Portable speakers used to be the sort of thing you kept safely on a shelf, not something you happily threw into a beach bag or left by the pool.
The Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 helps flip that thinking on its head – and right now, Amazon has knocked nearly half off the price, making this tough little speaker even easier to recommend.
Ultimate Ears’ Wonderboom 4 is sitting at close to 50% off on Amazon in what feels like a true breakout bargain
With 49% off, the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 is a fantastic speaker that travels with you to places most electronics simply cannot go.
The Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 is down to $51.44 from its $99.99 list price on Amazon, saving you $48.55 on a speaker that has earned its reputation by surviving the kind of places most electronics simply cannot go.
Rated IP67, it can be submerged in up to a metre of water for 30 minutes, floats if it goes in the pool, and shrugs off dust without complaint, turning the speaker into something you stop worrying about and just start using.
The 360-degree sound output means placement does not matter as it does with directional speakers, so whether it is sitting on a table, a rock, or a poolside ledge, everyone in the space hears the same audio rather than whoever happens to be facing the front.
Outdoor Boost adjusts the EQ for open-air environments where bass tends to disappear, and the addition of Podcast Mode in this generation optimises the sound specifically for vocal clarity, so it pulls double duty between music and spoken-word content without asking you to manually fiddle with settings.
Battery life sits at 14 hours, the Bluetooth range extends to 40 metres, and a second Wonderboom 4 can be paired for true stereo sound if you want to scale up.
If the goal is a speaker that genuinely does not care where you take it, handles whatever the day throws at it, and still sounds better than anything at this price point has a right to, this is a straightforward decision.
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