening.
Hello! great video! I have a question, how does it perform on, lets say, netflix? I used to have an old bluetooth speaker that was very bad at audio sync (with the moovie image), I could only watch movies or YB properly when I used a cable... Really want to buy this bose, but since it doesnt have a cable output, I am afraid of getting frustrated with the mouths moving apart form the movie sound... THANKS
Does anyone know if sound is supposed to come out of the back grill as well? That grill looks blocked (solid with no holes). No sound from this grill in my unit so I am not sure if got a defective one. Please help anyone before I return it to Amazon.
i brought bose sound flex, it really sounds well but when i connected to samsung smart tv, it sounds very low eventhough 100% volume pumped. but same tv sounds well with jbl bluetooth speaker. plz resolve my query
I'm looking for a BT speaker to strap onto my e-scooter, is this my best bet? How does it compare to the REVOLVE+ II? I don't want to be disappointed with the bass outdoors and in the wind...
Hi, I am considering to buy 2 for stereo but I saw a comment about latency especially when watch videos. I usually watch youtube videos, how is the stereo mode with youtube app? Is there any problem about latency? Thank you!
The Highestbrow product a person can own. Trust when I say any Marshall Speaker will please every single aspect of a portable bluetooth speaker you’re looking for. In my opinion a Marshall Willen as all that I ever needed or wanted. If you want or need more than just buy an actual stereo system
I bought one as a replacement for a Sonos Roam, which at my opinion is a piece of scrap in terms of connectivity. I would not recommend a sonos Roam as a portable bluetooth speaker. I am totally happy with my new choice.
I’ve bough this one becouse of other vd comparison from you. I bought it becouse of the decent and balanced warm bass at low mid volumes wich is the expected use of small portable speakers. They are not a party machine but a refined sq experience as background music diring labour without being a burden to carry on mu case and pocket if needed. Haven’t seen anything smaller sounding better but have seen bigger stuff sounding worse, so, that’s a high mark for me. It it’s too expensive, Tribit makes a similar clone…
I bought it to replace an stolen bose soundlink mini 1 and it is easyer to carry, charge, similar space (being slimmer is an advantage). A previous good experience made the jump to a replacement on the brand, despite having had a ton of other bt speakers i can clearly seeing this one as one of my preferred ones
Would love to hear about those having Aptx Support and the long distance connection*. ( *I had to return few speakers because of the Bluetooth range problem even though the quality is good)
Hi, thanks for the great review.. I was waiting for the microphone review in the video but i think it was not clear what I heard in the video.. Did Emily say she was able to hear it better than the phone speaker ? asking because i m considering Flex to use for my office calls.. thank you! Do you think the microphone is good for speaking hands free calls ?
Choosing a speaker is a personal preference for sound. One thing that would help me decide is to also speak t what kind of music the speaker does best..classical, jazz, or other. I am looking for a Bluetooth speaker but still haven't decided.
