![]() So the follow-up question: is it worth upgrading? If you own the original already, or a similarly priced Bluetooth speaker, then don’t bother. On Amazon, the original was and is $79, and the Roll 2 is $100. And as you can imagine, it costs more, although not dramatically so. It's also a hell of a lot louder than the original version – UE claim at least 15%. Given the size of the speaker, that’s a tremendous achievement. We tested this in a large area, and it was only at about ninety feet that things started to glitch. The first version only allowed you to go about forty feet from your playback source, while the new version upgrades that to a hundred feet. The most obvious question here is: what’s changed? The upgraded speaker has an identical battery life to its predecessor (nine hours), and an identical waterproof rating. We can’t understand why more speaker makers haven’t followed suit.) (And by the way: that bungee cord is more useful than you can imagine. If that colour scheme doesn’t grab you, you can choose from Habanero, Atmosphere, Volcano, Reef and, um, Tropical Anime. Ours, Sugarplum, came in a fetching shades of purple, yellow and turquoise. The UE tradition is to offer them in a variety of eyeball-searing colors with cheeky names. They are both flat, circular speakers a few inches across, with oversized volume buttons and a very handy bungee cord on the back. ![]() The UE Roll 2 is, as you’d expect, an upgrade to the UE Roll. Not only that, but it is emblematic of a speaker that has a weird, left-field sense of fun, and that gets the job done in a classy fashion. The bladder, however stupid it may look, is necessary. ![]() You pop the tiny circular speaker on top of this, and let it float out on the pool/ocean/lake, accompanying you while you splash about.įor while the speaker is fully waterproof (rated IPX7, which means you can happily submerge it in three feet of water for half an hour), it doesn’t float, bobbing helplessly under the surface. ![]() Unlike most audio companies, UE refuse to settle for just shipping with a charging cable and a companion app no, the Logitech-owned company has included an inflatable bladder. The Ultimate Ears Roll 2 comes with the strangest accessory we’ve ever seen. ![]()
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