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5.0 out of 5 starsHave speaker, will travel: Great little speaker for the price
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2022
I’ve got an old GoGroove SonaWave speaker purchased in 2012 which has served me well through the years and still works. It’s not a Bluetooth, though, and I couldn’t use it with my new phone. I also needed more volume in certain settings. After borrowing friends’ Bose SoundLink mini-speakers for use in VBS music, I decided to invest in a mini-speaker of my own, looking for a less expensive alternative to Bose. After comparing specs and experiences, I settled on this Tribit XSound Go.
This speaker has been taken to the pool, beach, accompanied me on various car and plane trips, served in VBS music, blasts tracks when I’m working out at home – and it delivers. I switch back and forth easily from my iPhone to MacBook with Bluetooth connectivity. I’ve never had to re-pair after the initial setting, and all I have to do is disconnect from one device and reconnect with the other. Yet I can still use the aux-jack with my old non-Bluetooth laptop which I still use for music editing.
I’m very much pleased with the volume and the sound quality. In leading VBS music in a choir room over the years, I found no significant difference between the previously borrowed Bose mini-speakers and the Tribit XSound Go. Neither are going to shake the walls in a larger room. In a smaller room like the spare bedroom where I do my workouts, the sound fills the room and I don’t need full volume to do it. The Housemate Husband is often closing the door so he can watch TV down the hall in peace. The bass notes come through fine, and I like a good bass when I’m working out. Again, it’s not going to shake the walls, but it’s more than adequate at less than full volume and covers up my enthusiastic whoops and hollers.
Range for connectivity is good as well, discovered accidentally when trying to play something from my phone or laptop in the kitchen and hearing the sound emanate from the workout room. That’s a distance of 37 feet plus going around a corner another 6-8 feet.
Some folks have faulted the speaker that there’s no forward-back button on the controls. Check the instructions: pressing play twice skips a track, pressing it three times repeats…. It works! As it is, I’m more likely to use the phone or laptop controls to skip or repeat.
Time between charges is more than adequate. I’ve never really kept track of how long a charge lasts, but in taking the speaker to the pool several days a week and using it 2-3 hours at a time I may need to charge it once a week. The light by the power button will start flashing red slowly when it’s getting close to needing a recharge (those instructions again!); by the time the speaker tells you “Battery low” and the red light is flashing faster, there’s not much of a charge left and it’ll shut off within a few minutes.
Overall, no drawbacks, only positives in over 9 months of regular use, and I can recommend this speaker for home and travel.
