TribitMaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker with 24W Louder Sound, Exceptional XBass, 20H Playtime, IPX7 Waterproof, USB-C, TWS for Party, OutdoorGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled Standard

I bought this speaker upon its release in 2019, and it's been with me in full working order until about a month ago when it finally decided to start acting somewhat...tired. Some charging issues, the rubber around the buttons has hardened and fallen apart, leaving the insides of the speaker exposed, but this is to be expected over 6 years later (see photos).It's served me VERY well in various countries, it's been exposed to water, dropped many times, and rinsed to its maximum volume on a daily basis. The sound is exceptional, the build is robust, and it's just a fantastic speaker overall. I've used other people's Bluetooth speakers, many of which were in the $100+ range, and they've been nowhere near the sound quality of this. Crisp trebles, decent mids, and very solid bass, make this a truly excellent all-rounder.Having had the original one (almost) die on me, I figured I'd try something different. I had a good deep dive into what are the most popular speakers in the last couple years, and honestly...I just ended up sticking to what I know - which is this little powerhouse. I've just ordered the blue one (I had the black originally) and I know I'll be happy with my purchase.It's definitely a premium product at a budget price. You won't regret buying this. It's a solid 8/10 speaker, only losing marks for the now-dated micro-USB charging, and for perhaps not being up there with the $200+ speakers on offer. But I can safely say, this is by FAR the best BT speaker under $100. Anker, JBL, Sony, and others...take note.

The media could not be loaded. I purchased all 3 Tribit products, StormBox Micro, Stormbox and Maxsound Plus for my own personal self-testing. I wanted to see if all the good review were true.In comparison to the other two lower models, this speaker has a good overall sound. From the Bass to Mids it sounds great and loud. Like the other models the sound comes off very clean, no static sound what so over or extra noise coming off the speaker grill. I played all different types of music racing from classical, instrumental, pop, hip-hop, rap, bass and rock.Songs played:* Dinah Jane - Bottled Up• Ed Sheeran (Camila Cabello & Cardi B) - South of the Border• Maroon 5 - Memories• Conkarah - Banana* George Winston - Variations on the Canon• Hilary Stagg - Easy Days• Guns n ' Roses - Sweet child of mine• Yiruma - River flows in you• Post Malone - Wow• Beyonce - Love on top• Cardi B - Bodak Yellow• Matisyahu - One Day• Lil Wayne - How to love• Notorious BIG - Hypnotize• Lil Waye - A Milli• Brennan Savage - To the MoonI didn't play it at 100% but at 75% it still sound clean and the speakers didn't sound like it was gonna pop. It plays the classical/instrumental songs as if it were a Bose speaker. This is not a surround sound movie theater speaker, but it does give off more of the sound than other models. I'm pretty sure if you get two MaxSound plus speakers it would sound like you had surround sound. I'd love to test two of these paired up.I thought I could pair up any other Tribit bluetooth speaker, but that didn't work. After several attempts It didn't pair up to the StormBox or Stormbox Micros. Another thing about the bluetooth is that I was able to control the song being played on the MaxSound Plus through the StormBox Speaker and the StormBox Micro. When I pressed the circle on the Stormbox or the square on the Stormbox Micro twice, whatever song is up next in the que started playing. When I press those buttons once the current song would be played on the speaker which I just pressed the button on. That feature I thought was neat. Sometimes also, when I play songs on the MaxSound Plus it would automatically switch other to the Micro on its own. That's why I gave it a 4 instead of 5. One thing that I did find kind of annoying while testing the speakers is that I would sometimes start the songs on the MaxSound Plus and seconds later the music would jump on its own to the micro. This happened more than twice. I know that the unit you play your Tribit speakers on remembers the last connections. But I tried having the Stormbox as the last speaker being played as well and it also randomly happened to play from the MaxSound plus to the Stormbox Micro. Please fix this issue.This product has some weight to it and is not light at all so I'd hate to drop it. When held in your hand the material is not slippery and you feel like you have a grip. Some speakers and headphones out there have this same mat finish and after a few year or when you don't use it it gets all sticky and starts to fall apart. I hope that this does not happen to the Tribit speakers. It has a lanyard that you can hold on to or latch it on to something like a back back. I'd probably take an S-Caribner with a bungee and put that in place of what is being used now if I were to hang it on to something like a backpack or bag.Battery seems to be good on the MaxSound Plus. It has an auto shut off feature if it hasn't been playing any sounds. This is also for the case for the Stormbox and Stormbox Micro. The Stormbox frequently turns itself off and I have to keep pairing it with the iPad or iPhone which is annoying. After about 20 minutes of not playing anything the MaxSound Plus is still synced while this StormBox Micro is still playing songs. The MaxSound Plus shuts off around 30 minutes of not being used.For the price this is a great speaker. I will have to update my review, if I get a second pair and try to pair the two same speakers. The Stormbox and Stormbox mini says you can pair two of the same speakers “Party Mode”, but I didn’t see that int he manual. Also this came with an audio cable for those that do not have bluetooth capability.I would most likely keep this, the MaxSound Plus or the StormBox Micro since I experienced bluetooth and power issues with the StormBox. The MaxSound is good for an all day outing even overnight trip. 20 hours of play is awesome!

I am a BIG fan of Tribit Bluetooth speakers! I currently own a XSound Go, three Stormboxes, two Stormbox Pros, two Stormbox Micro 2s, two Homes, two Stormbox Blasts, and now I also own three MaxSound Pluses (one original and two upgraded). The ones I am least impressed with are the Stormbox Pros (does not reproduce bass as I expected) and other than the Blast (which is truly amazing), I am most impressed with the MaxSound Plus.I had always wished that you could pair two MaxSound Plus speakers for true stereo, but that was not possible with the earlier versions. Once I saw there was an upgraded version, I watched some videos by Alan Ross Reviews on YouTube and sure enough, you can now pair the upgraded version with the earlier version for true stereo. I received my upgraded version yesterday and the pairing went very well and the sound of both speakers together is wonderful!! If you close your eyes in the sound field, you would never think that all that sound comes from two small speakers.The tests Alan Ross did shows that the performance of the newly upgraded MaxSound Plus is almost identical to the earlier version. The new Plus does have a Music Mode and an Audio Book mode to compliment the XBass mode. Since the speaker is small, I always operate them using the XBass mode to get as much bass as possible, which is surprising for this small speaker. There is also a USB C charging connector on the new version (comes with USB C cable and 3.5 audio cable).Below is the procedure that I used to do a stereo pairing, using one upgraded version and one original version. The instructions in the manual for the upgraded version for doing a stereo pairing does not work with my original version and must be instructions for pairing two upgraded versions:1. Turn on both speakers and assign the upgraded version as your left master/primary speaker.2. Disconnect any bluetooth-paired device from the speakers.3. Press the Bluetooth button on the left master/primary speaker and hold it down until you hear a tone and the phrases "Stereo Mode" and "Left Channel".4. Connect your bluetooth device to the left master/primary speaker.Note: The instructions in the little manual for the upgraded version says to press the bluetooth button on the right secondary speaker, but every time I did that, it was disconnecting the speakers from stereo mode, so that must be instructions for two upgraded Pluses (can not verify since I do not own two myself).Note: I ended up getting another upgraded MaxSound Plus and can confirm that they do pair very nicely following the normal instructions and once paired, they will auto-pair when both speakers are turned on. I ended up having a bit of an issue in that Tribit shipped me a ThunderBox Plus instead and that appears to be the replacement to the upgraded MaxSound Plus speakers. I did get to confirm that the ThunderBox Plus WILL NOT pair with either the original MaxSound Plus nor the Upgraded MaxSound Plus, even though that new speaker still shows MaxSound Plus on the right rear of the speaker (must be a firmware change). You can tell the ThunderBox Plus by a small recess in the front metal speaker grill.Again, I am a fan of most of the Tribit Bluetooth speakers and bang for buck, they are a great deal.