Inateck Water Resistant Bluetooth Speaker BSTP-20
OverviewHi all. So i’ve got my hands on another product from Inateck, this time ive got hold of a new water resistant (IPX5 rated) blutooth speaker.
UnboxingThe hub arrived in a small black, quite premium looking box with raised smooth music notes on the front. There are no details listed on the front other than the company logo.
So opening up the box im greeted with a very well packed, plastic wrapped speaker and a box containing the cable accessories.
Hands onOk so the plastic wrap has been removed and its time to place with the device.
As soon as I remove it from the bag the first thing you notice is how rugged this feels, I mean really rugged! around the sides is a continuous piece of rubber like plastic which feels really solid but at the same time feels like it could take a good nock and not damage the speaker in any way. Straight away feels like this is the kind of speaker you could take outdoors, camping or to festivals and not have to worry about it getting damaged.
The whole front of the speaker is the grill made up of a mesh of small circles, around which is a fine orange line as a design feature.
On top there are 4 rubber buttons, power, phone connect / hangup, volume up and volume down. On the right hand side is a rubber cover protecting the Aux in and USB charging point, on the left side is a rubber wristband.
The back is home to a smooth layer of plastic which is perfect for attaching the rubber sucker which is included if you want to use this thing in the shower, which i intend to :)
TestingTheres a couple of ways I plan on testing the speaker. firstly with my phone to play audio over bluetooth, next as a phone speaker / mic to make and receive calls, and finally to play music stored on my android wear watch directly over bluetooth to the speaker (not via the phone).
Setting upI was amazed at how easy setup was. pairing with my Galaxy S4 was as simple as holding the power button on the speaker for a few seconds to put it in pairing move and scanning for it from my phone. It paired up fine and was immediately able to play audio to the speaker with no messing around.
There isnt much else to show, it just worked, soon as i went to play music it came out the speaker with a good level of sound. The speaker is rated at 3W max output and some of the bassier songs made it crackle a little but for its size it pack a good quality sound clear, crisp with some good level base packed in. when standing the speaker up the rubber surround acted as a grip to stop it moving at all on my desk during my base music test.
The volume goes pretty loud. playing a David Guetta song I managed to register about 100 dB which is pretty loud.
Next up is the test to make calls. Again really easy, went to make a call and it just defaulted to the speaker. Its worth mentioning that the speaker has a built in microphone so you can talk at it to hold phone conversations. Again the sound was crisp and the microphone had no trouble picking up normal voice down to a whisper.
Finally testing it direct from android wear. This I thought might be a challenge for the speaker as it would have to pair with a new device whilst my phone bluetooth was on.
But no problems here, it found and connected directly to the speaker. Putting music on android wear for playback without the phone around is a bit of a pain. Basically you have to upload songs to google play music, then download it to the phone and have a setting ticked to also download to android wear. Wear watches only have 4gb storage so this can be filled quickly with a big library. For the purpose of this review I uploaded a single song onto the watch and shutdown my phone.
With the phone connected the default is to play through the phone unless you stop it from doing so, then the option comes up to play through paired bluetooth device. Again once I’d finished faffing with the querks of Android wear it worked perfectly. The music played from the watch with no issues, stuttering at all.
This is a massive bonus as you have on your wrist a portable music player which will work with this speaker no problem. I enjoyed a shower with my watch and some music with the speaker suckered onto the bathroom wall (dont worry no pictures!) I really really like that this worked fine with the watch and this is a massive plus point for me as it opens up the versatility no end.
Positive points+Rugged design
+Rubber surround
+IPX5 rated
+Can be used to make phone calls
+Good sound quality
+Goes really loud!
+Sucker included so can be stuck on bathroom walls
+Works well with more than one device
+Works well with Android Wear
+Funky design. I really like the look and feel of this.
+Rechargeable battery
+Really simple to use
Negative points-High volume bass starts to crackle
ConclusionsOverall a very nice little product. I was really impressed with how well it worked, and it just worked. I gave it to my non-tech savvy girlfriend and she figured it out without the instructions! The build quality is great, I feel like I can take this camping and it will just survive and last. The sound output is really good, I’ve left music on during the review.
ScoreMy Score out of 5:
:good::good::good::good::good:
5 out of 5 - I cant really find much to fault with this.
Bottom Line
Very impressive little device, lgood sound quality and rugged.
Linkshttp://www.inateck.com/inateck-btsp-...tooth-speaker/