Bought 2 of these for Christmas, one for me and my dad. I actually took time to research this size speaker and this jbl sounded great for the price comparison to others and the name says it all “ Charge”!! 5! They market this product proclaiming that it will last 20 hours at 50% volume and you can connect your phone as well to have it charged if need be. Hence the name… (Charge 5). Well………. sorry folks! At 100% this speaker lasts 2-3 hours tops , I lowered the volume a bit to about 80% and same thing, it didn’t matter 100% or 80%. Not sure when your suppose to connect your phone to charge bit I’d make sure the speaker was plugged in. So what’s the point when you obviously plug your phone into the socket right next to the JBL 20hr speaker /charger. Does it sound good? Yes! Does it hold the charge they proclaim? No! Is it a great compact speaker with great looks? Yes! Should you just keep it plugged into AC when using it? YES But that’s not the point of a portable speaker right? I gave a 3 because of al the pro’s I mentioned and it sounds great. Does it hold a cbarge for 4-5 hours or 20 hrs. ? No! Les mer

bought this 2 months ago and hated it.. thing literally broke after i used it and knocked it in my pool "20 hour" battery life is a lie. only good thing its its audio quiality. Les mer

it’s really good and plays a lot of institutionalized by suicidal tendencies i feel like the speaker has its own personality Les mer