Woot has cut Anker’s Soundcore Boom 2 Bluetooth speaker to $69.99 through July 10, putting the water-ready speaker below $100 and well under its original $129.99 price. The Verge’s Brad Bourque reported that the same speaker is currently $20 more at other retailers, including Amazon.
That price is the whole pitch. Portable Bluetooth speakers in this bracket often mean small drivers, modest battery life, and a housing that tolerates splashes if treated kindly. Anker’s Boom 2 is a bigger, louder-looking box with an IPX7 waterproof rating, a handle, and a design Anker says can float while playing audio.
What the Boom 2 includes
Anker lists the Boom 2 with a 50W subwoofer and two 15W tweeters. On paper, that gives it more audio hardware than the tiny cylindrical speakers that tend to crowd the budget shelf. Bourque describes the sound as bass-forward and suited to outdoor use, such as a day near water or time in the yard.
The company rates battery life at up to 24 hours per charge. As usual with Bluetooth speakers, that figure depends on volume, lighting, and playback behavior, so treat it as a ceiling rather than a guarantee from the universe. Still, it is a useful spec for a speaker built around pool, beach, and backyard use.
The IPX7 rating means the Boom 2 is rated for water immersion, not just casual spray. The speaker also includes a built-in microphone for calls, which is the kind of feature that sounds boring until someone tries to use a phone with wet hands.
- Sale price: $69.99 at Woot
- Original price: $129.99
- Sale runs through July 10, according to Woot
- Battery rating: up to 24 hours per charge
- Water rating: IPX7
- Audio hardware: 50W subwoofer and two 15W tweeters
App controls, charging, and the missing jack
The Boom 2 also works with Anker’s app, which can adjust the equalizer and control the built-in lighting effects. Those lights are optional decoration, though they may matter if the speaker is being used as a party prop rather than background audio.
Anker also includes a USB-A port that can charge other devices at up to 5W. That is slow by modern phone-charging standards, but it can keep a device from dying when the speaker is already sitting on the table with a battery inside it.
The speaker supports Anker’s PartyCast 2.0 feature, which lets it sync audio with other compatible Anker speakers. The limitation is input: there is no 3.5mm auxiliary port, so playback runs over Bluetooth. For waterproof speakers, that omission is common, if still annoying for anyone with a dusty old cable and no patience for pairing menus.
This story draws on original reporting from The Verge.
