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So soundcore has been on a roll lately putting out some really big products like the Soundcore Rave 3S, the Liberty 5 earbuds, and recently the Aerofit 2 pro earbuds which I think are much better than the Powerbeats pro 2. And now we have the Soundcore Boom Go 3i, which not only sounds good and gives you a big bang for your buck, its also super versatile for out doors use. And in general, Soundcore’s Boom 3i is also great for outdoor use… so today we’re going to compare the Soundcore Boom Go 3i to the Soundcore Boom 3i and let’s see which one is right for you.
Regarding pricing, both of these speakers give you a big bang for your buck and they both try to undercut their direct competitors. The Soundcore Boom Go 3i has a retail price of $80 but it likes to go on sale for $60, not bad and the Boom 3i has a retial price of $140 and like to go on sale for $130. Nonetheless if you want to pick either of these two speakers up they’ll be linked down below, or you can always press on the YouTube shopping button, and if you want to further support the channel then you can always watch some of the related videos in the description down below.
So first there’s the design cause these speakers are very different. The Boom Go 3i is puck shaped where as the Boom 3i is rectangular. But more importantly, with the Boom Go 3i, this speaker has a built in rubber strap, making it super easy to attach this speaker to lets say your back pack straps or to your bikes handle bar. Where as with the Boom 3i, it doesn’t have a strap, however it does come included with a shoulder strap. Now admidietly this shoulder strap is pretty basic, but its going to make it super easy to carry this speaker around, or you can hang it from something or you can get creative and attach it to things as well. But overall both of these speakers are super portable and super durable. Now both of these speakers are mostly plastic… but these plastic feel super dense, so these speakers still feel premium and rugged. And both of these speakers are water proof, but the really cool thing about the Boom 3i is that it floats up right when in water, so if you’re in a calm pool, you’ll still be able to hear your music while your speaker floats. Which is pretty night.
But something that is very impressive for both of these speakers given their size and price is that they both have a built in light feature. But more importantly, both of these light features actually look good and they are worth using. But also, these light features can be super useful while at night for safety cause they can help show people where you are if you’re riding your bike or out on a walk while at night. But I do think this night time safety aspect applies better to the Soundcore Boom Go 3i rather than the Boom 3i. But nonetheless, both of these light features are worth using and they can be useful if needed.
However, if you decide to use the light feature on this speaker, that is going to take its toll on the battery life. Now the soundcore Boom Go 3i has an advertised battery life of 24 hours… which I feel is great, but that with this speaker playing wit the light feature turned off, with the volume set to 50% and with the bass up feature turned on. Which I do feel is fair, cause 50% volume on this speaker is a decent volume… and bass up means you’re going to get a good amount of bass.
And soundcore claims that if you were to use this speaker with the light feature feature turned on, and at max volume and with bass up turned on, its going to be good for 6 hours of playback time, which again is very impressive. And with my real world use with this speaker playing at 75% volume, and with the light turned on, and with the bass up turned on, I’ve been getting 12 hours of playback time.
But also, this speaker has an eco mode… now eco mode is going to turn off your light feature and its going to lower your bass… but at 50% volume, its going to be good for up to 40 hours. So overall, battery life on this speaker really varies, but its still very impressive for its compact size, plus its super durable… and they even managed to squeeze in a decent light feature, its important to say decent light feature… cause there are some other speakers out there with pointless light features. JBL Grip, JBL Boombox 4.
Where as the Soundcore Boom 3i has an advertised battery life of 16 hours, but thats with this speaker playing at 50% volume, with the light feature turned off and with the bass up feature turned off… but real world use with this speaker playing at 80% volume and with the bass up feature turned on and the light feature turned on, for me this speaker has been good for 6 hours of playback time… Now this speaker doesn’t have as long of a battery life as the Go 3i… but that’s cause this speaker does have more hardware to power which does give it much better sound quality.
Now both of these speakers charge via a USB C port as they should, but with the Boom Go 3i… you can also use this USB C port to charge your own devices, Now this speaker isn’t going to be able to fully charge your iPhone… but if you need an emergency 50%, then the Soundcore Boom Go 3i can help with that. Now it is unfortunate that the Boom 3i cant do this, but keep in mind the Boom Go 3i is newer than the Boom 3i, so maybe in the next version, the Boom 4i will be able to do this.
Now you can only use these speakers with a Bluetooth connection, but both of these speakers can be connected to any two bluetooth devices so you and a friend can both be DJ and latency is not an issue for any of these speakers so you can use them to watch videos with on your phone.
But now lets talk about sound, when it comes to speaker set up, these two speakers are very diffrent, The Soudncore Boom Go 3i has a frontward firing driver and passive radiators that shoot out the front and back of this speaker. And then there’s the Boom 3i which has a more premium speaker set up cause it has a frontward firing driver, a frontward firing tweeter and dual passive radiators that shoot out the sides. And thanks to the woofer and tweeter setup found on the Boom 3i, its going to have better instrument separation cause the woofer is going to handle the mids and the tweeter is going to handle the highs, like this.
So like you may have just seen, the woofer handles the mids and the tweeter handles the highs, so that going to help the Boom 3i sound more open than these other two speakers. But now we’re going to jump into the soundtest. Both of these speakers are playing at 75% volume with their stock EQ.
So first there’s the obvious, the Soundcore Boom 3i is going to get much louder than the Boom Go 3i simply cause its larger and it has more hardware going for it. Pretty basic, Now the Boom Go 3i gets decently loud for its size, and you’re going to be able to hear your music if you’re ridding your bike through the city or if you’re out on a walk. But with the Boom 3i, this speaker just gets much louder, loud enough for lets say a 5 person get together. But more importantly, the Boom 3i sound much better than the Boom go 3i for multiple reasons. The most important reason is the instrument separation, the Boom 3i sounds a lot more open thanks to the Woofer and tweeter set up. So you’re going to get better defneitnion in the mids and highs. Where as with the Go 3i, since it has a single driver doing all od the work, it can sound a little nasally by comparison. But also with the Boom 3i, this speaker simply has more bass cause its passive radiators are larger. So overall, the Boom Go 3i sounds more than good enough to get the job done, but the Boom 3i does sound much better thanks to its more premium woofer and tweeter set up.
And finally lets talk about pairing these speakers up with other speakers. Now with both of these speakers, if you have two of the same speakers, then you can wirelessly pair them up and get them to play in left and right stereo mode. But with the Boom 3i, this speaker is using party cast, so you can pair it up to lets say a Boom 2, or a Boom 2 plus and get them to all play in sync.
Where as with the Boom Go 3i, this speaker is using aura cast, so sadly you can’t pair this speaker up to your party cast speakers. And even though the Boom Go 3i is using aura cast, I haven’t been able to get it to pair with my other aura cast speakers from JBL. The only other speaker that I have been able to pair up my Boom Go 3i with is the Soundcore Rave 3S which is also using aura cast. So we have to wait and see what happens with Auracast on the Boom Go 3i, but if you’re planning on getting both of these speakers, you can’t get them to pair up.
But with all of that being said, both the Soundcore Boom 3i and Boom Go 3i are great rugged speakers to consider if you’re looking for something to take on the go with you. Now the Boom Go 3i gives you a very big bang for your buck and its super versatile cause its super easy to attach to things, it has a super long battery life, it can be used as an emergency battery bank and it also has a light feature that looks good and can be useful for night time safety. Now with the Boom 3i, you can’t use this speaker as a battery bank… but besides that it has all of the same features as the Boom Go 3i… but the Boom 3i does sound much better than the Boom Go 3i thanks to its woofer and tweeter up. My only problem with these two speakers is that you can’t wait them up.