Customer Reviews

Marware UpSurge Rechargable Mini Speaker for Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD, Black

5 star:		(44)
4 star:		(20)
3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

was excited when this arrived same day as my kindle fire. opened the package to discover the cables not compatible. this is very annoying as it is a recommended accessory and now i have the bother of finding yet another cable. this should be pointed out in the blurb when you buy

I'm not a techy so this is not going to give you the technical details, but I found this easy to use and actually surprisingly good for sound quality. I haven't used with Kindle so I can't comment on compatibility with that but I have used with my Galaxy and it is great. I used it in the kitchen with the extractor fan going and I had no problems. Nice little doobrey - great stocking filler!

This pocket sized marvel is outstanding! Considering it's only one speaker and no bigger than a pot of vitamins or a jar of ink, it packs quite a punch!

We put it on the arm of the sofa initially to test it out, and you could feel the bass vibrate through the whole thing. It seems to not only be pretty powerful on its own, but borrows the surface it's placed on to amplify sound even more.

If you're looking for a sturdy, well built, pocket sized speaker for your iPhone, Kindle, laptop, or indeed anything with a mini jack, then you're probably not going to find much better than this little guy. Love it! I used to take an iPod and dock into college to play music to the class, but this thing is far superior and whole lot more portable.

My only gripe, and this is more to the manufacturer than about the device, is that considering hardly anyone actually reads the instructions on these things (well most blokes anyway), having a diagram showing the device being stretched under the words "Before Use" is a really bad idea! When it is actually open, you can only see about one crease of the diaphragm unit, but the diagrams show it with four and the warning diagram makes it look like a mini accordion. So Mareware, fix your diagrams and put a big warning X through the warning one! Seriously it currently looks like and instruction to do the very thing it's warning against!

That said, awesome speaker!

Its a nice little speaker with good sound. It feels solid and certainly is simple to use...but...and that 'but is you twist it open to get it working. It flexes open and then you use it. The problem is that I feel I'll twist it too far and damage it. When I close it then its the same - I feel I may damage it. I have another mini speaker but wanted to have one in a different location. I'll keep using it but certainly prefer my other as I don't need to twist it open or shut.

Overall, I'd suggest you get another. There is plenty of choice and this does not quite feel right.

Hand on heart, I wasn't expected such great results from this powerful little speaker. I have in the past forked out nearly this much for a plastic light weight version (using the same bellows principle and the results were just OK.

The Marware UpSurge is in an altogether different class ... weighty, well designed, and with care should last years ... ideal for traveling, and here is my only negative comment ... for something so well designed for travel, why is there no case ... or even on-board cable storage ... even the plastic version had that.

Getting back to the positives ... the unit charged using a USB to mini USB lead in no time at all, and if you are boosting up the often flat performance of a laptop speaker set up ... you can charge and play at the same time. There is a claimed run time of 5 hours ... not fully tested to verify that, but I have used it twice for an hour or so and still going strong.

The sound is reasonably crisp and clear and if you put it on a hard surface like wood or glass you get a better base response. The volume was fine for me, and distortion free all the way up to the limit on my players.

I'm not sure why Marware are aiming their marketing for this unit specifically at the Kindle user ... it has worked perfectly with laptops, iPads, iPhones and other mp3 players.

Great for holidays and it would be churlish to dock a star for the lack of a case. Would love to see this as a stereo unit ... maybe fitting together with a magnet and including storage for the lead.

I bought this for my KindleFire HD as it was advertised as suitable, not a peep out of it although the connection appeared to fit, tried it on other devices and it worked very well [so gave it 2 stars] but not on my KindleFire HD, why, any ideas?? I have returned it, can anyone recommend a speaker that works??

very disappointed with the volume, expected better would not recommend to anyone did not think it good value for money.

I have been meaning to get a decent speaker for my media player and I can assure you that this one has great sound with decent bass. Obviously the quality of this speaker will not rival a 3x4 foot floor-standing Bose or Eltax, but if you want to listen to your media player in the car, on the balcony on holiday, or on a picnic table for listening to Classic FM in the springtime you could do a lot worse. The box contains the double-ended audio-jack and charger. No batteries are needed.

I bought this because it looked good, was just right for what I needed, and the reviews were mostly good.
It has worked only once, on the day it arrived.
I put it away but got it out again today, thinking that it might be a glitch. It wasn't.
Probably too late to get my money refunded, or exchange for another one now.
I'm very disappointed with this product, and will buy elsewhere for speakers.

Elaine

Very pleased with this very neat mini speaker, which can be carried in a pocket. as one can see in the photo of the item iy can be opened or closed making it compact. Just what I wanted for use with my Kindle Fire, Great.