Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Ultimate Ears ROLL 2 Atmosphere Wireless Portable Bluetooth Speaker (Waterproof) (2016)

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An excellent product - great speaker - Five stars!

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2016

The UE Roll 2 arrived and in about 3 minutes I was listening to crystal clear music. Now, it takes a while to fully charge so I had to plug it into my computer to help get it charged (it will take probably 5 hours to fully charge the speaker), but right now as I type this review? I have enjoyed listening all afternoon now.

The speaker comes with no instructions. You might want to use a YouTube video to learn a bit more about the device. The "plus" and "minus" on the speaker are the volume up/down buttons and the power button is on the back.

This is a very lightweight speaker that fits in your hand. It is water resistant (it also comes with a small inflatable floatie to place it in while you are in the pool). Still, I'm not fond of the idea of dropping it into a tub of water and waiting to see if it still works after a few minutes of being soaked. LOL.

Seriously, it is easy to use with great sound and appears to be very very well made. I took a couple of pictures of this UE Roll 2 as it is currently plugged into my computer (to charge it) while it plays music from my iphone. The box indicates music can be played from up to 100 feet away from the device. Right now, my iphone is across the room from where I am so I cannot attest to the 100 feet assertion on the box right now.

Would I buy another of these? Absolutely. Just the fact it is compact, good price and apparently great quality makes this one of those MUST have blue tooth speakers for your home, near the pool and it would be easy to pack and take on trips.

Five big stars for this top notch device.

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Tony

Fine for music, not so good for the spoken word.

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2018

I was surprised to find that there was no instruction book or specification list that came with the UE ROLL2 bluetooth speaker (at least in my package). While all of these devices operate in a similar way, there are idiosyncrasies for each manufacturer; some speakers require a brief press on the button to start paring, others want you to hold it down for several seconds. Anyway, I did eventually get it paired with a small external bluetooth transmitter that I use with my Grace Digital Radio.
When playing music, this speaker sounded as good as the other external speakers that I use. However, most of the time I listen to the spoken word (NPR, BBC) and the bass emphasis of the UE ROLL2 is excessive for this type of listening. I actually find that the slightly "tinny" sound from my Aukey $5 bluetooth speaker is more intelligible.
I suspect that this particular speaker was a return from another customer; little clues from missing documentation and also the water resistant door covering the charging port was distorted and did not seal. More and more these days, I see that I am sent products that have been returned by others. It is a pity that the Amazon shopping experience is becoming mediocre.

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J. Brandt

An excellent product - great speaker - Five stars!

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2016

Color: VolcanoVine Customer Review of Free Product( What's this? )Verified Purchase

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todd

Couldn’t be happier!

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2018

Color: VolcanoVerified Purchase

This speaker is amazing! I bought it about 8 months ago, and still has the same awesome sound quality and battery life that it did when I purchased it. The shape seemed a bit weird at first, but now I love it. Now I can jam out while cooking dinner, while riding my bike, while kayaking down the river, or hiking or anything!The bungee cord on the back is incredibly stretchy and durable. The charging time is pretty reasonable, and the speaker is made made out of some pretty tough materials. I have dropped a couple of times and it had zero problems with it. The Bluetooth strength is pretty good, and can go up to about 150 feet with newer phones that have Bluetooth 5, Or 30-50 feet with normal phones. This speaker works well with Apple or Android devices. If you have a smartphone, I highly recommend recommend getting the UE Roll app, it is very easy to use and it has a lot of super useful features. One of my favorite uses of the UE app is that if you lose your speaker, you can turn it on from your phone, crank up some music, and boom, there it is! Anyways some pros and cons:

Pros:

Very good battery life
Small
Flat, so it fits into a bag very easily
Very good sound quality, especially for the size
Very useful app, that adds a lot of functions

Cons:

Charging port and aux port are hard to get to
THE ONLY THING THAT I REALLY HATE ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: it has no ability to play/pause/skip from the speaker, which is really annoying sometimes.
The speaker is easy to get dirty

So, to sum it up, I highly recommend this product, and if you are waffling between the UE Roll 1 and 2, get the 2, it has better Bluetooth strength and sound quality.

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Jeremy Kullmann

These are great for many uses!

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2018

Color: VolcanoVerified Purchase

These speakers are awesome!!! I bought two of them to pair up and use on my motorcycle. I strap them on the shoulder straps of a backpack and cruise around blasting my favorite music. For this application they are perfect. They are loud enough to hear over the wind, the engine noise, and through a helmet. While paired and put in stereo mode (through the free UE phone app) it can’t be easier to adjust the volume. Even through motorcyle gloves it is easy to feel the plus and minus symbols to adjust the volume depending on the riding conditions. While in stereo mode, adjusting the volume on either of the speakers will lower or raise the volume on both. I love that they are small and lightweight but built with quality materials. The waterproof factor is very reassuring. The only cons I can think of is the lack of bass (small sacrifice to pay for all the benefits) and the lack of battery life. Using the speakers on my bike required them to be full blast almost all of the time. Running the paired speakers gives you about 3-4 hours of play time. Plenty for the amount of riding I do, but why not ask for more?

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Brooks

Grab one before they are gone for good.

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2018

Color: VolcanoVerified Purchase

It's a shame that they don't make this model anymore! I love being able to mount it virtually anywhere. I'm a James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Jason Mraz kinda dude...Counting Crows...that kinda thing and this SHINES!!! The volume is shocking!!! Too loud for most situations at max...so a nice 60% seems to work for me....I bought two and having one strapped to the microwave handle and one on the closet door handle across the room makes a beautiful sound. i live in southern Florida and have a pool. I leave one on my lanai table for drinking and chatting and one in my pool, floating on the surface in the included float...Makes for a great pool party...Then, if we go inside for 15 minutes for a snack, I just grab one...bring the music inside while the pool guests still have their tunes...The tone isn't a thump...though I like the bass...it's more "rich". Punchy, solid vocals with a focus on acoustic and reggae tunes....My wife likes to tweak her EQ in the app to pull out some offending upper mids...But I'm happy with the "standard" eq preset....What I love most is the small size to power ratio...I find myself always taking it with me...from washing dishes, to the shower...even popping on my passenger seat in my old 99 rodeo, cause this sounds better than the factory stereo...I think the ease of throwing it in a bag, or strapping it to a bag strap make me just wanna always have this around. The low latency and long range of this sucker makes it great for movies on the go also. I'm very glad to have scooped on of these up before they are gone for good. I assume the wonderboom is great, but the for factor and the big bungee on this roll 2 makes it tops in my book.

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Josiah Hanan

Excellent speaker!

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2016

Color: VolcanoVerified Purchase

Pros:
Loud. Very very loud.
I love the form, the small circle is very "bringalongable" it fits in most jacket pockets!
The bunjee. At first I was very skeptical of the bunjee cord on the back. However, it is a very solid mounting point. I even use it to mount on my belt if I'm on the move!
Water proof! Strap it to the deck of a Kayak and suddenly you have your own party barge! This little guy is a tank. It really is fully water proof, mud proof, it's very drop proof. We have wood floors and it gets dropped every day. No scuffs, nicks, cracks or any change in performance!
You can pair them! I got one and my brother (who is a very proficient sound tech) imediately went to Walmart and got one right after hearing the sound quality (which for the size is also excellent). We pair them together every time we hang out and it sounds so good!

Cons:
The charging port could be easier to use.
Needs play pause skip on speaker.
Thats all!

Overview:
The affordability, size, and form factor paired with the ability to daisy chain these little guys together creates a product with excellent value. If you have the money, go for it's older brother the UE Boom. It's even better if that's possible. However if you're planning on taking this with you all the time, even if you have the money, get the Roll 2! It is plenty for any situation I've run into.

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Jim son of Jim

Full rich sound in a surprisingly light package.

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2017

Color: AtmosphereVerified Purchase

Full rich sound in a surprisingly light package. The shock cord clip allows this to attach to a belt, backpack, door handle, or just about anywhere you are. Quick to charge and easy to use. I use it while walking, fishing, or working around the house. I've gotten it wet twice with no issues. Once on the outside of a daypack during a heavy rain and the other fully submerged when I knocked a pack into the stream.

I spent eight hours yesterday cleaning out the basement storage room. I hung this on the wall and started the music. Great sound all day long helped a dreary task go more quickly. You can pair multiple phones with it and switch off songs or playlists.

Another feature I like is that if you press the up volume and down volume at the same time a pleasant voice will tell you your remaining battery power (e.g. "sixty percent charge"). There is no guessing if it is charged or how much charge is left. Yes the app also has a visual display on your phone but I don't always use with my phone. There is a mini-RCA (3.5 mm) jack which lets me plug in a portable turntable or an old iPod.

I looked at reviews and the UE Roll 2 was in the top three for each of the lists I saw. I went to a couple of stores and got a feel for what I liked and for sound. This won hands down for the combination of sound, portability, and the ease of attachment. I highly recommend.

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jared harris

Great sound, meets my needs for an outdoorsy speaker

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2017

Color: VolcanoVerified Purchase

I've had this for several weeks now and it's great. I used it while walking around town, on a picnic, and in the apartment. Sounds great, looks great, easy to use. I have not tested it with water although I don't plan on going too crazy with it. They tell you it's water resistant to a certain amount but I only plan on getting this as wet as it would if I were caught in the rain or touching it with wet hands pool-side. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a reasonably priced and well rounded bluetooth speaker.

Sound is not home stereo loud but it's more than loud enough for what it is intended for. I wouldn't say this has the best 360 degree projection, but I don't know if many speakers do. It sounds best when it's facing you. Although I had it lying flat on a picnic blanket and everyone around it and it sounded great. If you're looking to throw impromptu parties in a large space, then you may want something else. I think this is good for people gathered around an area.

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Josiah

Great for Small outdoor parties or indoor pool spaces.

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2018

Color: VolcanoVerified Purchase

Recommended!!! I like this speaker because of way it fills a space and the loudness it has for its size. Perfect for small outdoor party. If you get 2 then surround sound is even better. I do recommend buying refurbished as you can get 2 for the price of 1.

Floating this in the pool is silly unless you are the only one using the pool and you are not splashing much. Depending on how much you wet the device it will decrease the quality of sound significantly. You’ll need to dry this out to get optimum sound quality again. When dunked in water it sounds garbled until the water has vibrated out of it but don't worry as long as the rubber protector for the ports is fully inserted no harm done.

If you are looking for bass then you'll have to pay the price difference and get one of the larger cylinder shaped models... Logitech UE is great for surround sound! Using the App you can pair a couple of these to get the full benefit.
I have used this speaker for going on 3 years and it still provides long battery life and good quality sound compared to other speakers of its size. It is great for beach or camping trips. Literally indestructible unless you are trying to damage it using extreme methods. There are plenty of videos of different things that have been done without damaging the UE.

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John W. B.

Great fidelity.

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2018

Color: VolcanoVerified Purchase

Looking for a waterproof bluetooth speaker, but I had also been looking for a decent external/bluetooth speaker for general use. This had been recommended by NYT (or was it New Yorker, not sure). It was a bit mysterious when I opened the box. No "quick start" or expected manual. I eventually downloaded the app on my iPhone. The USB cord was a bit difficult to insert, a difficult angel. But once I figured it out, I was very pleasantly surprised by the fidelity. I like classical music which works best with speakers that have a good middle range. So, I will be using this at my desk as well as on our boat. Pretty cool looking. I hope it can function well in the heat of the sun.

A couple things: The cross on it is actually a + and - which adjusts the volume. Push both together and she tells you the battery charge %. I tried turning it off by pushing the power button on the back, but it didn't turn off, even when I removed the usb power. Perhaps it keeps going as long as there is a bluetooth connection. In any case, the instructions on the app say it will turn off automatically after 15 minutes of inactivity. Very nice feature.

Too bad the other colors are so expensive on Amazon. But the black is just fine, as long as it doesn't absorb heat. It feels like fabric.

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I LOVE this speaker

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2018

Color: VolcanoVerified Purchase

I LOVE this speaker!! Great sound quality and can get nice and loud. The device playing the music does need to be kind of close (like in the same room) so you might have issues if its floating around a large pool and the phone's way off on the side, but I'm not sure. It's a bit annoying that you can't pause or go to the next song with the controls on the speaker, but it doesn't bother me that much.

The app is nice. I've had fun adding friends to be "DJs" so they can take over and I like that it tells me how full the battery is. It has a pretty long battery life, but I always make sure to charge it at the end of the day if I've been using it a lot.

Some people have mentioned that the cover for the charging cable doesn't snap closed and that makes them worried about the waterproof of it. Well I did some research and it turns out that the cover doesn't need to be closed! It's still waterproof! That's why they never say anywhere in the product description or instructions to make sure it's closed before getting wet. It does say however that it would be dry before plugging the charging cable in, so the flap is probably there to help keep it dry for charging time, and also to keep sand and other debris out since you wouldn't want that getting jammed into the port.

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