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somewhere is coming and that means cookouts camping and parties but what's a party without music that's where the new JBL for this little guy is loud enough to fill any dorm room or get a small get-together bucket and now adorable enough to take almost anywhere because it's finally waterproof so should you pick this guy up let's find out all right so the JBL flip 4 comes in a few different colors black blue grey red teal and white and every color currently retails for 99 95 and Amazon puts them on sale from time to time if you want to save some cash you can always pick up the JBL flip three but you'll be missing out on full waterproofing never sale quality and a slightly longer battery life I'll have links in the description below if you want to pick into one of these up I'll keep the links updated so you can get the best deals okay so let's get the sucker out of the box there really isn't much going on it's a nice box for sure you look the lid and then you look the cover and you'll see the speaker itself front and center inside the cover you'll also find the user manual and a warranty information and inside the smallest side compartment you'll also find a micro USB cable for charging there's no wall board and no audio cable included which is the letdown if you ask me but in general the JBL flip 4 is your standard Bluetooth speaker that can connect to most devices this Bluetooth speaker also features a smart phone app and you can pair up to 100 JBL speakers from one another so they play music simultaneously personally I think connecting 100 speakers is overkill or you can also pair two of these speakers together so you can play them in stereo mode the dbl flip for itself is pretty sleek to begin with but this thing is very dead it caught me by surprise the first time I picked it up the majority of the surface of the speaker is wrapped in the nylon fabric covering and the end cap and spine or made out of rugged rubber which help it be a little durable and provides a good amount of grip on the spite of the JBL flip 4 you'll find the power line of battery gauge the JBL connect plus button and a tab that covers the audio jack and micro USB port you'll also find a Bluetooth buying volume controls and a multiple purpose Blayne which all have really good tactile feedback one press of the triangle or play button pauses or plays your music impressive skips attract and if you long press it you'll activate Siri if you're using an iPhone but oddly enough you can't go back a track by triple precedent so what's the difference between the JBL flip 4 and the debut foot 3 you look exactly the same well for starters the JBL flip 4 is now ipx7 waterproof which means you can submerge it in water without any problem whereas the JBL flip 3 is only splash proof but even though the JBL flip 4 is now waterproof one major fly still has is that it doesn't flow so if hypothetically if you were using the speaker next to a pool on a bullet or next to a lake and the speaker somehow fell into the water it'll just sink to the bottom which could be a problem and when it's completely submerged in water the Bluetooth connection will cut out until you take it out of the water again the JBL flip for also sounds 20% better than to JBL from three and will go into sound quality in just a bit and finally the JBL flip forward in a house a 12 hour battery life versus the flip 3 turn elegantly alright so let's talk about what matters in that sound quality the JBL flip for has no problem filling a room or bathroom and anyone within a 30 foot radius of this thing outside will have absolutely no problem hearing it winter same act value personally I feel the foot for stance is best when it's used at a moderate to moderately high listening volume the basis punchy and the mids and highs are clear it's at higher volumes where the resolution and clarity of the highs are vocal starts to suffer well for a small hajjali speaker that is to be expected this speaker does connect your phone or other devices via bluetooth for that - and has a range about a hundred feet with direct line-of-sight instance of Bluetooth 42 you can press the two devices at the same time with UT beautiful for white now I have a pair to my iPhone and message and the wireless connection has no problem going through multiple walls if they're using it inside your house but if you prefer a wide connection the JBL flip or has you covered like I said earlier there is an audio jack and I can tell you right now that it's a really huge bed after listening to the same songs with and without a wide connection back to back I'm happy to report that the overall sound quality gets better it's much clearer and it's louder and unlike with the Bluetooth connection where the sound quality suffer on high volumes using a wired connection really helps keep the resolution intact alright and now for the drawbacks for starters even though you can take phone calls with a Bluetooth speaker I don't really think you should when talking at a moderate level in about five feet away the user on the other side reported a lot of distortion and a lot of raspbian in order for you to get a good sound quality you need to get really close to the speaker and at which point it would just make more sense to take your phone call from your phone and like I said earlier even though the speaker is not waterproof it's still sick also the speaker only shoots out sound in one direction personally I don't mind but I just want to make that clear for people who might not know but in general the data of the score is a small speaker that practice pipe it's like rocket racoon from Gordon of the galaxy it's waterproof and you can take it almost anywhere it has a 12 hour battery life if not longer depending on how you use it it's a good first size and if there are other JBL speakers lying around you can pair them together just as long as they have JBL connect plugs enable the speaker will make you the life of the party after summer get-togethers the JBL flip 4 is a pretty solid investment hey if you enjoyed the video please like and subscribe and helps out more than you realize for more product reviews and deal alerts check out Jim Kennedy at net if you want to support the channel click up the shirt and I'll catch you next time