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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room most of us know of the Yui roll or the JBL flip 3 bluetooth speakers both offering water resistance but that Yui rolled specifically that offers a very rugged build well anyways fans have been asking me to review some very budget-friendly items here and today I got the arch here a 2 - 6 from Amazon for just $40 I'll place a link in the video description below that way you guys can check for updated prices so without further ado my channel is here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review room going over the physical features first this looks to be a pretty rugged device physically testing this the rub around this is quite smooth and didn't exhibit that real grippy or soft rubber that I was expecting nonetheless the entire frame does feel solid though now the only one area of concern is on the front grille here right in the center it does flex a bit now if it had been as stiff as either side this would have felt a bit more well-put-together now going over the buttons up top the Emmons to mute during phone calls it doesn't do anything during music pause and play is next with volume down and up to follow and to the right is a flashlight option now pressing this does turn on the LED which is bright enough for casual situations of finding items within close range the odd part though the power button to toggle the light is very funky when I turn this on it won't turn off with the next press no pressing harder at times causes the light to turn on and then immediately off and let's just say it's just not consistent whatsoever as you guys can see in the video they're rotating to the rear there's a 13 1/2 millimeter auxiliary port for physically connecting this to your phone and whatnot a microUSB port for charging and last to the right is the annan off switch which you would have to manually slide over to of course turn it on or off the last on the right of the speaker is a smaller to use the supplied carabiner now regarding water resistance per our tears website they claimed this to be ipx4 in IPX 6 water and dust resistant respectively now from spraying water on this it appears to handle a splash just fine unfortunately you can't submerge this on water but again the JBL flip 3 specifically you can't submerge that underwater now regarding battery life Archer claims up to 12 hours of use from my test I do on/off my Bluetooth speakers from a full battery to dead with 50% V implying the entire time I was able to achieve 10 hours and 58 minutes to be precise bad for a small bluetooth speaker nonetheless a speaker at this price that lasts regarding Bluetooth range I tested this with my latest Samsung s7 and I was able to walk from one side of the house to the other and go down to the first floor and a Bluetooth signal remained intact the archer speaker essentially worked over 40 linear feet for me so this brings us to the sound test here I'll play several samples and then I'll give you my verdict afterwards Green come from though I was free good screaming out things we wish and there you have it folks now first up regarding loudness this was able to fill a small room but not suitable so much for medium sized rooms the speaker simply doesn't get loud enough like the JBL flip 3 and I would say it's on par with the ue roll either or both of these speakers are priced at $100 this one again is priced at just 40 now regarding bass when using this at maximum vibe to have a small room filled there is distortion notice somewhat of a babbling or a balloon slowly releasing air kind of effect especially if you are close to the speaker you'll notice this however when you are standing further away or at more moderate lower volumes the distortion is mostly gone in the basis then good for listening purposes now regard the mid-range this did well with offering vocals and singers voices with enough clarity to be enjoyed for its price range is not as bright sounding as the JBL flip three but the mid-range is apparent and provides enough detail for general listening and less regarding the higher frequencies it's not bad you usually hear tinging with smaller or cheaper speakers but this did pretty well for its price range now regarding soundstage these are very narrow with sound just pouring out the front ear there's not much depth or any kind of sound separation one last thing I wanted to mention when you do have this at maximum volume and the speaker is on a smooth surface the speaker does gently vibrate here and over time it does move now I could fall off the table or over time the direction of sound would change so with everything under consideration for the price of feel the speaker does warrant this price and it didn't perform or sound like a more expensive speaker I would say if you're looking at this price range you of course get what you pay for and the speaker is no exception now this does have decent - good audio only if you're using this for casual listening not getting the best sounding speaker out there or need to have sound on a budget so that's it for this review remember to like and subscribe and be sure to follow me on Facebook Twitter and or Instagram I'm Jimmy with gems review room you guys take care and I'll see you in the next one bye