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I'm David karna a executive editor cnet.com and I'm here with the JBL charge Bluetooth speaker this is the Big Brother to the JBL flip very similar design but it is a little bit bigger has a little bit bigger sound and does cost a little bit more at $150 instead of $99 why is it called the charge well aside from being a portable speaker you can use it to charge your mobile devices as far as battery life the speaker goes it is rated at up to 12 hours of battery life that's pretty good for a small speaker I have the light blue version here but the speaker does come in multiple colors i like the flip speaker it can be set down horizontally like this or stood up vertically there is a port that does fire from the top so you do have to make sure you stand it on the right side of the speaker there are very few buttons on the device itself there's really only a power button and a volume control button so it's very simple to use you simply turn it on and pair it with your Bluetooth enabled device I listened to a lot of these Bluetooth speakers and this does sound better than a lot of the smaller models does have its limitations of course it's not going to fill a really big room with sound but it certainly can fill a small room with sound if you play it at the right volume and don't try to crank it too much it does offer a clear sound good bass and again you can't expect the world from these really small speakers but this certainly will impress a lot of people with it's big sound for its small size this does come with a neoprene carrying case and it designed to be portable and I do think it's a nice compromise for someone who wants a little bit bigger sound than something like the jam box or the flip but doesn't want to go up to something like the big jam box which is a larger speaker and really isn't quite as portable as you'd like it to be so the JBL charge is a nice compromise it also has that charging option and I do recommend it I'm David Carr know and that's the JBL charge thanks for watching