JBL’s Best Portable Bass Speaker

If you like to shake the room even if the “room” is the Great Outdoors, you can’t do better than the JBL Charge 5. The speaker is IP67-rated against dust and moisture and offers a 20-hour battery life. It has up to eight different finishes and the ability to charge your phone while off the grid. Its tubular shape is designed to fit neatly into your hand, and just as important, it’s capable of kicking the party right off if you want it to. It’s not a blunt instrument, but its prodigious and frankly unlikely low-frequency response never stops surprising. If it’s portable party time you’re after, JBL has you covered in fine style with the Charge 5.