This is such a cute little speaker! It’s a get what you pay for kinda thing. This is not meant for a large get together. Up close the lights are small dots but from far away it looks really good. It is perfect for my back deck. I have another one on the way. I will update later on if it is water proof and how long the battery lasts. The sound is good. Don’t expect much base. The sound in the video is the loudest the speaker would go. But it’s perfect for a small area. It came with a charging cord but no box, a hanging hook, and a 4 foot pole which included a stake. If you plan to put it in the ground be careful ! The stake dose not seem durable at all. One hard hit and it’s likely to splinter. I charged it right out the box. I would say it probably took 3 hours to charge fully.

These lanterns/speakers look great. They put out decent light, and the two different light modes are nice – we especially like the flickering option. They come with a lot of option for how to put these lights in you area – small poles to stick them in the ground, a hook for hanging them upside down and a wall or ceiling mount hook. As for the speakers, they pair with each other quite easily, and they pair with your phone easily. It’s cool that once they are paired with each other, adjusting the volume on one automatically adjusts the volume on the other. Sound wise, inside, with the speakers sitting on a table and less than 2 feet apart, the sound is decent – fairly rich, and good stereo separation. However, get them out in their intended environment, and you quickly find that the sound doesn’t carry very far, and they lose all bass. So, the sound is much thinner, and they’re only effective if they are less than 6 feet apart. Which would be fine if you could link 4 or more of these speakers so you could get decent coverage around your pool. But, since you can only link 2, these are only going to work out well for you if you intend to use them in a fairly small area.