The JBL clip 2 is durable and reasonably loud. However, nine out of every ten times I use it, my computer "detects" it and... goes right on using its own speakers, unless and until I open my bluetooth connection and manually disconnect and reconnect it. This would be bad enough, but when there is no sound coming into it from my computer, it always- ALWAYS- turns itself off after a few minutes and forces me to go through the whole reconnection process all over again. I imagine this was meant as a powersaving measure, but I have no control over it, and as a practical matter there are always long stretches of time when I want it at the ready but I am not actively using it. This is a "feature" that might as well be a bug. Also, even with this feature, the battery life is not very good. In fact, I habitually leave the speaker recharge cable plugged in, as I can never tell when it has merely "timed out" or has run out of power- which is quite often. I hope future versions of this thing are better. Its big advantage when I bought it was that it was cheap.

I bought this to enable me to have a speaker in my vehicle as my phone did not have the 1/4 inch regular jack. I have been very satisfied with it. ONly there are time when my iPhone will not connect to it.

My daughter purchased this for me on my birthday because I wanted a wireless speaker instead of having my cell phone to be constantly connected to a portable wired speaker. I actually use the speaker more at work due to additional equipment is constantly running. I can take the speaker anywhere in my office and continue jamming away. I have actually connected it to my work PC because the speakers that is built into my computer are horrible. With the JBL Clip, I can hear the music that I am playing off my computer much better. I would totally recommend this to anyone.