EcoBoulder+

Highly highly disappointed. Had a Monster speaker before this that loved everything about it except for I felt in using at ballparks mostly that it lacked bass and could do better on sound quality. After 5 years and 8-10 seasons of baseball and soccer with the Monster speaker after a few too many direct shots off the grill behind home plate it dented in to the point it damaged the speaker. I wanted to get my wife a better sound for quality speaker so I felt it was worth the trade off of the Ecoxgear SoundEX battery life being about 40% of the Monster. The Monster having 100 hour life on single charge. The Monster we could literally go consecutive weekends (4 days) of continuous use on a single charge. The first use that my wife used the speaker it went dead in 6 hours. I haven’t even had it a year and it won’t even play 30 minutes on a full charge. The speaker looks brand new, never in water and always followed the manufacturer instructions on battery charging and storage. The speaker sounds good for speaker in this price range but what’s the point if it doesn’t even work. I’m not wasting my money on buying a battery to replace the garbage battery used in these. As a professional engineer myself, I’m highly disappointed in how a company would create a speaker with so many unique engineered designs but then fail to put the most important quality component in the box that makes it all work. THE BATTERY! My advice is buy a Monster speaker if you want a speaker in this price range that you can actually depend on to work. Makes me wonder how many paddlers and floaters out there thought they scored when they took this on their first trip only for it to go dead not more than a couple miles downstream.

Had this speaker for 2 years. I teach 19 aqua aerobic classes per week. I transport it to and from the pools daily. I was very happy with it until recently. Over the past few months the ability to hold a charge has diminished to about 2 hours. I need it for 5 hours. I ordered a new battery for $59. I had no problem with this. Now I have problem with 1 wheel. A piece of plastic keeps dropping down and locking the wheel. I contacted the company about getting a new set of wheels, for my husband to rep!ace, but they do not sell replacement wheels. Customer service was poor. Their solution is for me to ship this very large and heavy speaker back to them, so that they can replace the wheels. The cost to replace the wheels is $70, and the man on the phone told me it would cost over $100 to ship it to them. Remember, I just shelled out $60 for a replacement battery, so this would bring the cost of these repairs and shipping up to a minimum of $230. He then informed me I could just get a new one for $249. I complained that the shipping does not make repairs worthwhile, why not just sell the wheels? He informed me that theses speakers are built to last 10 years, mine lasted 2. In addition the handle is getting stuck going up and down. I have to jiggle it to get it to go back down, and a few times it has come apart when I pull it out, but I have been able to get it back together. The wheel continues to lock up on me multiple times per day, so I have to up end the speaker and force this piece of plastic back up. I've tried taping it, but it that doesn't hold. I'm getting ready to replace the battery, I'm going to have my husband try to try to find a wheel repair solution, but if not, I am going to buy a hand card and bungee cords to transport it. Overall customer service is poor. If you need this speaker for daily use for work, it is NOT durable and repairs are cost prohibitive. I will continue to use it for now, bot will NOT buy another for my job. They have lost my business.

I’ve had the Ecoboulder+ for about six years now. It’s been a great speaker. We use it all the time. The sound quality is excellent and it can get extremely loud. I’ve rocked the neighborhood quite a few times. lol The only issue was in this last year. The battery started taking less of a charge, but it was an easy fix. Replace it with the lithium battery and we are back in business. Plus makes the speaker lighter. I would recommend this speaker to everyone. Just like it was recommended to me.

I leave it the rain camping, it apears like charging but doesnt turn on

I purchased this speaker about two years ago. Quickly one of the poorly designed wheels broke loose, but stayed inside the speaker. Over time it became more difficult to roll. I was able to open the speaker case to find the wheel housing that screws to the case had broken from the **** area. I tried to glue the **** wings back to the housing. While I had it apart I took the opportunity to upgrade the wheels to inline skate blades, What it should have had from the beginning. I reassembled the speaker, carefully placing the gasket, even recaulking the antenna. Unfortunately the glue repair did not hold and the wheel again came loose. I contacted Ecoxgear to purchase a new wheel housing only to be told they didn't have that part available to ship, and that opening the speaker to repair the speaker was to difficult for me to do. They told me I would have to ship the speaker to California for them to repair and they would send it back to me. All at my expense. Despite my best attempts to explain that I had already opened and put the speaker back together and I was not looking for warranty service, it fell on deaf ears. I explained, I simply needed the wheel housing and was willing to pay for it. THe speaker is good but the wheels are garbage. I was told they didn't have the part to ship. When I asked how they could repair it but not have the part to send. It could not be logically explained. The conversation ended with me explaining to a manager, this made no sense, they had lost me as a customer, and a negative review was forthcoming. The manager could care less. That should tell you what kind of company this is.