Choosing the right Bluetooth Speaker

I have always loved the idea of being able to take my music with me and share it with the people around me.

The Kingone K5 Speaker is a great bluetooth portable speaker with an awesome price tag.  Its sound could be heard in the entire room without sacrificing the sound quality.  Aside from its bluetooth capability, you could also play your favorite tunes using the auxiliary in(aux in). If you are not familiar what the aux in is, it is where you use a 3.5mm jack male to male (see image below) and plug it to your music player just like an ordinary earphone jack and plug the other end to your kingone K5.  The Kingone K5 also has a microsd slot where you could play directly from your microsd card.

3.5mm jack male to male
Image from ebay

Kingone K5

The Sony SRS-X5 is the biggest of the three bluetooth speakers that I have, and has the most amazing bass amongst the three. Because of its size, I only use it at home. But sometimes, I bring the Sony SRS-X5 with me during outdoor picnics or when travelling out of town, since it is not only a bluetooth speaker but can also be used as a powerbank.  It also supports Aux In same as the Kingone but unfortunately doesn't support microsd, which means you need a music player with the Sony SRS-X5.

Sony SRS-X5
Image from Sony

Back of the Sony SRS-X5
where you could see the USB Female
which you could plug your usb charger
to power 

The last but not the least of the three speakers is the JBL Clip. Why is it called a JBL Clip? Because it has a built-in carabiner which is perfect for those who love the outdoors.  With its carabiner, you could just clip it in your pants or bag and you are ready to go. Unfortunately this little baby doesn't have much bass and cannot handle very high volume, but this baby still packs a punch.  This has a built-in aux wire attached to the back, so there is no need to purchase a wire. Just like the Sony X5 it doesn't support micro sd.

JBL Clip
Image from JBL

So after using the three portable bluetooth speakers, here are my reviews and comparisons.

The Sony SRS-X5 is perfect for home use.  Due to its size the Sony X5 is not for your everyday travel companion, but still perfect for those long drive or out of town trips since it also doubles as a powerbank.

The JBL Clip is perfect for those who love to travel since it is very compact, and with its built-in carabiner it is very easy to bring with you.

The Kingone is the cheapest of the three, so if you are looking for a decent bluetooth speaker that will not hurt your budget, then this one is for you.

REVIEW l Seagate Wireless Harddrive

When I accidentaly dropped my Portable Harddrive and broke, I was really devastated.  Fortunately my wife, Mrs. A, gave me a Portable Harddrive last month as her advance Birthday gift to me (since she knew how I loved my Portable HD).

Portable Harddrives have the same purpose as any Harddrives out there, the only difference is that with that of a portable HD you don't need to plug it in.  If you travel a lot for work or pleasure with a laptop, and is in need of an extra memory for storing pictures or files then you definitely need a Portable HD.

So after a lot of research (and believe me when I say A LOT since it took me months to decide) I finally chose the Seagate Wireless Portable Harddrive.  And yes you read it right, it is wireless.  So what made this Seagate Wireless HD my choice? Well for starters, it is wireless, which means that you could connect any device which has wifi capabilities to this HD.  You could store your photos from your phone directly to the HD without the need for a computer, not only that but you could also download photos or files from your HD to your phone or any device.  I specifically use this to watch movies or look at photos during long haul flights or while waiting at the terminal before boarding.

The reason it took me months before I could decide, was because I couldn't decide if I should choose the 2TB or 1TB (TB stands for Terabytes).  The price difference between the two are not that far off, but I ended up choosing the 1TB since I don't need that much memory space, and since I have another HD specifically for my desktop. The other reason was, if I should get the wireless HD or not since the wireless HD almost cost twice as much as the one without the wireless capability.  So after a long and gruesome decision making, I finally decided to get the one with the wireless capability.

The Seagate Wireless Portable HD has its own battery that would last upto 10 hours as per advertised, but as per using it the battery only lasted for roughly 8 hours on a full charge, which is still great. It would take you 2-3 hours to charge the seagate and then you are ready to go.

So overall my experience with my Seagate Wireless Portable Harddrive has been positive, the only downside is that not all video formats are playable in your mobile device.

I would highly recommend this product to those people who love to take a lot of pictures or love watching movies on the go.

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