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The FOSI Audio Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker B2 offers lots of great features including a solid 24 hours of playback, combined with a full IPX7 waterproof design. It even floats! Tech expert Dave Taylor demos the Fosi Audio Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker, including its secret superpower: It's also a microphone so perfect for telephone calls, Zoom calls, and much more.
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A waterproof Bluetooth speaker with a secret superpower
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Let's check it out. Dave Taylor here with this
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This is the Fossi Audio waterproof Bluetooth speaker and it's a full IPX7 waterproof device
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So you can drop it in the lake, it can fall or float in the pool
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And yes, it floats, so great fun. If it gets rained on, if there's a sudden deluge, no problem
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This is going to just weather it just fine. Now, as to the rest of your gear, that's another story
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So, some quick specs and then I'll give you a demo and then I'll show you that secret superpower
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So, 70 to 20,000 Hertz frequency response, a 75 decibel signal to noise
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So, not a huge amount of bass as you would expect from a speaker this small, but actually pretty decent sound
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24-hour playback on a charge. You charge it. There is a little rubber panel that comes off
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Not super easy to get off because it's pretty deeply in there
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But once you open it up, then there is USB-C for charging
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It includes a USB-C cable, no big surprise there. And a tiny little reset button if you need it
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I certainly didn't. And that's really it. You charge it, you push this back in to make sure it's properly sealed
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And you're good to go for 24 hours. Very nice. Now, it also features Bluetooth 5.0, which is the latest generation of Bluetooth
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And where you can really see that is that it's very responsive
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When you push a button on here, almost instantaneously it changes that on your source device
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And in terms of those buttons, a little close-up here, you can see power, volume down, volume up, pause play
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And there's that triangle button. Now, that one's pretty cool because the triangle button is a stereo mode
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If you get two of these and you push that button, they'll pair
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And you'll only need one input signal and it'll automatically split that into a TWS, true wireless stereo
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And you'll get better sound reproduction. So that's pretty cool. But of course, even with just a single one, and yes, it comes with the carabiner too
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you can hook this to your backpack and rock out while you're on your next big backpacking expedition or something
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So, with that in mind, let's get some demos going. So, first off, let's get some music and see if I can get to my music
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Here we go. And I'll turn the volume up a little bit
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And there's some bass in a second. You have to wait till the music gets there, but it will
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But there isn't. There isn't a drop. This is not that kind of music
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But you can hear, it actually does a pretty good job and it's pretty darn loud
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I mean, it's a little bit bright as you would expect from a speaker this size
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Let's just go ahead and pause that. But it's entirely functional. There's nothing not to like about this
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And it is very much a speaker of its size in terms of its music reproduction
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It's mostly mid-range and a fair amount of highs because there's just not space and power to put in a big bass speaker to give you that really low frequency response
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Kind of the nature of the beast. Now, having said that, I'm sure you're wondering, all right, what's the difference between a bass and a speaker
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All right, well, what is that secret superpower? Turns out the secret superpower is it also has a microphone so it also could be a speakerphone
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So how does that work? Well, all you need is you need to have it actually work with something that's looking for audio input
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Like a phone call. Like an audio recorder. So, now you're hearing my voice as recorded by this device
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And I can demonstrate that by just simply tapping on the device
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And it's not bad. There's no mute button. It doesn't have four microphone pickup and 360 degree coverage or anything
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But in a pinch, it's not a bad way to do a call or to otherwise interact with someone when mostly you're just listening to music
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So, let me get back to my regular mic. And that's really everything
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But let's go back to the music. And while it's playing, let's actually drop it in water
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And as you can see, it's floating. It's still playing. The top of the speaker is sitting on top of the water
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All entirely functional. It's sort of a drip-dry speaker there. And I'm just going to go ahead and put it on my trademark customized speaker dryer device
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Which is also known as a towel. And that's really everything you need to know about it
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Now, it is 4.3 inches by 1.5 inches by 10 ounces. So, it's just about the same weight as your smartphone
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I'm using an iPhone 14 Pro. So, it's a smidge heavier. The front is a grill material
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And the back is a rubberized material with two little feet and ridges
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And I assume the ridges are partially designed and partially to help with water
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But either way, when you put it on a surface, it's not going to wander around if you put it on super loud
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And that's really everything I got. I really like it. I really like the sound reproduction for what it is
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This is not an audiophile experience. But if I want to be, say, listening to some music on my boat
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And I don't want to worry that I might knock it over and have it go kerplunk into the lake or something
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Then this is great because it will float. Now, if you have really dark water and you have a black speaker, that might be a little hard to find
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But that's on you. That's not something the speaker needs to worry about
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And that's really all of it. So, the only other thing we need to talk about is the price
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But, before we get to the price, and before I get all the water off my hands
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All really appreciated. Excellent. Thank you. Now, this is the Fossi Audio Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker
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And it is $29.99 at Amazon.com. Simple, straightforward, fully waterproof. It floats. It's going to give you lots of great music reproduction
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24 hours on a battery. And it has a secret microphone so you can even use it for phone calls
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Definitely one worth checking out. That's all I got. I'm going to get back to my music
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So, I'll have to catch you in my next video. For more information, visit www.FossiAudio.com
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