I'm not sure if this is meant to be some sort of battery saving feature or something but it makes the speakers unusable for anything other than music and I'm a massive podcast fan so unless I have a defective unit I will be asking for a refund. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. If your phone cant keep up with the KS Hive Xs battery life, KitSound has also included a USB charging output. Keep the music going for longer, just plug in your phone’s USB cable to charge it while still playing all your tunes. There are four grips on the bottom of the Hive that do a pretty good job at holding the Hive in its place when the bass vibrations are high.

The Hive2+ includes 40mm active drivers and an immense digital amplifier combined with a passive bass radiator creates 12 Watts of engineered sound. The speaker is also capable of acting as a Bluetooth speakerphone, and you can daisy-chain multiple units together, via the auxiliary output, for greater volume.My brother also has an original Hive and when I let him hear the Hive2 his opinion was that the new version actually sounded better, not worse! Most mobile phones, tablets, MP3 players, and computers can access its wonderful sound through the line-in connection.

Because of its sturdy design, the Hive will withstand the occasional knock much better than other speakers and, like all KitSound products, it's been built to last. It's also really easy to use, pairing is a breeze especially with NFC and unlike some Bluetooth devices it just works first time every time. With stereo pairing you can connect two Hive X speakers and hear your favourite music with added depth and sound. We have used it in the house to play our podcasts via bluetooth from our phones, taken it out on camping trips and out in the garden to play some tunes whilst barbequeing. It isn’t the loudest speaker around, unless you’re happy to put up with significant distortion, but the volume on offer is perfectly suitable for intimate listening.For anyone thinking of investing in a Bluetooth speaker perhaps to take away or to simply have around the house you won;t go far wrong with the KitSound Hive2! So you can invest in two speakers and hear your favourite music in all its natural glory and really add depth to the sound. Follow us on Facebook, Twitterand Instagram to keep up with the latest technology news, reviews and more. It's really solid with a nice smooth texture and quite a weight to it - if certainly feels very well made and seems much more expensive than it is. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

It all just depends on the volume and the level of interference from the room to influence the battery's life. Item was as described works brilliantly seller was 10 out of 10 very helpful and the item is packed up absolutely brilliantly in a much bigger box with loads of padding. BUT after extensive testing i have found that you have the volume too low on the audio source it will create the popping sound. Featuring a powerful digital amplifier and two active speaker drivers, the Hive delivers controlled powerful and clear midrange and treble resulting is an outstanding sound quality from such a small speaker. KitSound is one such outfit, and the Pocket Hive is the most portable speaker in the British firm’s range.

I've yet to run the battery down, but I used it for a good 5 or 6 hours and the battery status LED has still not gone to red which means it's less than 30% so the stated playback time of 12 hours seems feasible.

I especially like the fact that the light warns me when the battery is getting low and then it is just a matter of charging it, something which can be done whilst continuing to listen. Then I made another few cups of tea while it was charging and finally plugged it into my computer while pretending I was back in the glory days when ‘Made in Great Britain’ was a stamp of excellence.

But from all other angles, the sound radiates from the hexagonal body of the speaker, rather than this unshielded outlet. After having used this device now for several months I would just like to say how very pleased I am.