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The Tiny Proxelle MiniSurge Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker -- Reviewed!
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May 30, 2025
There's only so much sound you can get out of even the best mini speaker, so differentiating comes down to other aspects too. Like the age-old question for small outdoor speakers: will it float? Tech expert Dave Taylor of https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ tests out the Proxelle MiniSurge waterproof bluetooth speaker to find out if it floats, with humorous results. You'll also learn about the audio quality and other characteristics of this tiny little wireless speaker. Check it out on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2zROhuo
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can a speaker this small actually sound
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good let's find out Dave Taylor here and
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this time I'm looking at the proc cell
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surge mini wireless Bluetooth speaker
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that's this guy and it's smaller than my
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cell phone pretty nice but does it sound
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any good well before we get there let me
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tell you this is a waterproof ip67 so
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it's waterproof dust resistant
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everything we will test that so stick
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around it also supposedly floats on
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water oh you know what with the specs
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we'll come back to them let's give it a
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try so I'm gonna give it some music and
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I'll tell you it sounds like a little
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speaker it gets a little bit more bass
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with the resonance when you put it on a
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surface then when you hold it up but it
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floats on water let's find out well it
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is floating it is not exactly floating
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level and I can't really hear it but it
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is still running it is clearly
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waterproof it has not sunk to the bottom
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so yeah it is the surge mini is indeed
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waterproof and it's still reasonably
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functional seems to be softer but maybe
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as it dries out as the drivers dry out
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it gets louder but I'm gonna pause it
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right now because I want to tell you
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it also supports hands-free talking
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because it is a little microphone it's
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bluetooth 4.0 so it's pretty reasonable
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seven ounces 4.3 inches long has a
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carabiner you can hang it on to your
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backpack it's pretty nice
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you know for that sort of functionality
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it's gonna sound better than the speaker
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that's actually built into your phone or
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tablet or probably the speaker on your
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laptop but not a whole lot this is not
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like a little invisible subwoofer is
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powering this thing the other thing
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that's kind of crazy about this
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that on the top there are three buttons
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but you don't see three buttons you
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actually see this one rubberized bar so
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you have to sort of guess where things
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are on the side closest to the carabiner
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is power which also doubles as pause
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play so I can push it and music will
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start up again push it again
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musical stop and then there's volume up
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and volume down and they have double
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functions depending on how long you push
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them and stuff I wish they would have
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given me some indication of the three
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buttons there's this tiniest subtle
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little indicators on the rubber but just
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makes me tiny bit anxious on the bottom
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you have I'll pop it open and show you a
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close-up you have the microUSB connector
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for charging and it has six hours of
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playtime on a charge and it has a 3.5
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millimeter aux-in but of course in
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either case if you have those plugged in
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then you won't be able to have the seal
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so I would not recommend using the aux
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plug and dropping it in your pool it's
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just not going to end well it also one
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more thing it supports multiple
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simultaneous connections well when
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multiple equals - and you can actually
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use it with Android iOS whatever I mean
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obviously it's going to work with
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anything that works with Bluetooth so
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comes with what I was in tell you comes
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with a 3.5 millimeter aux audio cable
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and a charging cable props to them and
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the carabiner because carabiner and just
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fun to say the word carabiner it's fun
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it's an inexpensive little thing this is
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like a stocking stuffer this is
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something where it's not a big
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investment don't have high hopes don't
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have great expectations of what it's
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gonna sound like but it's not bad for
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what it is it's just a little tiny clip
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to your backpack you know leave it on
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your office desk and if someone walks
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off with it whatever you know so it's
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it's okay for what it is this is the
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proc cell surge mini and before I tell
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you the price let me ask you if you can
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click on that subscribe button and you
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know what while you're at it why don't
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you share this video with all your
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friends who want really nice little
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inexpensive speakers cool now
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Proc cell surge many wireless bluetooth
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speaker runs you $16.99 at amazon.com
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that's what i mean about it being a
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stocking stuffer this is not a
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significant investment in your audio
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future but for what it is and for the
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price that it is it's not bad you know
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you have an old car and you have bag no
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ability to do bluetooth or anything you
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could even just leave this on the
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dashboard and it's good enough that you
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can listen and that's not bad so with
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that I will say the surge Mini is a tiny
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interesting little speaker this is Dave
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Taylor and I'll catch you in the next
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video
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