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it's getting harder and harder for Bluetooth speakers to distinguish themselves from the rest but philips has managed to break off with a new design in their shock box SB 7200 this speaker is wrapped in a hard mesh grille and durable rubber making it one of the toughest portable speakers on the market right now and it's a good idea to bring to a hike the beach or anywhere else you want to soundtrack it's only 7 inches long and 3 inches wide making it really easy to put inside a suitcase or a backpack as well there's also a small metal clip on the side that you can string a carabiner through for personal carry but I doubt serious hikers are gonna want to carry it on long trips it does weigh a little less than a pound the speaker comes in purple white black and olive color options I personally chose the golden green for its military style that goes well with its toughness you pair it and control the speaker using this single button on top along with a volume knob on one side with a series of ports on the other it charges via USB and there's also a line out port for hard lining and non bluetooth audio source now pairing the device is really easy all you got to do is hold down the power button and it'll go into discovery mode then just go into the Bluetooth settings on your phone or your computer click on the corresponding icon and the shock box does the rest the speaker also verbally confirms your button presses and acknowledges when you've made a connection which is cool but it's also lacking in details for example you can press it once again for a battery check but it'll give you the reading in vague terms like plenty of life instead of an exact percentage half way on battery then there's the smart sensor that's this thing right here it's on the side and it lets you control playback using hand gestures just swipe down a pause and swipe left to right to advance a track at cetera and as you can probably tell it doesn't always work as advertised actually it's just a lot easier to control your music using the music source alone assuming that's close by so how does the speaker sound well even though it only has 2 4 watt speakers inside this is actually one of the best speakers I've heard at this price and with these features the rubber encasing also grips whatever surface you put it on and that resonates the bass a little more than your average Bluetooth speakers but as always keep in mind that you're gonna lose some sound quality over the wireless connection and while this isn't really gonna blow out your windows with sound it does get pretty loud you can check out all the details in my full review on CNET but that's gonna do it for me I'm Justin you you just took a first look at the Philips shock box SB 7200 bluetooth speaker thanks for watching