Speakers

Looks like a £60 speaker but sounds poor and is not the surround speaker it implies.

An interesting battery-free speaker that starts playing when a wireless-charging phone is placed on it.

A quirky speaker with a magnetic dial remote, slightly above average sound for the price and some useful tricks.

A tiny speaker that clips onto an empty bottle to boost bass, and sounds detailed on its own too.

Tiny gadget that turns any object into a speaker, and he found it hugely fun and surprisingly capable.

Heavy and barely portable, but the sound is really good and the pixel display is a fun extra.

A high-quality, heavy, LED-packed speaker that sounds better than expected for its size, though not the loudest.

A small speaker with a customisable pixel display that sounds good for its size and is nicely presented.

Tiny speaker with volume and bass beyond expectations for its size.

The budget Bluetooth speaker he recommends to everyone, tough with good sound for the price.

Waterproof suction-cup shower speaker that is much louder than a phone.

Likes the furniture-like design and the more natural voice, though he finds the assistant's sentence phrasing awkward and the units not tha…

His favourite Bluetooth speaker on the shelf, with great sound and a rare wood and fabric finish, though not cheap.

A portable egg-shaped multi-room speaker with a clean design and surprisingly good value, though the 360 effect is barely noticeable.

A clever, cheap speaker with colour-changing LEDs, wireless charging and long battery life, with only average sound.

Used as a large speaker to compare against the Soundboks 2, which went louder and deeper.

An enormous, extremely loud rugged speaker that sounds really good when cranked up outdoors but not at low volume.

Good for controlling lights, but he finds the voice unnatural and it often wakes by mistake.

Rugged, loud little speaker with bright LEDs and 12 hours of battery that nails the fundamentals.

Enormous, extremely loud outdoor speaker with about 16 hours of battery, though it sounds bland at low volume.

Fuller and bassier than his old speakers and very convenient, but regrettably expensive.