Bose SoundLink Mini 2 (2015) vs JBL Charge 3

The Bose SoundLink Mini 2 managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and unbiased sources that conduct their own hands-on testing, namely nextpit.com and MakeUseOf. It performed great in their roundups - it earned the "Best Bluetooth speaker for sound quality" title from nextpit.com and "Ranked 1 out of 3" from MakeUseOf, which makes it a product worthy of consideration.

Moving on to the JBL Charge 3: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like What Hi-Fi?, Techradar, TrustedReviews, SoundGuys, TechGearLab, PCmag, Tom's Guide, Expert Reviews, CNET, The Master Switch, Android Authority, and inews.co.uk, enough for them to include them on those lists.

For a direct Bose SoundLink Mini 2 vs. JBL Charge 3 comparison, we took a look at sources that tested both and found that the Bose SoundLink Mini 2 got reviewed better by TechGearLab, Expert Reviews, and CNET, whereas the reviewers at Tom's Guide preferred the JBL Charge 3. Reviewers at What Hi-Fi?, Techradar, TrustedReviews, and PCmag haven't shown a preference for either.

We also took a look at which sources liked these two products the most. We found that the Bose SoundLink Mini 2 received its best, 10, rating from TechGearLab, while the JBL Charge 3 got its highest score of 10 from What Hi-Fi?.

Finally, we also compared their review scores to the rest of their competition - the Bose SoundLink Mini 2 earned an average review score of 8.5 out of 10 points and the JBL Charge 3 received an average of 8.3, compared to the 7.6 average of Portable Bluetooth Speakers in general.