Sonos Move - The durable, battery-powered Smart Speaker for Outdoor and Indoor Listening, Black

The Sonos Move is an impressive portable speaker with a lot going for it. The sound quality is top-notch, offering rich bass and clear treble. It easily fills any room, and even outdoors, it holds up well, making it great for casual listening or small gatherings.I really like the design – it’s sleek and modern while still being rugged enough to handle the outdoors. The built-in handle is a nice touch, making it easy to carry around the house or outside. It’s a bit on the heavier side, but the portability is still a big plus.The connectivity options are also solid. The ability to switch between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth is smooth, and the setup was a breeze. I love that it integrates so well with the rest of my Sonos system when I’m at home, but also works just as easily when I’m on the go via Bluetooth.If I had one critique, it would be the battery life. While it’s decent for most situations, I feel it could last a bit longer, especially for outdoor use. It works fine for shorter outings, but I do find myself needing to charge it more often than expected.Overall, the Sonos Move offers fantastic sound, design, and ease of use, with just a little room for improvement on battery life.

Firstly, a few things to add:1. These are not cheap and there are cheaper alternatives available.2. I have bought into the SONOS ecosystem fully and have them in a few rooms so they were always going to be my first port of call for a portable speaker to use in the garden (mostly).With the feeling that spring has sprung and a bit of a tidy to the garden at the weekend, thoughts shifted to how nice it would be to have decent quality speakers out there. I wasn't aware of the Move and actually was originally thinking of the Roam. Bit of research later though and some mental justification of the price and I was sold on the Move.Turned up next day. Beautifully packaged and presented as always with SONOS. First impressions, it's BIG. It feels solid and it's pretty heavy. But the handle on the back means it feels good in the hand and is portable. It's not a speaker that you would chuck in the suitcase to take on holiday (that is the Roam I think) but it seems great for our plan - use it in the kitchen and walk it out into the garden when we're out there.Set up was straightforward. Had to update the app but it walks you through it all. And was working in a matter of minutes. Had read some comments about issues if you are running wifi extenders but we are running a wifi mesh and I just walked it from the bottom of the house, up 3 floors (and past 2 access points) and it worked great.Sound is very nice, as you'd expect. More base than a SONOS 1 (but to be expected as it is bigger than the 1) and I haven't played with the base / treble yet so very promising start. I'm genuinely mystified by a couple of reviews saying they were disappointed with the sound. Other than that, it does what I wanted from it. And it's a good looking unit (better than the SONOS 1 according to the other half) so will take pride of place in the kitchen and the 1 is relegated to another room.

When I was looking at reviews on this speaker before purchasing, Amazon's top review was a 1 star review with a title "Disgraceful". It's basically about Sonos stopping support after 10 years. This practice goes for the whole of the electronics industry full stop. Some manufacturers do this after 5 years or even less. Unfortunately, we live in a throw away society, which was driven by very cheap electronics. Plus this speaker might last 15 years. Just because support stops after 10 years, doesn't mean the speaker will suddenly stop working.How many people spend £1,200 + on a iPhone every other year? This a is £400 speaker with a 2 year guarantee which will be serviceable for 10 years, and Sonos offer a service to replace the built-in battery.Anyway, enough of that. Perhaps the reviews should reflect the quality of the product, and not a gripe with the company.In my opinion this is one of the best sounding portable speakers I've heard to date. The bass extension is extraordinary. Very easy set-up, no issues what so ever. The build is incredibly solid.PLEASE NOTE you do need to download the Sonos app, create an account, and register the product via your home Wi-Fi network before you can use bluetooth.The speaker is disabled straight out of the box until you complete this set-up, so you can't buy this at the airport and use it straight away with your phone via bluetooth.After the set up, you don't even have to use the Sonos app to run the speaker if you don't want to.You can use any music player via bluetooth on your android device (sorry, don't know about iOS). I use Poweramp as my main music player, and have no issues using it with the Sonos Move.