Bose Portable Home Speakers (2019) vs Bose SoundLink Mini 2 (2015)

The Bose Portable Home Speaker (2019) has done great in quite a few roundups from some of the most highly trusted sources available, such as CNET, SoundGuys, and Rtings, which perform high-quality in-depth testing. It got awarded the "Best Bose portable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speaker" title by CNET, "Ranked 1 out of 5" by SoundGuys, and "Ranked 2 out of 9" by Rtings in their respective roundups. Earning that much praise from such respected sources is undoubtedly an impressive accomplishment.

Moving on to the Bose SoundLink Mini 2: it was loved by reviewers at nextpit.com and MakeUseOf - two reliable sources that conduct objective in-depth testing. In fact, it was their "Best Bluetooth speaker for sound quality" and "Ranked 1 out of 3", respectively, pointing towards it being a Smart Speaker worth considering.

We analyzed all of the review data that we could find on these two Smart Speakers. First, we examined sources that tested and scored both of these products - Techradar and PCmag favored the Bose SoundLink Mini 2 over the Bose Portable Home Speaker (2019), whereas reviewers at Tom's Guide haven't shown a preference for either.

Then we took a look at which sources liked them the most - we found that the Bose Portable Home Speaker (2019) was best received by Technically Well - it gave it a score of 9.6, whereas the Bose SoundLink Mini 2 got its highest score of 10 from reviewers at TechGearLab.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Smart Speakers on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Smart Speakers being 7.4 out of 10, whereas the Bose Portable Home Speaker (2019) and Bose SoundLink Mini 2 managed averages of 8.0 and 8.5 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Bose Portable Home Speaker (2019) vs. Bose SoundLink Mini 2 comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.