The perfect outdoor speaker

The Fugoo is a special speaker. I've heard a lot of portable speakers, but as much fun as the Fugoo gave me none yet prepared. Most speakers call "portable", but hardly throws you in the backpack, are scratched it, dented or equal broken because simultaneously the thermos has leaked.
Not only that the Fugoo can be completely submerged in water and still works, it is in the "Tough" variant also extremely robust, so it can be even run over by a car, without any real damage, which is already unique. Mir is the SoundLink Mini already fallen on a soft turf, the dent in the aluminum housing was still evident. The casings can be easily exchanged and adapted to the application accordingly. Personally I like "Style" is best because it is also the smallest and lightest shell, probably "sport" the most practical since it also offers additional protection and an adapter plate for additional accessoirs, more about below. Tough is then but a bit heavy and bulky, but that is about the Fugoo even the toughest applications. If times a sheath damage, it can also buy more again, so that you again have a quasi new Lautstprecher with a small additional investment.

I must confess, I like Bass and although I would not necessarily see the Fugoo as "Bass Monster", so I feel its sound but be much more pleasant than that of a SoundLink Mini for example. The Fugoo is simply musical. He radiates to all sides and sounds themselves completely from above nor homogeneous. It does not matter how you set it up, you get from all around a really perfect sound. From a SoundLink Mini unthinkable that sounds really only acceptable if it directly illuminates a. The Fugoo plays also open, by the omnidirectional sound radiation itself gives an idea of ​​a certain stereo separation, though diffuse, the sound gives the impression as if he were floating around about the Fugoo, with most other speakers, he sticks to the speaker grill.
The bass from Fugoo is restrained but at the same relatively low for the size, in approximately the same level from the Sound Blaster Roar. If positioned near a wall or in the corner, but also directly on the floor standing, it can be further strengthened, but is never wummig because dröhenden upper bass frequencies are missing.
The bass is returned for upper volume range very soon and is no longer quite so present at higher volumes. Nevertheless, it creates the Fugoo to conjure up a significantly more compelling sound when the same expensive UE Boom example, while deafened in the upper bass range, but no depth produces and plays a lot duller from the heights. The Fugoo is because souveränder and simply plays a class above. The UE Boom promises 360 ° radiation, but only if exactly one chassis is aligned with the handset, the height playback OK, otherwise you can hear shrouded mud! A stereo image can produce the UE Boom in any way, even in this point sounds of Fugoo significantly wider and larger.

What can not the Fugoo are high volumes. The UE Boom plays almost twice as loud. The Fugoo has indeed get the last firmware update a "loud mode", which is also about 2 dB louder than the "normal mode", but at the cost of considerable distortion. I have the "loud mode" so far hardly used because the distortion for my taste are just too dominant.
He reached in about 3/4 of the volume from the SoundLink Mini, but also plays much louder than a Jambox or FoxL example but sounding too adult a lot. Those who do not need Party volume, should find the Fugoo suffice.

I particularly like that the Fugoo with all already paired devices connect automatically. Is one of the last not exist, it searches for the next known and combines then after a few seconds without further intervention completely by itself. From the majority of the current Bluetooth speaker this standard procedure is unfortunately still unthinkable.
Title change forward / backward and pause / play are possible directly from the speaker, in iOS devices the volume is in sync on the player and speakers, but there are only 15 own volume levels available, so subtle gradations are often not possible. Annoying voice prompts can be switched quieter hotkey or completely disable even the Power Save mode can be turned on or off, so that can be prevented specifically that the speakers off after prolonged inactivity. The battery life is almost a record, because at moderate listening levels 40 hours promised, I can also, because of Fugoo loose without charging by stops in daily operation a week what scents attract a higher battery life with it, because the battery just not quite must be repeatedly charged, as with some other device that breaks down after only 6 hours.

One should also mention the all accessories as the additional remote control to drive the speaker or changing songs directly from your wrist can, as well as the different mounts to the Fugoo example to the bicycle handlebar, a belt, etc., to be mounted with just one click. The Accessoirs work the way only to the sports and Tough case that also include the necessary adapter plate. The Style Case does not provide this function.

The manufacturer has really come in handy when Fugoo thought, and not only created a speaker that is perfectly equipped for outdoor use, but also one of the sounds good. You just can not let the extreme bass Bose expect, but the Fugoo plays nevertheless significantly punchier and more voluminous than most comparable speakers, including just too UE Boom.

Four stars because a significantly more favorable JBL Charge 2 but then plays a lot adult, but has other ailments, also missing this just said outdoor qualities.

In the comments I have 2 video link showing the Fugoo especially when compared to the largest competitor of the UE boom, even in different volumes and orientations, and even as a 360 ° Demo, is how to show that the sound depends on two speakers change the angle.