Anker Soundcore Flare+ Bluetooth Speaker with Strong 360° All Round Sound Fantastic Bass Mood LED Light IPX7 Waterproof 20 Hours playtime for Parties (Black)

Believe it or not this has replaced my Bose Revolve Plus. I had the Bose for a while but I was always disappointed with the bass. Whilst Bose have made a good product, there is only so much sound a single driver can produce. I felt a bit short changed with the Bose so I looked at other cheaper options that could provide descent sound quality. I saw the Flare had been released but I waited for this Flare + for the extra oomph it had. I’m glad I did wait. Overall I’m extremely happy with this purchase. The sound stage can be strange, as it’s not a ‘proper’ 360 degree speaker. Whilst placement of the speaker is important, it’s not the be all and end all as it manages to provide room filling sound at higher volumes. The bass button works well and does provide an extra boost. I leave mine on all the time as it sounds quite flat without it on. The app is useful and easy to navigate and it enables any updates to be pushed to the speaker. I use the default EQ setting as this provides a good balance of highs and lows. You can also control the ‘lightshow’ from the app which has a remarkable amount of settings to choose from. Sound wise, the Flare + can hold its own against speakers much higher in price. To my non-audiophile ears it can certainly get loud, easily as loud as my Bose. There’s also no distortion at max volume. The battery has been excellent, seems to hold a charge forever at 50% volume. The lights aren’t just a gimmick either, put them in the bedtime setting and some music on at low volume and you’ve got a nice chilled setting. Build quality is excellent. Compared to the Bose, it does lose out here. It doesn’t feel as premium but it’s 2.5 times cheaper! The build feels compatible to something like the JBL range. So if you’re happy with the build of them you’ll be happy with this. If this speaker had a different badge on, it’d cost twice as much. The fact Anker can make something as decent as this at this price point makes you question other manufacturers pricing.

After trying out a JBL Charge 3 (a knock-off bought on the cheap in Phuket), I decided to try a genuine bluetooth speaker with the option for stereo. During my research I was impressed by the the specifications and positive reviews for the Flare+ so I bought one in April 2019. The sound quality and solid, sturdy construction, battery life and ease of use lived up to the hype, and it performed well with my Amazon and Spotify playlists, as well as all the old CDs I've ripped to my smartphone. So I was very pleased when in December a reconditioned Flare+ came up on Amazon. Taking advantage of a money-off promotion on the Amazon credit card, I got my second one - for almost half the price of a new one. It's indistinguishable from the first in terms of packaging, condition on arrival and performance. Now they're a core part of my everyday life. I usually have them both in my home office, playing low volume chill lounge while I work. I take one downstairs with me when I have breakfast and it also comes outside with me when I fancy a spot of gardening or reading in the sun. They both even come on holiday with me - so far Thailand, Abu Dhabi, France, London, Mexico. They get much more use than the hotel TVs and I pack my original one for the beach, where my friends love listening to my 70s, 80s, 90s, pop, rock and indie playlists while they soak up the sun, sea, sand and drinks (I'm surprised they haven't bought their own yet!). It's now a little faded from exposure to the sun but there have been no other adverse effects. Highly recommended.

For it's price you can't go wrong: I put it through its paces with various music genres. Classical, EDM, pop etc, no distortion at high volumes, strings, percussion, brass and winds were clear and on point. No latency over bluetooth as I noticed. Also the build quality is excellent, feels heavy and solid in the hand. Very well put together and no fear or anything breaking. Update: Eight months on this speaker received a bunch of firmware and app updates. Battery lasts for ages on a full charge, powers off itself if left idle, and the many light modes it offers make it pleasantly relaxing to look at in the dark, especially to soothing music. Overall I will never buy any speaker again, apart from this one. Love my Soundcore Flare to bits: it will serve me well for a very long time. This will not disapoint.

Overall,I live it. The sound is good and bass is ok. It can easily fill a big living room with sound, but at 80%+ volume it gets a bit distorted. However, I had problems connecting my device to it. For those, who get this message aswell, "incorrect passkey or PIN", keep restarting the bluetooth on your speaker until it pops up as a media device in your phones bluetooth, not as a computer or something else.

Originally very impressed by Soundcore Mini, I bought 2. I 'm a fan of Anker products anyway, so then decided to try the Anker Flare Mini. Couldn't believe such a small speaker could produce such excellent sound! Then I saw all the excellent reviews of the Anker Soundcore Flare & Flare+, why not I thought! Went for the Flare+ (bought 2 for the stereo sound) and what awesome speakers they are! Sound quality, style and value for money...10/10! The positive reviews are very well-deserved. In over 50+ years of buying record players, hi-fi systems and bluetooth speakers, my new Flare+ speakers are the best value and quality for money I've ever had!

Spent an annoying hour trying to get the Soundcore Flare app on my iPhone 8 working and connected but all efforts failed. It will not make a bluetooth connection with the speaker. It will make the Bluetooth connection sufficient to play music from iTunes but the app won't connect. There is no Anker support at the weekend and by phone to a UK number on weekdays its only 6am to 11am. Will update review if I get a result. Update 1 day later.... Had a helpful reply to my Saturday emailed support question on a Sunday and connection problem was solved. Deleted then reinstalled the app. Needed to make sure that the Flare+ was selected on the app as it won't work with just the Flare selected (no +) Sound quality is great and better than the MegaBoom another family member has. Bass boost useful with some rock music. There are equaliser pre-sets for Default; Flat; Chill; Voice but there didn't seem to be much difference . Sounds good for my selection of Rock, Classical; Jazz on iTunes and particularly good playing Steely Dan's Goucho, my go to piece for checking sound quality as it has a superb recording quality. Just got off to a false start. I like Anker stuff. Their power bank and leads have been my favourites.

Not a boom-box by any means but more than good enough for filling a big room with music . The flashing light display is pretty naff but easy to swith off and blue tooth connection was fairly painless. In an average days use i've nevr had the battery go flat on me yet. I would recommend these as long as you are not into super loud - it's a neat little thing no bigger than the body of a wine bottle. For the money I would have no hesitation in recommending this one. Much the same with as with all Anker speakers. they really hit the value for money spot and don't under specify on batteries.

Great sound at the price, seems to be a robust build physically. LED lights nice touch and controllable, both via switch on speaker and more so via Soundcore App which also allows you to set two of these beauties up in stereo config (ask an oldie kids) or to double & distribute sound output . Important to know procedure required to reset speaker in order to connect a new/different device:- hold down -&+ vol keys and bluetooth key on speakers for 5 seconds or so, til speaker switches itself off.