The JBL PartyBox 110 is a portable speaker that brings the party anywhere you want to take it. It’s loud enough to power a backyard bash on its own and has a built-in light show to pump up the ambiance. You don’t even have to worry about running out of juice because it can play for up to 12 hours on a single charge. You won’t get rained out either because the PartyBox has an IPX4 rating that lets it shrug off rain or pool splashes. You can even use it for karaoke thanks to the microphone jack or hook it up to an instrument through the quarter-inch port.

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A powerful portable speaker that can truly bring the party

The light show is what sets this apart from a normal Bluetooth speaker. A ring-and-strobe array on the front pulses in time with the music by default, and the JBL PartyBox app lets you change the pattern, color, and intensity, or switch the lights off entirely for quieter settings. It is built into the speaker rather than added on, so there is nothing extra to set up once the speaker is on.

At 160 watts, sound output is loud enough to fill a backyard or a two-car garage without distorting at high volume. The driver layout pairs a woofer with separate tweeters, keeping vocals clear over heavy bass rather than muddying together, as single-driver portable speakers tend to at party volume. A bass boost control on the speaker and in the app adds low-end weight when the music calls for it.