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title: "JBL Flip 7 vs Sonos Move 2"
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# JBL Flip 7 vs Sonos Move 2

Both are picks from our guide: Best Bluetooth Speakers (https://omorp.com/guides/audio/best-bluetooth-speakers).

## Specs head to head

| Spec | JBL Flip 7 | Sonos Move 2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ingress rating | IP68 (dust tight, immersion) | IP56 (splash and rain, not immersion) |
| Battery | 16 hours (manufacturer figure) | 24 hours (manufacturer figure) |

## JBL Flip 7

Our rating: 8.6 out of 10.

Best for: One speaker for a beach, a patio and a trip, with no thought given to the weather.

The Flip 7 is the speaker most people should buy, and the case for it is that nothing about it needs planning. IP68 is the only full dust and immersion rating in this guide, the rated 16 hours covers a whole day outside, and it is built to survive being dropped on a patio rather than only splashed.

JBL's AI Sound Boost is real signal processing rather than a marketing line: it monitors the driver excursion and pushes the amplifier harder where the driver can take it, which is what stops the bass collapsing as you approach maximum volume the way it does on the Tribit. Auracast is the other practical addition, letting you chain multiple speakers rather than only pairing two, and the PushLock system takes strap and carabiner accessories.

The limits are ordinary. It is Bluetooth only, so there is no Wi-Fi streaming and no multi-room beyond Auracast. Like every cylindrical speaker it is effectively mono in one direction, and the sound changes noticeably depending on which face is pointed at you. The rated battery is measured at moderate volume and drops sharply at the volume a garden actually needs. And the mounting accessories are extra purchases, where the Tribit builds the strap in.

## Sonos Move 2

Our rating: 9.1 out of 10.

Best for: A Sonos household that wants one speaker that also leaves the house.

The Move 2 is not really a Bluetooth speaker, and that is the most useful thing to know about it. It is a full Wi-Fi Sonos speaker, part of the multi-room system, grouped and controlled from the Sonos app, that happens to have a battery so it can go outside. Judged as a portable it is expensive and heavy. Judged as a Sonos speaker with a battery, it is the only one of its kind here.

Two tweeters give it a genuine stereo image from a single unit, which neither of the other picks can do, and automatic Trueplay measures the space it has been set down in and retunes continuously, so a hard patio and a soft living room do not sound the same. The rated 24 hours is the longest here, and there is a line input over USB-C for a turntable or a laptop.

The compromises follow from what it is. IP56 handles rain and splashes and will not survive immersion, which makes it the wrong speaker for a poolside among these three. At around three kilograms it is carried deliberately, not casually. Most of what you are paying for needs Wi-Fi and an account, so on Bluetooth alone it is a very expensive speaker doing an ordinary job. And the battery is a service-replaceable part rather than a user-replaceable one.

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