# Bose SoundLink Revolve+ II

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/bose-soundlink-revolve-ii
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/portable-bluetooth-speakers
- Placement: #21 of 21 in Portable Bluetooth Speakers, F tier
- Brand: Bose
- LP on this board: 0
- Last researched: 2026-08-18T08:14:30.236Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

Coasting on a 2017 design with Micro-USB and dated internals at a modern price. Buy the Bose SoundLink Flex (2nd Gen) from the same brand instead.

## For

- Backed by Bose's brand support reputation

## Against

- Fundamentally a 2017 design still on shelves at near-premium pricing
- Micro-USB charging in a USB-C world
- No modern codec or app EQ parity with the newer SoundLink line
- IP55 at best
- 360-degree driver layout matched or beaten by newer rivals

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 3 of 6 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Consolidated from 16 cited sources across 14 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pcmag | Juhi Wadia | B | https://www.pcmag.com/deals/early-labor-day-price-drops-bose-speaker-is-a-deal-at-33-aug-27 | fetched and confirmed |
| The Product Lab | The Product Lab | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPU6IOg875E | fetched and confirmed |
| Instagram | - | B | https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPETM8MEpdC/?hl=en | fetched and confirmed |
| Alissa Beiler | Alissa Beiler | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrJT8mSnt8M | fetched and confirmed |
| Erin Lawrence | Erin Lawrence | D | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skes3GkWNLQ | fetched and confirmed |
| Abt Electronics | Abt Electronics | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4KzPjgD3Eg | fetched and confirmed |
| Vinnel TV | Vinnel TV | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEo3F3xlZ6g | fetched and confirmed |
| Alissa Beiler | Alissa Beiler | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffV2XZhlHpU | fetched and confirmed |
| Vinnel Service | Vinnel Service | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nDWFS84OsE | fetched and confirmed |
| LifelineBest | LifelineBest | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t809f0ISMo | fetched and confirmed |
| Tech Review Zone | Tech Review Zone | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K3N5AFyLpg | fetched and confirmed |
| João Aires de Matos | João Aires de Matos | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZWbgyTIRo | fetched and confirmed |
| Verified Reviews | Verified Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fx1nvSIb50 | fetched and confirmed |
| Tech doc | Tech doc | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irv0az5fGEU | fetched and confirmed |
| Alissa Beiler | Alissa Beiler | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZS3rtdrSA4 | fetched and confirmed |
| Logan Dunning | - | D | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67eoGA99LWA#comments | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | JBL Charge 6 | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/jbl-charge-6 |
| 2 | JBL Flip 7 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/jbl-flip-7 |
| 3 | Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/ultimate-ears-wonderboom-4 |
| 4 | Bose SoundLink Flex (2nd Gen) | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/bose-soundlink-flex-2nd-gen |
| 5 | JBL Go 5 | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/jbl-go-5 |
| 16 | Sonos Roam 2 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/sonos-roam-2 |
| 17 | JBL Xtreme 5 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/jbl-xtreme-5 |
| 18 | Marshall Emberton III | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/marshall-emberton-iii |
| 19 | UE Wonderboom 3 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/ue-wonderboom-3 |
| 20 | Sonos Move 2 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/sonos-move-2-portable-bluetooth-speakers |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/portable-bluetooth-speakers.

## What this tier means

- F: Avoid. The evidence points you elsewhere.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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