Betron KBS08 Bluetooth Speaker, Wireless, Portable, Mini, Red

Solid little speaker, well made good music sound. Easy ro set upas well.

It's such a handy speaker to travel with and the sound is amazing...absolutely delighted with it.

I've given this product a 4 star but would have given it 5 if 2 areas were better. First off, let's just comment on the quality and value for money. It's very good. A weighty little gadget that feels great and looks lovely. It's has a ring of light that changes colour as indicator for charging needs etc. The sound quality is pretty good for such a small device. I like that you can plug and play a micro SD card in it and, power it continuous from the mains as well as from it's inbuilt battery. The lead to charge it is good. It has a USB so needs a USB plug or, charge from a PC. The colour and finish is high quality and not some tacky rubbish.Just 2 points I don't like are, when you want to increase/decrease the volume, you have to hold the same switch as what is the track forward or rewind for 3 seconds and, every time it puts the track back to the beginning or end due to taking finger off too soo. I got used to it but kept doing this and found it well irritating and what I consider a design fault. The volume controls should have been independent. And, the second one, when you pair this via Blutooth from iPad etc, the music doesn't play out of the iPad at same time. Now perhaps I misunderstand this point and there is a way but, if not, it's a bit disappointing but not a deal breaker.

Great speaker

There are a plethora of products out there that do the same job and it is an absolutely minefield to know which is best, especially for the not that tech-savvy of us, where reading reviews others have posted is an absolute boon!I have been using a free aux portable speaker that you could put in a tube of well known crisps to make a speaker. It has been serviceable and used as a speaker for the p.c but the sound has never been great, having ventured into a music app on my phone, I tried it last week at the bible group I teach, and it wasn't great and so an upgrade was required urgently (had been lugging heavier portable speakers for ipod for years), but I needed something truly portable. Enter Betron KBS08:-This little speaker arrived promptly, well packaged, and I was delighted with not only the matt red colour, but also to find that it came pre-charged up (I had thought I would have to charge it up before I could use it), which was perfect as I needed it yesterday evening.It stands just under 6cm tall and is just slightly 6cm across the base, weighing in at 265g. The colour changing lights are a quirky little feature that all that have seen it were amused by. The buttons on the item are quite small (well they would be, this is a wee product). It took me a moment to understand that to increase/decrease the volume you press the outer section of the button that either vols up/down or skips tracks - although you can do these actions through your phone anyway. It comes with a single cable that merges into two with a usb and aux attachment.Setting up the bluetooth was even for me I thought a cinch to do, switched it on, a loud voice said enter mode bluetooth, I then matched it up with my phone and it told me that it had been successful - hurrah!The sound that came out of this little speaker rather astounded me - I am no guru on sound, but I immediately thought - crumbs not tinny at all, has a richness to it. I listen to alot of audible books and this speaker has enhanced my listening experience also. I often listen to and use in group celtic spiritual music at times and the pitch of the tracks can be quite high, but this little speaker is handling it - even the essence of the belled "call to worship" which could have been not great is just fine, there is no sense of distortion at all.I haven't tried it with a microsd card, or the handsfree function, radio - in some respects these features may be a little superfluous to requirements for what I need it for, so I cannot presently comment on these functions. But this does not detract in anyway to what I have found to be a super product for my own needs which I suspect for most is to use music from your phone to the speaker, either through the aux or bluetooth.Enter husband - he recently bought a cheap usb speaker for the p.c - useless item, didn't work and he was disappointed. We tried this Betron with the p.c and he was surprised and delighted with it, for using to listen to webinars etc, (need aux cable of course for pc, I did plug in the usb also but am not sure it charges and works at the same time).Enter bible group - that's brilliant, where did you get it?Enter Tech savvy teenage son - at group was his first time of listening to it's performance and he is not shy in commenting - closing prayer said, I saw the arm/hand reach out and he had it spirited away whilst the washing up was done and linked up to his phone - loves it. So a teenagers' seal of approval - great stocking filler at the price of just under £15..bargain!Consequently - both husband and son really rather covetous of my little speaker - hinting that perhaps another two in the household wouldn't go a miss - to keep the peace and so they keep their sticky mitts off mine, I have ordered them both one in their chosen colour.As always, with anything or any product, it won't suit some people, but I do think this will fit most peoples' needs and budgets.

The item itself as a speaker is ok, bearing in mind the size, the volume is adequate for personal listening, playing music in a small room the volume can seem quite loud, in an open space not quite so much but then that allows you to hear the speaker without disturbing others to much, I’m no audiophile but the sound quality seems very acceptable with a good balance off treble and bass. Connectivity is blue tooth and very quick indeed and simple to set up, battery life is respectable I’m averaging 7 days Before charging with approx 3 hours per day use.My only gripe and reason for 3 stars is that when my speaker arrived the anodised metal ring around the speaker had separated from the speaker base and kept falling off so I needed to glue it all back together, therefore I had to go and buy a tube of superglue, not a major problem but highlights that there may be quality control issues.

I love it , it's just right for work. It's small , good sound and great for the price.

Easy to connect to my iPhone.Good sound quality.Could have been a bit louder