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for 2015 JBL has been doing something interesting with its portable Bluetooth speakers instead of completely redoing its line its upgrading certain models with a water resistant design and simply adding a plus to their product names in this case we're taking a look at the charge 2 plus which except for the color of its logo looks identical to last year's charge 2 which also cost - $150 but has since come down in price like its predecessors you can lay this speaker down horizontally or stand it up vertically it charges via microUSB and has a built-in 6,000 milliamp battery for 12 hours of playback and a USB port for charging your smart phone or music player there's a built-in speakerphone it works well so long as you stay within about five to ten feet of the microphone and a social sharing mode that allows multiple users to connect to the speaker with their devices and alternate playing tracks the speaker is powered by two 7.5 watt drivers which gives you a total of 15 watts of power that's pretty decent for speaker this size and the charge - plus plays surprisingly loud and unlike the original charge - I reviewed it's tuned better and delivers a cleaner sound with tighter bass my only gripe is that it's ports aren't sealed off which means that if you drop it in a pool or really get it soaked it will be a problem and I don't think I fully trust using it in the shower perhaps we'll get full waterproofing in the charge three but for now this isn't much of an upgrade over the charge - but at least this speaker doesn't have the distortion issues that kept me from giving the charge to a more positive review when it first launched I'm David Carr noise that's the JBL charge 2 plus thanks for watching