Sonos Roam $200

I own this one. I love my sonos one’s but I feel roam does not live up to the expectations. Sound is good, not the best. Lackluster battery life. Portability from the WiFi prospective is not easy, it could be just me, but every time I wanted it to connect to different Wi-Fi, I had to reset it. If your main usage is going to be Bluetooth then there are better products available.

Atomix84 wrote: ↑ $30 off Sonos Roam from various retailers. Costco includes the QI charger for $250. Not many Sonos offers this year...

Overpriced junk

I think some people miss the point of this. It's not a Bluetooth speaker 1st. It's Sonos. I have 2 and the rest of my house is also Sonos. This gets used 99% more then any other Bluetooth speaker I've owned. It's always ready and on. I have one in the kitchen and laundry room/bathroom.

When I NEED something portable this is great but most of us will only need a portable speaker occasionally. If a portable option is your primary use then buy something else. My UE boom 2 sits in a drawer as it always did for occasional use. My Sonos roams are used almost daily which in my opinion makes it the best possible option. I also have a Move that gets left outside in the summer and brought inside for the winter.

Exactly. This is a must buy if you have other Sonos speakers in the house. It's basically a portable Sonos Port that will send audio out from ANY Bluetooth source to any/all your other Sonos speakers.

EdwardS050 wrote: ↑ Overpriced junk

Why so?

I have one and our family uses it ALL the time.
Connects with spotify, SiriusXM, etc...
Since it connects with Google or Alexa you can give commands to it.

It gets brought out to the patio in the summer, gets used as a shower speaker. It's honestly one of the most used family purchases from 2021.

The biggest qualm about it, is connecting it to a different Wi-Fi network as inorbit001 has said above. But once you figure it out, the app walks you through it quite easily.

vodka wrote: ↑ Why so?

Don't feed the troll

inorbit001 wrote: ↑ I own this one. I love my sonos one’s but I feel roam does not live up to the expectations. Sound is good, not the best. Lackluster battery life. Portability from the WiFi prospective is not easy, it could be just me, but every time I wanted it to connect to different Wi-Fi, I had to reset it. If your main usage is going to be Bluetooth then there are better products available.

It's not intended to leave your home's Wi-Fi network. Use Bluetooth when taking it out of your house.

cooper83 wrote: ↑ Don't feed the troll



It's not intended to leave your home's Wi-Fi network. Use Bluetooth when taking it out of your house.

Not intended? It is a portable smart speaker, a USP is the ability to play music over wifi. It depends on how look at it, but if you are buying Sonos, the last thing you want is to play music over bluetooth IMHO.

inorbit001 wrote: ↑ Not intended? It is a portable smart speaker, a USP is the ability to play music over wifi. It depends on how look at it, but if you are buying Sonos, the last thing you want is to play music over bluetooth IMHO.

The USP is that it’s a wifi speaker when you’re at home but a bluetooth speaker when you’re not.

Lebon1 wrote: ↑ The USP is that it’s a wifi speaker when you’re at home but a bluetooth speaker when you’re not.

Exactly. I’m not sure why this is such a difficult concept to grasp.

cooper83 wrote: ↑ Exactly. I’m not sure why this is such a difficult concept to grasp.

I’m not denying, I’m just saying the WiFi implementation could have been better for ease of use when away from home. Specially now a days when we are away, there are higher chances that we would have a WiFi.

Totally agreed with this. I bought a Roam and ended up returning it. Very disappointing.

inorbit001 wrote: ↑ I own this one. I love my sonos one’s but I feel roam does not live up to the expectations. Sound is good, not the best. Lackluster battery life. Portability from the WiFi prospective is not easy, it could be just me, but every time I wanted it to connect to different Wi-Fi, I had to reset it. If your main usage is going to be Bluetooth then there are better products available.

Appreciate the discussion in this thread. If I'm understanding correctly, does this mean that people just leave it turned on all the time, on its charging pad? If you don't get the charging pad, do you just keep it off and turn it on when you want to use it, like with most bluetooth speakers, or can you leave it on because of its supposed auto-sleep mode?

In my case, I have Sonos speakers almost everywhere I want them (I guess maybe I could stick one in the office?), but I could really use something for the shower. No outlet near the shower, obviously.

Diakonos wrote: ↑ Appreciate the discussion in this thread. If I'm understanding correctly, does this mean that people just leave it turned on all the time, on its charging pad? If you don't get the charging pad, do you just keep it off and turn it on when you want to use it, like with most bluetooth speakers, or can you leave it on because of its supposed auto-sleep mode?

In my case, I have Sonos speakers almost everywhere I want them (I guess maybe I could stick one in the office?), but I could really use something for the shower. No outlet near the shower, obviously.

In my case, I leave it plugged in in my kitchen and use it as a wifi speaker. Only unplug it when I take it to the beach, and flip it to Bluetooth mode.

Does anyone use their Sonos as a TV/movies sound system? The lack of Bluetooth is debilitating, wondering if I should get this for the Bluetooth or just get a cheap Bluetooth adapter?

I already have a couple of Sonos 1s and was thinking of getting a Beam, but to my understanding the Beam also doesn't have Bluetooth...

TwinkoStar wrote: ↑ Does anyone use their Sonos as a TV/movies sound system? The lack of Bluetooth is debilitating, wondering if I should get this for the Bluetooth or just get a cheap Bluetooth adapter?

I already have a couple of Sonos 1s and was thinking of getting a Beam, but to my understanding the Beam also doesn't have Bluetooth...

Why do you need Bluetooth on a home Wi-Fi speaker?

cooper83 wrote: ↑ Why do you need Bluetooth on a home Wi-Fi speaker?

You might 'Roam' outside your home, and still use the same speaker to play music directly via Bluetooth.

Jucius Maximus wrote: ↑ You might 'Roam' outside your home, and still use the same speaker to play music directly via Bluetooth.

Sorry, I should’ve clarified: why does one need Bluetooth on a soundbar if it has Wi-Fi? The Beam, in this case.