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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room JB released a slew of new speakers and they all have a very uniform and consistent look now today we're looking at their cheapest and most portable speaker the JBL clip - I personally paid for this at the retail price of $60 and I'll place my links in the video description below as always click on that and my links will give you the most updated prices for today you never know when it goes on sale so without further ado my channels here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review go over the physical features and test this thing is seriously compact it's five and a half inches across fitting perfectly in my hand or bag here the same rugged fabric makes a return with the rest of the clip to being made out of plastic that's wrapped in a slightly grippy silicone now of course this does come with a carabiner clip up top and at first I notice it was a bit stiff and kind of takes away from that smooth and fluid working product however after realizing if you intend and clipping this to your bike or bag jet ski but whatever it may be the stiffness doesn't cause the speaker to bounce everywhere causing the audio to sound like it's coming in or out so that's a plus there now also keep in mind the new JBL speaker specifically the JBL charge 3 in this clip - there now ipx7 certified meaning you can completely submerge this into water up to three point three feet or one meter for up to thirty minutes now i perform this test to verify and the clip two is still working fine of course one of the biggest perks in just likely charge three the ue boom - the mega boom and some fugu products the speaker floats if you ever do drop it in the pool or the lake a huge advantage there but let's take a closer look here on the left side there is volume up and down on either side right in the middle is a bunch of answer phone calls and use the clip - just like a speaker phone with my testing the speakerphone works very well here at close proximity and once you get about four feet away that's when you notice the voice does sound like you're somewhat far away that's when the other person can kind of tell but the quality is not crackling and for a 60 dollar speaker this performs better than some of the $200 Bluetooth speakers on the market rotating to the right there's a bluetooth pairing button the power button is to the far right and in the middle is a microUSB port covered by a flap to keep water out regarding better life JBL claims up to eight hours of use and with my testing leave Masson at 50% volume the speaker died in 24 hours in around 30 minutes which is crazy but keep in mind vibe is exponential so I went ahead and did a second test leaving this a full volume full blast here and it played for four hours in 22 minutes into the unit die from a full battery now recharging it took about an hour and 50 minutes for my test one of the biggest grips that I've had though there's no real battery indicator I can't press two buns at the same time to receive a battery level prompt nor is there an app that tells me how much life I have left on here now even the light doesn't give options here it's either blue for being connected or it turns red if the battery's low there's really nothing in between now the very last feature I want to show that a clip 2 has a 3.5 millimeter wired permanently attached to the body here which is very convenient if you decide not to use bluetooth although the wire is exposed and if you are using this on rugged terrain with jagged rocks on the ground say a parkour so I am worried though that the metal gold-plated end here let's suffer some scuffs over time now on flat surfaces the plug is recessed enough to not touch the pavement enough regarding wireless range I've tested this in my house here walking down stairs and on to the other side of the house signal range was perfectly fine with my samsung galaxy s7 phone never did I lose connection now to the moment that you've been waiting for hear the sound test I'll play several songs and I'll give you my verdict afterwards shadows Oh I'm Jason and there you have it folks now sound report on my end and then play through your speakers are not the best depiction of audio quality but hence my review here they clip to is very much a personal listening speaker for $40 more and did you can get the flip 3 which does fill up a small room the clip 2 doesn't well it does fill up a small room but if you do put on maximum volume you can still sit next to it and it's still comfortable to listen to what the flip through you might have a little bit of ear ringing because of how loud I can get it's loud but loud for a $60 speaker let's just put it that now the year you roll to which I just reviewed and again the JBL flip three those two are much louder than they clip to here but again for sixty dollars it's perfect for having this clipped onto your bag while biking or just maybe if you're on a motorcycle now getting a bit more specific regarding the bass it's more quality than quantity the bass thankfully isn't distorted and there's just enough there to fit with the speaker characteristics if there was a higher quantity of bass I would think a clip 2 would have sorry to sound a little bit distorted for such a small speaker the mid-range is clear and pronounced and the highs again great for a small speaker is not tinging and ear ringing the only thing when you do have this on maximum volume it does slightly lose some of its quality with sounding a bit jumbled then the auto cat 206 isn't as well defined but overall for the average consumer and in this price range the speaker will sound perfectly fine it sounds really good now since there's just one 40 millimeter driver in the clip - there's really no sound separation however with the clip - you can daisy chain another one of these and have both speakers playing at the same time now technically left and right audio channels but it's a little bit more immersive when you have two speakers in a room or in area now it really bummed though there's no JBL Connect allowing you to pair this with other existing JBL speakers but the daisy chain option is better than no option at all now overall the audio quality is very good for the price and size but the only concern I would give to the consumer test this out and see if it's loud enough for you it is lower in volume again compared to the JBL flip 3 or the ue roll - however as stated before for the size waterproofing especially price those are the three main selling points that clip two is worth looking into so hope this review helped you in some way add me on to facebook twitter or instagram with the jim's reviewer abuser name and add me on my personal account here if you'd like at jimmy long official on facebook and instagram twitter is jay long official it's all on your screen right now you guys take care i'll see you guys in the next one