Just because the pumpkin spice ads are everywhere you look doesn’t mean that your 2025 fun in the sun season is over. There’s still plenty of time left to enjoy a day at the beach or anywhere else outdoors, and you’ll want your tunes to go with you. Thankfully, Amazon’s somehow forgotten that the big Labor Day Weekend sales are over, and they’re still selling the top-rated JBL Charge 5 portable waterproof Bluetooth speaker for just $130, a big $50 price slash from its usual $180 price.
Sure, the JBL Charge 5 is also a terrific speaker for indoor listening, but it would almost be a shame to not utilize its IP67 waterproof and dustproof construction. Pool party? Sandy beach? Sudden rainstorm? Bring ’em on. The JBL Charge 5 didn’t earn its spectacular 4.7-star rating from over 30,000 Amazon reviewers by shying away from a little water and dust, and it’s portable enough to go wherever you want high-quality sound.
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20 Hours of JBL Sound
If you’re being relied upon to provide the tunes for your outdoor gathering, you’re mainly looking for two things: outstanding sound and a long battery life, and the JBL Charge 5 delivers. There’s 20 hours of listening time that comes with every full charge, and the JBL Charge 5 even has a powerbank and USB output port so it can share its charge with your smartphone or other device.
The sound is typically JBL — full, loud, and crisp, with deep bass that makes you feel like you’re at a live show. That deep bass comes from two JBL passive radiators, one at each end of the compact, oblong body. The tweeter and racetrack-shaped driver at the front of the JBL Charge 5 handle the mids and highs, and when they’re all combined, the sound is spectacular. It also connects with up to 2 smartphones or tablets at the same time, and JBL’s PartyBoost tech lets you wirelessly daisy-chain the Charge 5 with other compatible JBL speakers.
Able to Go Anywhere
When JBL says portable, they mean it. The Charge 5 is just 8.7 inches wide, and a little under 4 inches high and 4 inches around. That’s smaller than a football, and it weighs only 2.1 pounds, so nobody’s ever going to be stuck lugging around a heavy speaker for outdoor music. Just as importantly, nobody’s going to be stuck grabbing a bulky speaker and running for cover if it starts to rain, since the JBL Charge 5 has that IP67 waterproof and dustproof rating.
Labor Day Weekend might have been the traditional end of summer, but there’s still plenty of time to enjoy the worry-free amazing sound of the JBL Charge 5 portable waterproof Bluetooth speaker. However, we can’t say how much time is left on this Amazon deal that brings you the JBL Charge 5 in any of 9 colors for just $130, so don’t sleep on this one.
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