You probably have summer on the brain in the days before Memorial Day Weekend, and the excitement of your social life finally moving back outdoors. That means you’re going to need a portable speaker that’s small enough to easily carry but not so tiny that its sound gets lost. Poolside and other water-adjacent activities probably require a serious level of weather resistance too.
It wouldn’t be unusual if your first thought after “I need a really good speaker” went to Bose, and was quickly followed by “can I afford a Bose?” You definitely can afford the Bose SoundLink Plus portable Bluetooth speaker, thanks to Amazon’s limited-time 22%-off deal that drops its price to $209. And the SoundLink Plus checks off all those summer-centric boxes — portable, compact but not tiny, IP67 dust and waterproofing, and truly superior sound.
Goldilocks Sizing
The 3.29-pound SoundLink Plus sits in the “just right” column of Bose’s portable speakers – bigger than the pocket-sized 0.7-pound SoundLink Micro, but smaller than the 4.7-pound SoundLink Max. It’s compact enough to toss in a backpack without reorganizing everything around it, but delivers sound large enough to fill an outdoor space. Bose’s passive radiator design does the same work here it does in the smaller Micro — pulling bass out of a form factor that has no obvious reason to produce it — with more cabinet volume to work with. The result is audio that reads as legitimately loud rather than impressively loud for its size.
The SoundLink Plus brings a truly impressive 20 hours of battery life on a full charge, which covers a full day outside with room to spare. A USB-C pass-through port means it can top up your smartphone while it’s playing, which is the kind of detail that matters when you’re away from outlets. The Bose app adds adjustable EQ across bass, midrange, and treble, plus battery monitoring and device management — more control than most portable speakers at this price offer.
Bring On the Rain
IP67 dust and waterproofing, shock resistance, and rust resistance let you bring the SoundLink plus outdoors with confidence. Beach, poolside, camping, rain — the SoundLink Plus is rated for all of it. The carrying loop is a practical addition that makes one-handed transport easy and gives you a clip point for a carabiner if you’re attaching it to a pack. It’s light enough that bringing it along stops being a deliberate decision and starts being a habit.
At $209 while this pre-Memorial Day Weekend deal at Amazon is in effect, the SoundLink Plus puts the famous premium Bose sound into a new and more accessible category. Twenty hours of battery, IP67 durability, and audio output that outperforms its size — the SoundLink Plus is the Bose portable speaker you need but didn’t think you could spring for.
