JBL Xtreme 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker | $200 | Amazon
If you’re serious about your music and you can’t trust your smartphone’s puny speakers to satisfy, you want a portable speaker, and the JBL Xtreme 2 is one of the best on the market. With a rare discount bringing it to $200 (it cost $430 once upon a time), this speaker promises loud and clear performance with its 40W drivers and dual passive radiators. With an IPX7 rating, the Xtreme 2 can survive a day by the pool for up to 15 hours before it needs charging.
This article was originally written by Quentyn Kennemer on 11/05/20 and updated with new information by Jason Coles on 7/12/23 and by Se Jeong Bae on 7/13/23.