Delivered the Ixp7 in a transparent plastic box. A USB charging cable and an English instructions are included with the device. The housing of the loudspeaker is made of plastic. Four buttons on the top are covered with rubber. The suction cup on the back is as wide as the appliance and is firmly integrated in the speakers.
After the device is switched on, lights a blue LED control. Now you can link the two together with a smartphone or tablet. I use these speakers for time with my Huawei P6 smartphone. A connection is always made quickly and easily. The connection also still holds when you separate speakers and smartphone up to about 10m from each other. So you can place the protective smartphone outside the bathroom, where there is often a high humidity.
The Bluetooth speaker keeps very well on tile, the smooth bath and even the plastic walls of a shower! Optimal grip is achieved if you slightly moisten the sucker. I use the speaker regularly, and he has never fallen off me! By its own weight, the device is not 100% from the wall, but depends a bit dreary down.
The keys for forward and backward movements are doubly occupied. Pressing it easy to switch between titles. If you hold it for a brief moment, to set the volume higher or lower. This is done continuously. If the speaker is connected via Bluetooth to a smartphone, you can even receive calls through the speaker. For this, the button is simply pressed to the telephone handset. The same applies to end a call.
What can I say about the sound quality? Compared to other conventional Bluetooth speakers, the IPX7 bringing it to an average sound quality. Bad he is not, but cut down really he does me. Bass can sometimes not, but he does not even rattled at full volume. It is OK.
Was quite interesting to find out for me, if the speaker is actually waterproof. I have not yet dared to press him completely under water ... However, it hangs in the shower always directly under the water and get accordingly the shower spray from full. He still works properly. The water runs off nicely. At the top, where a rubber seal covering the charging port, nothing is pure. Accordingly, I am super happy with my waterproof speaker!
To charge the speaker with USB charging cable is connected to a computer. Ideally, you download the device with an existing power plug, which is not included here. With a battery bank can charge the device also. How long is the pure play time, I can not say exactly. It is also always on the volume. Several hours are definitely.
Conclusion: Visually seen the waterproof speakers is not a looker. Nevertheless, he has everything to listen to music in the shower. Its sound is well surpassed by many award same normal Bluetooth speakers, but they are then also not waterproof. The IPX7 is recommendable if you want to have the speakers as necessary in the shower. Otherwise, I would have recourse to another device.
