What is going on everybody? Thank you so much for tuning in my name is John today I have for you a big box good. That's right today. We're gonna be taking a look at the on small rugged portable Bluetooth speaker in Cobalt I picked up at Walmart for 1488 out of five stars the speaker gets four and a half out of five out of 250 customer reviews you can buy the speaker in aqua Graystone or Cobalt which we have in front of us here today Today we're gonna be doing an unboxing in a first impressions We're gonna see what the speaker looks like the quality of it We're gonna see what comes in the box and last but not least stick around till the end of the video So you can get a good idea of how the speaker sounds we will be doing a sound test without further ado Let's go ahead and get into this unboxing and first impressions So here we have the on rugged portable Bluetooth speaker by design It really doesn't look all that rugged from the front of the box But I think what makes this rugged is the fact that it has a silicone Casing around it so it should be somewhat drop resistant also we'll notice by looking at the front of the box It does say it is IPX7 rated which is actually pretty amazing for a 14 $15 speaker You can see we do have the Cobalt color this does come with an eight hour playtime Hopefully it sounds good and Hopefully it lasts the eight hours like it says So if we just turn the box to the side here We actually get a little pull tab on the top of the box here There's a couple little flaps you have to move out of the way to get the speaker out But you can pretty much see here it comes Pretty nicely packaged everything is pretty well kept and maintained here It doesn't look like this speaker has been used before You get a USB to micro USB charging cable and last but not least you do get a user guide in the box You get a pretty clear and easy to understand user manual here On one more website it does say you compare it with compatible devices Not really sure where to find that compatible devices list You get a play button you get a plus and minus button You get a Bluetooth button and you get like a little circle button at the top here My assumption is you should probably be able to make phone calls with this or Yeah, what looks to be a little microphone on the top maybe activate the voice assistant Like I said, this is sort of like a rubber texture around the speaker itself. So Maybe it is somewhat shock resistant What I really like is this cap here is pretty thick and it actually Sits pretty deep inside the ports itself to protect them Last but not least you'll notice at the bottom of the speaker here are some little nibs They're actually just Feet so you can lay the speaker confidently upright. Okay, so what I really appreciate about this speaker is you actually Get to see exactly the name of the speaker which is really helpful when looking for a new device for example It doesn't come right up at the bottom as blue You definitely want to have the volume all the way up on the speaker. So you do get a little chime letting you know Let's go ahead and hear what this thing sounds like My Okay, so as you pretty much heard, this speaker actually sounds pretty good. I am actually thoroughly impressed with the way this sounds. Like I said at the beginning of the video, I do review a pretty inexpensive and signature portable Bluetooth speaker from Best Buy about a month ago. Yeah, that speaker was only nine bucks, but I think I got it on sale. Originally, that speaker was, I think maybe 15 bucks. That speaker does not sound half as good as this speaker for 1488. With that being said, as you saw, I did have it on three different EQ settings. I had it on a flat EQ setting. I had it on a bass booster EQ setting. And I had it on a bass reducer EQ setting. Usually in these cases, I go for the flat EQ setting as the most robust, richer sounding EQ, the best sounding EQ. Bass reducer sounded great. You still got the thumpiness of the bass. You could still pick up the beats and differentiate them from the rest of the music, which I really like. And last but not least, I thought the flat EQ setting made it sound a little bit fuller, but not exactly richer. You definitely got just a little bit more of that bass than on bass reducer. It made it sort of closer to a bass booster, which I thought was interesting, but it just wasn't quite as deep as the bass booster setting. At the highest volume, I was getting about 94 decibels using the decibel meter on the iPhone. This thing does sound loud and clear and very crisp. As you can see, it's kind of unlevel and it does wobble around a little bit. You do have to set it upright on its feet and basically rotate it left or right into the direction you want to get the best sound. It is a one directional facing speaker. So maybe place it in the corner of a room, for example, if you're having just a little get together in your living room or on your porch or maybe if you take it to the pool or the beach, have it setting behind you. Anyways, guys, that is going to do it for this unboxing and first impressions. I really hope you enjoyed it. And I hope this video gave you some value as to how good a speaker like this actually is at this price point. Because I picked it up at Walmart that does make it a big box good, my name is John. Thank you so much for tuning in. If you want to see more content like this, hit that like button, subscribe. Thank you so much. I will see you in the next one.