Kitsound Dancefloor Bluetooth Speaker 1st Impressions Video & Review

Kitsound Dancefloor Bluetooth Speaker 

Heya peeps are you keeping snuggled up in the warm; out of the cold, snow, wind and rain? If so then you may need something to cheer you up when listening to your favorite sounds.

As you guys know I love my mini speakers and Ive reviewed quite a few now from Kitsound; so I just couldn't wait to get my hands on this little beauty that came out this year.

Well...just look at it...it has flashy LEDs!

So if you love your sounds or collect unusual speakers then hang around for a bit and watch my unboxing and chatty 1st impressions video as well as my post below.

Ive always loved unique speakers and as soon as I saw this I fell in love..

Packaging

The packaging boxes from Kitsound are always modern and explanatory.

Inside the box you have the Kitsound Bluetooth speaker, your standard USB charging cable and the user manual.

 The speaker itself is a gorgeous dinky size of 

5.1cm depth x 9.5cm width x 17.3cm high and it only weighs 181grams.

It is made of ABS plastic with a soft rubberized edging which will mark if scratched. 

The handle presses open like a karabina and will clip to a belt or hang from anywhere you wish, a tree, tent, branch anything and the fact it opens up allows you to clip it securely.

This is so good when you need to attach it to something you cant just slide it onto; like this branch, you wouldn't want to break off the branches. You can then also make sure its wont just slide off.

Dancefloor features

• Amazing LED light display.
• Great sound from the 40mm drivers with 3 watt sound.
• Bluetooth connectivity.
• Portable size and shape.
• 7 different light settings....see LED's later in the review.*

The 5 buttons have a more rubbersised feel than the case which makes it easy to feel in the dark.

From top to bottom;

• Microphone hole to answer calls, 
• LED mode button, 
• Play/pause, 
• + and - volume and/or track button,
• On/off button,

Its sits so ergonomically and comfortably in your hand so your fingers are placed over the buttons perfectly.

 Underneath is the covered flap for the USB charging port. This is protected from dampness if your out camping or hiking.

To charge simply plug your USB cable into the bottom of the speaker and you see a red LED (you can see 2 here as its reflecting on the cable). This needs to be charged for approximately 4 hours for the 1st time.

Pairing

Both my tablet and phone paired fast and easily with this Dancefloor speaker; I show you just how quick and easy it is in my video below. It found the Bluetooth almost immediately.

The Bluetooth extends easily to the 10m, I managed to walk away to approx 15m-17m. I have found our thick walls do cause slight break up of music between upstairs and downstairs in our cottage as our walls are very thick and we have alot of electronic gadgetry.
For me personally I'm always in the same room as the speaker when I want to hear music so for me its no problem.

Checkout my Kitsound Dancefloor Bluetooth speaker Unboxing and chatty Review.

Sound Test

I have to say Im so impressed with this little dude, its loud, crisp and clear, great trebles with good but average Bass. The balance is just right.
This has 40mm driver so Ive certainly seen a marked improvement to my many other 20mm driver speakers and of course it has 3 watts too its really loud with no distortion whatsoever...amazing!
Of course I always want more Bass and with some tweaking on my phone and tablet equalizers it gives me some fab Bass...see in my video you can see for yourself and make your own decisions  to see if you like it as much as I do.

The volume buttons do two jobs volume or track change:

• Quick press changes track forward or backward with + or - button.
• Press and hold + or - will change the volume.

Call answering

This is a cool addition to the speaker that Ive seen on quite a few other speakers recently; as when you have a call coming through your phone while listening to your music from it; the speaker will shut off with a ringing tone, answer your phone normally and you will be able to hear your caller and answer it through your Dancefloor. Its very slightly echo-y but I haven't had a call answering speaker yet that isn't. You can still easily hear your caller and they can hear you.

LED's

*This gorgeous little speaker has 7 led modes according to the manual, but it actually has 9...see my video as I go through them all so you can actually see it. They are just amazing especially at night.

1. Stripes of colour.
2. Equalizer 1 - Level colours to music
3. Equalizer 2 - Bouncy colours to the music...this is my favorite out of all the LED modes.
4. Bouncy colours...very cool.
5. Chasing colours in a circle, rectangle ;-).
6. Diagonal upward colours.
7. Block upward colours.
8. Scrolls through all the 7 modes every 3 seconds.
9. LED's off but speaker still working.

 Modes 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 can be viewed with or without the music.

The main factor is that it has 2 Equalizer modes which will bounce in time with any music. This is the resting LEDs of the equalizers.

Here are just some of the gorgeous LEDs colour combinations you can get, but believe me you get so much more; these piks dont do it justice...just take a quick gander at my video for the full effects.

 Looks incredible day or night.

Opinion

The Kitsound Dancefloor has an excellent quality build and it feels solid in your hand. The rubberized edging gives it some bump protection, but does mark a bit. The buttons are super responsive but they are difficult to see what they do; but its easy to work them out from the manual.

The Bluetooth pairs fast and easily with both my Samsung S4 and my Nexus 10 and when you turn it off and on again it remembers your last song and LED mode...what a clever Dude.

 I absolutely love the LED modes and enjoy using it both day and night. My favorite are the 2 equaliser modes as you will see in my main video they are extremely sound responsive and look amazing!!!

What surprised me was just how bright it is under normal bright light it still looks fab...dont you think?

Sound has a great balance and is one of the best portable speakers Ive had. The 40mm driver does make a difference from the 20mm Ive had in the past, the sound, sounds sharper, clearer and crisper as well as louder with its 3 watts of power. I have had this badboy at full volume with NO distortion whatsoever; dont do this at home as you could damage the speaker...but for this review I needed to let you guys know.
Plus I had a music playtime of approx 6-7 hours which is just fabulous!

It also has the clever addition of call answering which cuts off your music and has its own ringtone for you to answer the call...love this thing!

Overall its definitely one of my alltime favorite speakers Ive reviewed on Gadget Girl; it has great sound, its rugged and if you've not used it, it will even turn itself off after 20 minutes...very impressed.

Its super portable and fits easy into your pocket, handbag or suitcase due to its ultra slim ergonomic design.
A slightly dearer speaker to others Ive reviewed; but I feel its well worth the extra pennies as the quality all round is just gorgeous with the extra fun twist of LED's modes.
Perfect for relaxing in the garden on a hot summers day!

Kitsound Dancefloor Bluetooth Recharegable Speaker with LED light show.
Amazon Uk
£29.75
or directly from Kitsound
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All my thanks goes to the lovely girls at Kitsound for kindly sending me this to share with you all.
All my views and opinions are honest, indepth and all my own and
unless otherwise stated, all photography is my own.

If you liked this review you may like more products from Kitsound below.

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The Kitsound Hive

Kitsound Cadet

Plus many more speakers on my main gadget page HERE

NEW Trendz travel range - Travel PU Leather Wallet and matching Buddy Speaker #Review

 NEW Trendz Hawaiian Travel wallet and matching rechargeable buddy Speaker Review

Have you guys planned your holidays yet for this year? Do you want to be reminded of hot sun and warm seas rather than the cold wind, rain and snow we have at the moment?

Well today Im bringing you some new products from Trendz to show you.

Trendz are a company that are ever evolving with new design ideas for cases and accessories for our tech. So you will always have new modern or elegant storage for your phone or tablet.


If you would rather listen to my rambling than read it; then scroll down to see my video review of both items. Its one of my longer reviews as its 2 products to show you, I felt they needed to be shown together.

Trendz released 2 NEW travel designs this year; Geometrics and the Hawaiian.

Which design do you like?

I immediately fell in love with the bright blues of the Hawaiian print with my love of nature, but both have a real holiday vibe to them.

  Trendz kindly sent me two products from the new Hawaiian Travel range. 

The Travel wallet and the Buddy speaker to show you all.

So lets get started and let me show you the wallet first.

Trendz Travel wallet

I love Trendz packaging as it leans towards being Eco-friendly with enough cardboard sleeving to explain the details.. Open the wallet and its protected with a thin foam page.
First of all its made from a beautifully patterned PU leather. My first impressions was how light it feels in your hand; perfect for traveling when weight is so important, every gram counts eh!

But first lets just take a minute to look at this gorgeous design of Hawaiian flowers against the deep bright blue background; does it take you back to that hot beach, smell of the sea, cocktail in your hand, flower in your hair....okay maybe Blackpool tower and half a doughnut down your cleavage, then.....

As soon as you see the pattern it makes you feel like Summer sun and seas, it genuinely makes you smile.

 The matching blue stitching outside and Pink inside has been finished neatly with no fraying or wobbly sewn bits.

The wallet is held together with a really strong magnet tab in matching blue.

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 I also need to point out it has plenty of width room too if you have alot of documents inside, it has some real give to it and will go quite fat.

As you see here Im trying to show you how wide I can open it while its still closed. Its also got a padded feel to it which will protect your important documents inside and make it comfortable to hold when waiting in queues etc.

Okie inside...wow I love this baby pink its really girly and fun.

This is a good colour representation too.

So inside you have 12 sections for different jobs...see my video for a live show round.

In the middle is a black elastic pen holder, they really have thought of everything that you may need to grab quickly.

 A coin purse has a concertina pocket to hold a few coins and is closed by a strong metal popper. 

Perfect for change for carparks etc.

 2 secretarial pockets, one for a passport and another for a boarding pass or tickets etc. Both pockets run the full length of the travel wallet.

Above the coin purse you have the word Passport neatly embossed into the "leather".

You can see here how easily my passport fits inside with room to spare.

Its also a tight fit too so nothing is just going to "fall" out.

 Onto the other side you have 6...yes 6 credit card slots; the first 5 from the top fit a credit card perfectly and the last one..my Tescos card slot runs right the way down to the bottom of the wallet allowing you to fit something longer. They really have thought of everything.

 

You have a photo card slot to put a driving license or a family or pet pik.

 One of the most useful sections of the wallet is this zipped section which covers the whole right half of the wallet for anything really important. Inside is a matching pink silky lining; this actually opens ups a few cm's but you cant put anything too thick in here. Its best for documents or receipts.

 The zip itself is a nice size to grip easily, it was very stiff to start with but after using it a few times its loosened off.

 So here it is with some of my stuff inside.

How perfect is this to go inside your boarding bag for flights, it holds everything you need to get at fast, like your boarding passes, tickets, spare coins, passports with even a pen strap.

It also works perfectly for everyday if your someone who travels too and from work, why not have something bright and cheerful for everyday commuting.

I really love this..no seriously I really love this... it keeps your bits together and keeps you organized so your not panicking and stressed if your anything like me. Its eye catching, fun and fashionable at the same time as keeping important documents safe and secure and in one place not loose in your hand bag or worse still your deep shopping bag, how many times are looking for a pen or your ticket or just some loose change for a carpark...Im feeling stressed just talking about it.

Not anymore everyone needs organization to stay sane and believe me this will help and look fab at the same time!

Measures 23cm x 13cm and has a depth of 1-3cm depending on how you fill it.

Now onto the Buddy Speaker, but for a better look at the sound quality do checkout my video below.

The Trendz Buddy Speaker also with the Hawaiian design.

So what better accompaniment to your holiday wallet than to take a tiny matching Buddy speaker with you. No lugging larger speakers which look cool I know; but do you really have room in your suitcase or handbag?

You now can have coordination speaker to your wallet; how pretty is this. 

I already own 2 buddy speakers so I knew already what great sound it has for only 2 inches in diameter.

 Packaging
Looks fab in its plastic transparent box with coordinating rose gold writing even before you get it out the box; great as a gift.

 In the box you get your Buddy speaker with keyring and device connector cable attached. Then inside the mini box you get a charging cable and mini basic instructions. 

This has to be THE smallest user manual Ive ever seen, so cute. It has everything you need, its actually quite thorough and its ALL English! Your probably thinking well how can I see how small it is; well checkout the staple......need I say more lol!

Specifications

Frequency response; 100 hz-20 kHz

Driver size; 36mm.

S/N; 85dB.

Output; 2W RMS@4 ohms.

Cable length is 8.5cm long.

Measuring; 5cm x 4.6cm High and 4.8cm across.

Just look at how beautiful this Hawaiian design is, I know its only a transfer, but its gorgeous, the bright colours and details are just superb.

The speaker holes are at the back, they have used as much space as possible.

 Underneath is a flattened area an inch wide where you have your micro USB charging port, which will connect to your PC or laptop to charge. You also have your on/off switch too.

 Once turned on a white LED will shine through the blue ABS plastic making it glow blue.

Here it is charging from my main PC via the included USB charging cable.

It takes 3 hours to charge but...here we go into nag-mode...always leave it a little longer for the very 1st charge and never be tempted to use it before the recommended charge time as you will never get a full charge out of its battery. I dont know how many times I say this and I do know how tempting it is just to have a little listen but you may limit the life of your battery.

The instructions say...and they are right the blue LED remains on even after its charged so its sorta guess work. All you know is as long as you leave it charging for at least 3 hours you will get a full charge. 

Next you simply plug the 3.5mm cable thats built into the speaker into your headphone socket of your phone and play your music as normal from your collection or itunes, spotify etc.

Checkout my review and sound samples of the wallet and buddy speaker. its always best to see it in real time.

Sound

I'm actually impressed and surprised at the quality of the sound that comes from such a diddy speaker; your not going to get the same sound you get from a £100 speaker...der...obviously! But you will get to hear your favorite vibes wherever you want to hear them, on the beach, at a picnic, traveling or simply inside or out in the garden with your friends or family.
Okay how to explain this...well listen to my video and you will hear the quality from several music samples. The sound has great reach and is quite loud without any interference, I would always want more bass, but the music sounds great. The trebles are high but with no distortion.

Its so damn easy to attach it to your handbag or rucksack and go hiking, its really lightweight and looks super cool, its fun and you will have music anywhere.

Kitsound Buddy speaker even looks great with designer handbags.

 Buddy speakers connected via their own 3.5mm connector jack.

Buddy Speakers

The clever thing with buddy speakers is that they are called "buddy" for a reason. 

Each speaker has its own port and an attached headphone 3.5mm cable, this simply connects into another Buddy speaker socket. You can then connect as many as you like.

Here are my other 2 buddy speakers I own already.

 So simply connect one of the speakers normally to your phone or device (The Hawaiian in the above image), then plug them in one to each other.

 You can have as many connected together as you wish, for more sound...so the instructions say.

Buddy sound

When buddied together you get alot more poke, a higher reach of sound and the fun of some quirky characters sitting on your desk.

Here are just...some...of the different designs and characters you can collect.

Which are your favorites?

Ive fallen in love with this little guy next.

Its so addictive....lol!

 For the dog lovers out there here's the NEW French bulldog and a Pug.

NOTE; You will find when you are playing music with more than 1 buddy speaker connected; the sound can become distorted when just one of them needs their battery charging. As soon as its been charged again the sound returns to normal.

Final Opinion

I'm in love with this gorgeous travel set; us girlies love coordinated products and to have a larger travel wallet that holds all your important papers all in one place, keeps your traveling, stress free. I love having everything organized and at hand for stress-free travel.
How many times have you forgotten your passport or the main holiday tickets etc. Probably because it was loose in the bottom of your large tote bag. Now you get to keep everything together and look damn good doing it, plus you also get to purchase a matching mini speaker to take with you anywhere. Enjoy your own music anywhere in the world.
If you have seen my video you will have seen how good the quality is of these mighty midgets...I was expecting them to be really awful sound. Listen for yourself Ive added some music samples.

They are a great bright and breezy set to collect for the Summer holidays. Checkout the other two products in the same line, so you can be "uber" coordinated while traveling!

Passport cover

Luggage tag back and front.

Trendz have brought out two design ranges, the top four are Geometrics and the bottom are Hawaiian. The only main difference is with Geometrics you can get a battery charger and in the Hawaiian you can get a buddy speaker in the matching designs.

Trendz Passport wallet
Amazon Uk
RRR £14.99

The Buddy Speaker
AmazonUk
RRR £9.99

All my thanks goes to Trendz for kindly sending these items to share with you all. My views and opinions are my own.

Coming NEXT
The Kitsound Dancefloor Speaker
I cant wait to show you this little guy; its amazing!

If you love Kitsound and Trendz brands like I do; checkout the other products Ive reviewed over the last few years.


Trendz Ladybird tablet case review
With both my buddy speakers and Bee USB.

 The Kitsound Hive Speaker

If you loved the Trendz USB Bee in the above photos see my review below.

 

Trendz Character Bee 8Gb USB drive

The Kitsound Swing Radio

Deadmau5

Kitsound Cadet 

KitSound Clash On-Ear Headphones with In-Line Mic