![]() ![]() Given the relative size, I didn’t expect the Tribit to offer either the volume or quality to serve as a primary speaker – but I was wrong. I thought that was going to be a compromise. That wasn’t the original plan: I took a larger speaker with me and was going to mostly use that one, but it developed a fault, so the Tribit became my only speaker. The speaker got a particularly thorough test because I took it to Buenos Aires for a month and relied on it as my only speaker. ![]() I didn’t officially test the 12-hour battery life, but I did consistently forget to charge it, and it just kept going. It has more than enough juice to fully recharge an iPhone 13. Simply leave the speaker powered off, connect a USB-C to Lightning cable, and your speaker is now a power bank. You can also attach speakers in the virtual as well as physical sense: you can stereo-pair a couple of them (I only had one so wasn’t able to test this).įinally, there’s one completely unexpected feature: a built-in power bank! That USB-C charge port is a two-way one, so you can also use it to charge your iPhone. Unhook it, stretch it around whatever you want to attach it to, then rehook it. Speaking of attaching it to something, my favorite usability feature is that built-in rubber strap. The raised volume and multi-function buttons also make it easy to control by touch, also useful when on a bike, but also if you have it attached to something like a backpack strap. While I wouldn’t recommend putting it too close to the edge of a swimming pool, you can strap it to the handlebars of a bicycle, for example, without worrying about a bit of rain. There are a few nice usability touches – first, the waterproof rating. Press and release the Bluetooth button to pair, with very cute searching and confirmation sounds. Press the power button briefly to switch it on, with a pleasant confirmation tone. Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.3 (100 feet claimed range).It’s comfy enough to hold, and the buttons have a satisfying click. The front has subtle power and Bluetooth pairing buttons, while there’s a USB-C charging point on the right-hand side. The rear is rubberized and has a grill for the passive radiator which boosts the bass. Black mesh on the front, with a Tribit logo and three large buttons for volume up, down, and play/pause/multifunction. The aesthetics are nothing to write home about but are inoffensive. There’s also a built-in rubber strap, which we’ll get to under Setup and usability. That makes it a little bulky for typical pants pockets, but it does fit into many jacket and overcoat pockets. In Imperial terms, that’s four inches square, by less than two inches thick, and just under 11 ounces. The speaker measures 10cm square by 4.3cm thick, and weighs 315g. But if you need an affordable, pocket-sized(ish), battery-powered speaker that sounds way better than it has any right to, read on. I mean, don’t misunderstand me: Nobody is going to be using a small Bluetooth speaker in their home and calling it HiFi. But audio companies are increasingly sticking their thumbs up to both … The rules of economics say that good sound costs money. The laws of speaker physics say that you need a decent-sized driver and housing to sound good, especially when it comes to bass. Yet the Tribit StormBox Micro 2 somehow is. A pocketable speaker that costs $60 simply isn’t going to be any good. When it comes to speakers, there are laws of physics and rules of economics which are hard to defy. ![]()
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