Ortizan Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker, 24W Sound

I bought this to jam along with my guitar and listen to Tunes in the shower. I was concerned I couldn’t find a small speaker that would be loud enough to do both. I searched through the various amazon offerings and reviews and no one quite described whether a SMALL Bluetooth speaker had enough punch or Clarity and tone. It replaced an sound Works o o n t z & altec Lansing speaker which were marginally acceptable never gave enough feeble battery life and weak Bass. The Ortizan was loud enough to play along to a small practice amp and is very user friendly. While it does not have individual base tremolo or equalizer settings it definitely kicks out enough base mid-range clear tone for your shower rockstar audition. The Bluetooth connectivity is great and you can put an SD card in to listen to your own music list without concern of bluetooth connectivity or the annoying YouTube onslaught of commercials in between songs. One charge gives very impressive performance without recharging frequently. The gimmicky lights are amusing but not necessary and probably a drain on the battery versus augmenting battery life for music which is why I bought this speaker in the first place. I’ve put it outside by my pool & in my golf cart and it is plenty loud enough to piss off the neighbors. lol for the money it was a great value and I am pleased.

I’ve had this speaker for some time now and I am very happy with it. While I was fishing I accidentally bumped it into the fish bucket full of water and fish.. I can confidently say it IS water proof and buoyant! Great sound, great size, charge lasts long, great price!

Die box hat mich freudig überrascht, da der klang besser ist als ich dachte. Sie ist egal ob drinnen od draußen handlich und erfüllt genau ihren Zweck. Ob sie wasserdicht ist hab ich noch nicht probiert, aber ich bin guter Dinge falls sie beim baden einen spritzer Wasser abbekommt. Klare kaufenpfehlung !

Connexion via Bluetooth avec mon mobile.
Cette enceinte est parfaite, le son est top les basses nickel, j’écoutais des musiques sur mon mobile avec seulement le son émis par mon téléphone portable, cette enceinte est d’une très bonne qualité et le son rendu est impeccable. Elle est pas encombrante et fait de l’effet. Il y a une notice d’utilisation elle est facile à appliquer. Les lumières qui au choix peuvent accompagner ou non la musique c’est sympa. L’autonomie après la charge est conséquente. Petite mais tout d’une grande !

Update 3: I am not doing “never ending updates” but just typing this to say that the issue STILL hasn’t come back. The one thing I have noticed is that i am getting NO WHERE NEAR the “30 hour playtime” … even 20 maybe pushing it. I am disappointed in that but overall … I dont mind the speaker. Something in my reviews I thought of mentioning is that while this speaker doesn’t sound as dynamic as others … a “more even sound … even if that means it lacks a ‘thump’ in the bass”… IS NOT always a bad thing … say my Tribit XSound Surf … listening to smooth jazz at night at low volumes … it has “too much” of a thump … this speaker not having that in my view … makes this one better in some cases …. same way with my DOSS Soundbox Touch having a similar sound (but better mids/highs i think)

Update 2: been a few days and “constant use” since the last update. The issue with no sound has NOT come up again yet … and while i forgot what i have rated the Oontz Angle 3 Ultra (3.5?) i may have to bump that up to 3.75 (not to get crazy with decimals) when i say this … but i’d give this a 3.5… yeah with certain genres it seems “flat” and lacking bass i’d like (I like a clean bass at best … not overly done, so i am no “bass head”) but other times my new favorites the Tribit XSound Gos have a “subwoofer like sound” (WHICH IS WHY it is my favorite … at times) but late at night at low volumes i wish i could turn that extra bass off … I BRING THAT UP due to the fact that THIS SPEAKER sort of has THAT type of sound. So with say easy listening, instrumental, and some jazz stuff in that exact situation … i DONT DISLIKE the Tribit … I just like the “lack of bass” (so to speak) more.

I cant remember if i recommended or didn’t recommend this in my original review.. to me now i’d say this is “ok” (even if that sound issue comes up where i have to play sound in a different app to get it back again, issue comes up) … you can do better “bang for buck” but … this is not terrible either.

Update 1: Ok after trying what another reviewer said and trying to reset the speaker (pressing power button and holding for at least 8 seconds) I got things to work again. I also couldn’t get any sound in Kodi with my local media but after opening up another app and playing audio fine in that, (same device), then going back to Kodi sound in there worked again. I cant explain what happened but as I said others are having this issue too, but someone mentioned this and it worked for me. Now I plan on sort of doing part of what I planned to in the original review,

I have a few other BT speaker, which include an Oontz Angle 3 Ultra, two Tribit Xsound Surfs, two Tribit Xsound Gos, a DOSS Soundbox Touch and a Braven BRV1BCB BRV-1.

Versus the Tribits:
– to me while I wish the Xsound Surf had better battery life (ONLY ADVERTISED at 10hr) … I would still say either the Xsound Surf or the XSound GO are the better option. They are my favorites and just overall in the same price range … they are just a better value and MUCH better sound.

Versus the DOSS Soundbox Touch:
– This is where it is interesting. I have not done an “A-vs-B” comparision head to head but out of all my speakers, this speaker sounds closest to this one. If I remember, the bass on the DOSS seems lower at lower volumes but while not like other speakers I have or a “Sub woofer” type sound. It gets more “present” as the volume goes up. It sounds clear and balanced but not for “bass heads”. I think the DOSS may sound better than this one, however its close … I think this speaker’s tuning in the mids are a little off but like the DOSS I’d say both of these speakers are a more “balanced” sound without a subwoofer like “thump”.

Versus the Oontz Angle 3 Ultra:
– note: I can only compare this to the Ultra model … I hear that if you go down in Oontz models they don’t sound as good.
– This is where I wish I could take the extra bass in the Ultra and put it in the X10. The bass is there in the Ultra but while not muddy in MY VIEW. It CAN “linger” a bit. Where it slightly effects the low mids and mid-mids depending on the track. This I feel is exactly what the X10 here is MISSING, EVEN ON Bass Boost mode in the built in EQ.
– Build quality – even if the Ultra is NOT my favorite speaker, I still totally recommend it and like it… the build quality alone (not the only thing) blew me away, for the sub $40 price I paid for it.

Versus the Braven:
– I admit that I do not use this as much as I should. This was gifted to me by someone who had no use for it and .. .well I love this one. It has a decent thump in the bass but not overdone. From what I remember this sort of reminds me of a Tribit tuning … a Good V-shaped sound but clean and not “forced” or overdone. (sound wise) “Everything is where it should be”

Summary:
I still cant say I recommend this due to the problems I had BUT if its a “ok this is a dumb fix to a problem that shouldn’t exist in the first place” (almost a James May quote) thing if I have the no sound issue again… Ok … I am ok with keeping this and I am not as “upset” (I don’t want to ham that up) about it.

The bottom line is (say the “360 sound” that is just fake marketing … If it was “this looks like a JBL Flip but this is not 360 sound .. it just LOOKS the same” … ok then) … I just cant “trust” this speaker… not until I have more time with it and it behaves fine … I will be GLAD to do a second update to report the good news, if that happens.

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Original Review

I was going to write a more in detail review, comparing this speaker to various others I have but unfortunately things are not looking great. I am not 100% saying I am returning this already, but it looks like it may go in that direction.

I will list some Cons but .. .things are not all bad when it was working correctly… Hopefully I can not some things as I go.

Cons:

– Sound quality – ok this is not all bad … but I knew this would lack bass … I get it but even with a V shaped EQ on top of the speaker (same I have set in the same app for ALL others I have) ..and even in this speaker’s third EQ setting “Bass Boost” there is a lack of bass in most genres, people would typically listen to. HOWEVER one of my use cases is late at night listening to say intrumental, Jazz, or Classical music. The lack of a big “Thump” in the bass (which CAN be overdone in other speakers I have heard) … wasn’t too bad and with those genres at lower volumes … the sound quality wasn’t bad. Really I’d never call it “muddy” but even bass boost (built in EQ) sounded like there was a lack of “average bass”.

ALSO THIS IS NOT 360 sound. Sure you hear sounds from all sides but the two speakers are only facing one way (the exact opposite side of where the buttons are) … that is the direction things sound “clearest” … the sound is different on any other side and with the lack of bass … including the “bass” radiators on the side as part of the “360” is laughable in itself.

– Voice pompt – this wouldn’t be too bad if it wasn’t SO LOUD … late at night it a bit loud compared to say where the volume is set … “BLUETOOTH MODE” “BLUETOOTH CONNECTED” … again I’d like just a beep or something like a ton but even the voice wouldn’t be that bad IF it was a “few clicks” lower in volume.

Unsure (Pro? Con?)
– Build quality – I WILL SAY this doesn’t feel super cheap, but others like my Oontz Angle 3 Ultra, or any of my Tribit speakers, just feel better. I also have to say I have never had a JBL Flip or any other speakers with an “all over” grill … and I knew I was getting this so maybe versus other speakers, this “style” makes it feel less solid … I could get a JBL Flip and think “oh … they ‘feel’ the same” build quality wise.

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My main issue – I was thinking of MAYBE returning this, having my sights on a Tribit speaker I have not experienced yet, but with the other Tribit speakers I DO have, blowing me away overall, I have kept my eye on a sale for that one. Not even a week into owning this speaker, while all devices connect to the speaker, the speaker outputs ZERO audio from any COMFIRMED CONNECTED device in bluetooth mode.

I do admit PART (but just half at best) use-case is the microsd card slot and one reason I wanted this speaker. In addition to Rain and Ocean waves (“sound machine style”) I wanted to load a microsd card up with that sort of stuff and say maybe smooth jazz and sort of use it as a “custom” sound machine. Right now the microsd card slot function STILL outputs audio and it doesn’t sound bad … but with no sound no matter what I do (including a speaker reset) working … in under 7 days of having this…. I cant even trust this will last.

I do note that many of the negative reviews also mention this exact problem.

I can live with the sound quality being “meh” at best for typical genres and this only being a good speaker in specific use-cases but now there is no audio for any bluetooth … that is a deal breaker.

I just CANT recommend this speaker. While my Tribit speakers are my favorite, I will say I have an Oontz Angle 3 Ultra and sound wise it has the opposite problem (bass tends to … not make things muddy… but it’s bass “lingers a bit too long” at times) … I still LOVE and recommend that speaker.

I picked up this little speaker on an absolute whim, mainly because it’s 1/3rd of the price of what it’s so obviously copying. As it happens, I have a version 4 of the real McCoy, so I’ve been doing a side-by-side test with them this evening to see what’s what.

For the price, it’s pretty unbelievable. It’s (IMO) about 90% as good as the real deal. That’s 90% for 1/3rd of the cost. So does it sound as good? Here’s the thing. If I didn’t have a genuine article to compare against, I’d say yes – absolutely. It sounds amazing. But the real deal is just *this much* better – slightly better EQ, slightly better bass, but for what it is, I’m absolutely impressed. I wish it had slightly better bass, but otherwise, it’s a killer speaker for 1/3rd of the price. If I wasn’t doing a legit A/B comparison, I’d never know that it gets barely edged out. And keep in mind, that’s just this guy’s opinion.

Snag one – it’s well worth it, and you won’t cry if it gets damaged, lost, batter dies, etc.