Logitech as a brand sells computer accessories and makes a good fist of it. It also has the Ultimate Ears (UE) division that caters to audio products specifically, like the UE Boom Bluetooth speaker launched last year in India.
Now, we have the UE Roll, a unique-shaped wireless speaker launched recently for the price of Rs 8,495, with its eyes set on beating the likes of JBL Charge, Logitech’s own X300 mobile speaker and Creative Muvo 20 among others.
Logitech UE Roll is different from what we have seen so far in the portable wireless speaker segment. The circular-shaped UE Roll offers a 360-degree Bluetooth audio experience that is good enough to set the party rolling, according to Logitech.
It’s rugged in nature with its IPX7 certification implies that the UE Roll is purely meant for adventure seekers who like to carry their music along wherever they go. The speaker weighs around 330-grams and has to rank as one of the most peculiar-shaped speakers we’ve come across in recent times. You can hang the UE Roll on top of a hook or latch it to your waist so that you don’t have to keep it holding all the time.
We’ve been using the UE Roll for a couple of days now, from the audio perspective, we find the Bluetooth speaker loud enough. It, however, lacks in the bass department.
The volume controls are hard to miss since they are on the face of the speaker, but we would have liked the microUSB port and 3.5-mm audio jack to be placed at a more convenient spot. Logitech claims that the UE Roll can last up to 9 hours on a single charge but we managed to get around 4-5 hours of use on an average.
Logitech UE Roll for Rs 8,495 is quality when it comes to sound, looks rather odd for a wireless speaker but does a decent job for what it’s worth.
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