Boompods Aquablaster Small Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Mini Wireless Speakers with Amazon Alexa Capabilities, IPX7 Waterproof Shower Speaker, Mounting Options for Bathroom & Travel - Black

I really like cycling and music so wanted to combine my two passions.Now earphones, of whatever type, are not safe when cycling as clearly you need to hear the road environment you are travelling in. So a speaker had to be the answer.After searching the net, I came upon the Boompods AquaBlaster.With its supplied mount, it sits on my bikes stem and I can either stream music from my Amazon Prime, also other streaming services work, or play music that is stored on my phone.If I want to change what I’m listening to I can just press the large button and ask Alexa for what ever takes my fancy.Sound quality is superb for such a small very reasonably priced unit and if you like your music loud you can really crank the volume up.I have been known to cycle for over 4 hours and the battery has had no issues with this.Not used it for anything apart from cycling however with its supplied karabiner & leash you could hang it from a wind surfer, yacht or anything sporty. It would also be suitable in any wet environment as its water proof so the beach or by the pool.More than happy with my purchase and will be looking at the other products in the Boompods range.

My whole house is covered with alexa plugs, switches and lights. Love them. All work brilliantly, but this speaker is just a blue tooth speaker. It doesn't work using alexa but does connect via blue tooth to your phone. I cannot get the HI button to do anything. So volume up and down and that's it. No good to me, after half an hour faffing about with it and chucked it in the kitchen bin. Bye bye useless device. What we need is a purpose built Alexa shower speaker.

BOOMPODS AQUABLASTERThis is a modestly priced Bluetooth Speaker which has a vague connection to some Amazon Alexa properties.GOODOnce connected with Bluetooth it is an effective mobile speaker.The sound is good and appears adequate for most uses.As an Alexa device and being battery powered it can be used anywhere inside or out of the home.It can be used in a bathroom or other wet facility but cannot be submerged in water.With Alexa is also has a radio facility.BADThe instructions are ABYSMAL. They consist of a small pamphlet with ambiguous and misleading diagrams and virtually no text. I could not find any useful information on the BoomPods website.You are not told how to switch it on or what indication there are that the unit is on or off.Pairing is not properly explained.There is a ‘Triangle’ sign on the speaker. The precise use of this button, which seems to have useful but random functions is NOT explained.ALEXA function 1 – it is not stated in the Sale Information nor in the very poor instructions that, the Alexa function is ONLY available when the device is close to its Mobile pair device (in practice this appears to be a few metres).ALEXA function 2 – Initial instructions can ONLY be issued after the ‘Hi’ button is pressed and this has to be done each time. This means that a user has to be close to the unit and able to reach that Hi button. Basically it is not a voice actuated device like a normal Alexa unit.ALEXA function 3 – The Alexa function will only work when the (BoomPods) Hi) is OPEN.I also discovered it would not function properly when close to another active Alexa deviceCONCLUSIONI wanted a speaker I could use in the shower (or other hostile environment) which had a radio facility that I could use. At first glance the Aquablaster seemed to satisfy my wishes. However, as explained, these uses are only available when the described limitations are clearly understood. I’m now happy with my purchase albeit not with having to spend several hours to explore these limitations.

After getting good support from Boompod, it took me only a few minutes to get the Blue Tooth synched with my iPhone ... and it has proved very reliable. It works really well in the shower ... so must be fully waterproof and has surprising battery-life and a nice voice interface.Much better than the unit that it replaced.Bill

We bought this as a bathroom speaker and it has decent sound and is fairly easy to use.Sadly you cannot connect to it from the Alexa app and you must download their own app. This is a shame as the app frequently crashes and needs to be reset.The app just doesn’t do the speaker justice but I look forward to a decent update.

Well made, slightly larger than I thought but still looks great

First of all to claim this product comes with Amazon Alexa is a little misleading, it in fact connects to Alexa via the Alexa app and the Boompods Hi app using your mobile phone.Which in my mind makes the whole waterproof feature of the product meaningless because you would need your phone within range at all times.The video where the windsurfer is using the speaker is very misleading, as unless the windsurfer has his phone on him the speaker just would not work.The speaker was quite easy to connect to the apps (at first) and despite the misleading Alexa problem I was prepared to keep the product as a shower speaker and leave my phone outside the bathroom, which is what I did for a day or two.However, on day 3 the speaker stopped connecting to it's own Boompods app. I deleted and re-installed both apps and updated them too, but still wouldn't connect.I spoke to both Amazon and Boompods directly who could not offer me a solution other than to return the speaker.It is also worth mentioning the sound quality of the speaker which was to be honest rubbish, very tinny.

Superb little dynamo of a speaker. Amazing quality sound, perfect little rugged companion to take everywhere and battery life just keeps on going and going. I went for the orange and grey and it looks so good - its design is spot on and looks great anywhere i place it around the house, plus i’ve been using it outside in the rain whilst i’ve been working in the garden! Coupled with the fact its got Alexa, is just brilliant and its very easy to use. Awesome!