MEH - already have 6 of these from the last two times offered! ($8 for one if I recall - these were X-Mas gifts). BUT, on the bright side, @Barney will love the purple. oh wait, no georgia red...
After the slow yet complete failure of my Toccs headphones over two days, I've learned that buying cheap (especially Bluetooth) electronics that Meh considers disposable is a bad idea...
Well lookie who decided to come breezing in the door, Twofer Tuesday that dirty temptress. Too bad she's slingin' speaker docks this time and I shall not be tempted by her this week. Staying strong with my commitment to never purchase a speaker dock, nice try!
Such a deluge of mediocrity recently, I'm starting to debate whether I'm truly a very mediocre person. $5/month is cheap when there's actually stuff worth getting!
I might be convinced if I didn't already own two. Mine work pretty well for tunes while in the shower and on low when falling asleep. Not high fidelity, but reasonable sound.
These are actually pretty good for the price. I picked one up the first time around and have been using it regularly. Sound quality is decent. Only thing I don't like is no indication when it's done charging.
Mine is still going strong. Barely loud enough for my noisy car, but perfect for anywhere less noisy. Sometimes takes a long time to sync when cold (less than 40F).
Meh took my dollars and turned it into slender-buttery-money...I'm a bit disturbed. I want regular sized money that is neither slippery nor greasy please.
I think they're cute, thought they were a mismatched bra at first glance. Which reminded me I have laundry to do, which got me thinking how I like to rock out while cleaning. Except the sound from my phone as I carry it from room to room sucks and these are kinda cute, like a mismatched bra and I have so much laundry to do - I'm in!
@karen99 Are these mismatched bras like… you wear out or get a tear in one cup, so you cut it off and throw the good cup into the Box o' Bra Parts, to later be sewn together into your new fashion line, The Island of Mismatched Bras?
@chellemonkey I brought a stereo splitter and wired my S5 directly to the audio inputs. Stereo! It's not wireless, but it IS stereo. Gotta choose your battles, I say.
@JonT, you guys clearly like phone users better than tablet users. (At least in the iOS world.)
'Editing' a reply to a comment is almost impossible on an iPad. But simple on an iPhone. But perhaps it is an iOS version thing since my iPad is a lot older.
@RedOak Part of it may be a screen size (resolution) thing? I don't have an iPad, so I don't know the issue you speak of… but back when we were figuring out how @unixrab was destroying comments with HTML, noticed some very considerable changes in how the forums work across devices (seemingly) due to the responsive design. Of course, none of this helps you, so I'm not really sure why I'm hypothesizing it.
@brhfl Thx. To be more specific about the difference, triggering an edit: 1) On my iPad - yields a single line of text that is overly sensitive to scrolling back and forth. Almost impossible to edit a longer than 7 word reply. 2) On my iPhone, even tho it is a smaller screen, the edit pops up in to a full paragraph-style display of the reply. Very easy to edit. Ironically, editing on a Windows PC is more similar (less friendly) to the iPad than the iPhone. But at least on the PC you can use the mouse or arrow keys to scroll back thru the text. Go figure. Maybe the meh techs like iPhones.
@RedOak Interesting… as you mention, the way you describe it working sounds much like on a computer, which leads me to believe it is a screen size/responsive design issue - you're getting the full experience, so to speak, on the iPad... which includes parts of the experience that don't exactly work with the interface. Unfortunately, I think part of that is on Apple - I've never liked the way iOS handles cursor movement. I think they have stepped it up a notch and added left/right buttons to the keyboard for iPad users on iOS 8, but no such love for the iPhone. I do also think the reply/edit box is a bit janky here at meh, even on a desktop…
@brhfl That being the case, as with most comment/blog sites, I'd prefer a full paragraph style edit window like on the iPhone. Who prefers reading a ticker-tape?
I also got one white and one black. I was relieved that I didn't get some weird color like purple. (Sorry, @Barney) I haven't tried mine out yet, but they're really cute in person if that counts for something.
I just tried to order today's key pads and it says couldn't verify zip code but my bank banknote shows FOUR charges for $16.24! Please help get rid of THREE ASAP!!
got mine today, ebony and ivory. sounds ok. Oh, the 2 aux cables? Place those in the trash; they're terrible. they induce noise and reduce the volume compared to a good cable.
I think my white one died. I've been using them for a few weeks, mostly to make my iPad sound louder in my car. But the last time I used the white one after a few seconds it lost connection. As far as I can tell its battery isn't recharging. No red light when plugged in. And when I turn it on no "bluetooth turned on sound" and no blue light.
I haven't heard back from Urge but I think I discovered the cause of the problem. I tried charging it again last night and got the red light. Then it turned off. I found that if I applied a little pressure down on the USB cable the light went back on. I swapped the USB cable with another and the speaker continued to charge (or at least the red light stayed on). Odd that the USB cable worked with a different make of speaker. Anyway, since it looks like the speaker charged overnight I expect it to work this weekend.
Pretty disappointed in my purchase of these speakers. They are either extremely poor quality or both duds. They both have have extremely choppy sound even at very close distances. Anyways, upon my contacting of Meh.com about replacement, which took almost a week to respond to, I was understandably referred to the manufacturer for warranty. I have tried contacting the manufacturer to no response and then followed up with Meh.com to see if they can contact the manufacturer for me. I know, working retail and internet sales for most of my life, that dealers almost always have an inside channel to the vendor, but at this point I have had no response from Meh.com on my follow up, and it's been over a month since the original purchase... It sucks to know that I may have thrown away a couple meals worth of money on these thing but at the principle it sucks even more that I feel like I'm receiving poor customer support from both the vendor and the manufacturer here. This purchase makes me wary of purchasing products from here or from the manufacturer again. Being a longtime frequenter to here and to Woot.com, from its infancy, I expected a little more....
I used mine the other day for the first time, does it compare to a Bose Bluetooth speaker? HELL NO! But is it something I can keep on my desk in my office? Yup! It has a nice little sound and people always ask what that is on my desk. It always confuses me why some people expect a Benz when they pay for Matchbox.
Specs
Condition - New
Warranty - 1 Year Urge
Estimated Delivery: 2/13 - 2/16
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
2x SounDome Speaker
2x Aux Cable
2x USB Charging Cable
2x User guide
Pictures
Black and silver
Black and purple
Black and white
Black and black
Bluetooth!
Everything included
Scale
Faces
Price Check
$30.30 (For 2) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
MEH - already have 6 of these from the last two times offered! ($8 for one if I recall - these were X-Mas gifts). BUT, on the bright side, @Barney will love the purple. oh wait, no georgia red...
When two for Tuesday and speaker dock Friday get freaky, we get colorful speaker boobs.
So, you're saying, no way to snowblow my driveway with this?
@hammi99 I love purple.
I'm too lazy to look up the specs elsewhere... Are these linkable? (Do they have aux out, too)
Either way, having two (almost) matching speakers and no stereo seems kinda meh.
@pajamma Nope - just aux.in. The 2-fer is so you can use the second one somewhere else.
@narfcake thanks. Safe to say getting two pair for Quadrophenia is out then...
@mediocrebot
Anyone know if these have play/pause/fwd/back track controls? Too lazy to check.......imho these should come in purple only.
@f00l No track controls.
I love purple.
Meh
I believe you have my stapler.
@jsh139 if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire
@mbatla too bad you didn't enter @JonT's passive-aggressive contest yesterday.
@mbatla I SPECIFICALLY SAID NO SALT..... I'll burn this resort to the ground.
@RedOak my apologies to @JonT. Living sometimes gets in the way. Dizzam.
@givemeyoursoul strychnine in the guacamole
@jsh139 No I have my own stapler that just looks like yours so toddle off now.
@cranky1950 toddling intensifies
bath?
Two for toothsday?
Nobody say it!
Well, February is off to a rough start. Meh
Only if you can guarantee the second one will be purple
@giroro I second this,
@giroro I love purple.
@Barney me too
oh christ.... Barney the Scapegoat is losing her shit right now... a purple speaker dome
@Squid_07 Purple! Purple! Purple! Purple! PURPLE!
@Squid_07 Soylent Purple is Barneys!
PURPLE!
told you guys
@Barney I Love Barney
@Barney in for purple!!
I love purple.
After the slow yet complete failure of my Toccs headphones over two days, I've learned that buying cheap (especially Bluetooth) electronics that Meh considers disposable is a bad idea...
@johnamo Mine still work, but I've taken to hiring carnies (small hands) to gently place them upon my head on use.
@johnamo At least they come right out and say it…
@brhfl Yes! Exactly. I've learned my lesson to never think "it can't be as bad as Meh says..."
Deja meh. There's a glitch in the Mehtrix.
I haven't bought something from Meh in so many days that this is actually tempting me :(
@rlesueur You're going through mehdrawl symptoms.
Meh
Yaaaah, breast implants with bluetooth!!!
@Kerig3 boobies???
@cranky1950 Bluebies! ;-)
@Kerig3 Everything is better with bluetooth.
@SColburn except battery life? unless your on bluetooth 4.0
Well lookie who decided to come breezing in the door, Twofer Tuesday that dirty temptress. Too bad she's slingin' speaker docks this time and I shall not be tempted by her this week. Staying strong with my commitment to never purchase a speaker dock, nice try!
@studerc dock?
@nadroj It docks via the air, or "cloud" as they call it.
@nadroj Exactly, a speaker this is… a dock it is not!
@nadroj I stand by what i say, even if it's not entirely accurate because I am a Mehrican! It's the principle of the manner.
@Deelron Qi charging?
@studerc Worst speaker dock ever- where do I plug in my iDevice or Android phone?
@studerc Well well...you've finally resisted the grasp of the temptress. Guess we'll need to step it up next week.
@JonT bring it on! Maybe it will be Teofer Tuesday goat prizes.
bought two the last time; these are actually pretty solid
@aj That's what I want to hear because I just bought a pair.
@christinerenee I have 1 as well. I really like mine. Great sound for the bathroom come shower time.
Well, better luck tomorrow. Again.
I have two of these I bought before Christmas and still haven't used them
Two-fer-Tuesday needs to get eaten by the shark.
@Fej only if regurgitated with better deals
@Fej Left Shark will eat anything...except Katy Perry, but you can't blame him for that!
Bluetooth? Meh. I want to be forced to physically tether my device to the speaker! This is not a speaker dock.
@Headly But you can! These have a 3.5mm input too.
If only they were water-resistant, you'd have a deal.
@clayboy Put in big ziploc bag = DIY water resistance.
@narfcake Meh. Effort.
You disappoint meh, I was really hoping for two speaker docks. Guess I'll have to get them elsewhere.
@axleman1011 Awww
@axleman1011 purple rope
@axleman1011 Purple pope?
@axleman1011 purple slope
Bluetooth speakers? I've got the Urge. The urge to purge!
Meh.
Turdfor Tuesday seems to be the norm lately. Meh is living up to its name. I can remember when I actually wanted to buy something from this site.
@rtnwin
@rtnwin it's nice to see more "they're not as good as they used to be!" posts happening already.
@JonT oh the good old days.
@JonT it hasnt even been a year yet. what are they gonna say next year? DAE remember the good ole days of FUKU 2 or something?
Such a deluge of mediocrity recently, I'm starting to debate whether I'm truly a very mediocre person. $5/month is cheap when there's actually stuff worth getting!
Do they have microphones? They have little holes near the charging port that look like they could be.
It looks like it would be a reasonable speaker phone thingy.
@pib No microphone as I recall. I could be mistaken ... but I'm not about to get out of bed and go downstairs to look at mine to find out!
@narfcake the anticipation is killing us.
@pib @SteveOOO Wait no more! The hole next to the USB is just the LED.
No mic
Will each of these fit in the Kindle Fire sized Neoprene sleeves? I have got like 20 of them laying around.
@msimard8 Not likely. These are kinda sizeable.
@msimard8 you could send those to me. I wouldn't mind :)
@jont I would hope you'll be sending a purple one to everyone's favorite purple-loving goat @Barney.
@dashcloud Nah, but thanks!
You know it's crap when @Barney doesn't even want a purple one for free!
@VeeDubTDI
I love purple.
I love Meh.
Baa!
I might be convinced if I didn't already own two. Mine work pretty well for tunes while in the shower and on low when falling asleep. Not high fidelity, but reasonable sound.
There is nothing I want more than a bluetooth speaker. I get two you say? No deal!
You ruined my two-for-Tuesday. Can we get a moratorium on bluetooth speakers and speaker docks for a while?
painful-crusty-head
@hems79 ![menolikeythispic][1] [1]:
@hems79 Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeew.
@hems79 WHAT DA FUK?!!! No. Just. NO!
@hems79 Dude, you're in a remote part of Canada!! http://map.what3words.com/painful.crusty.head
Thanks meh.
Hard Meh!!! Do not need!
I'm not buying two for Tuesday until they pair a blue tooth speaker with a speaker dock....
stupendous-flecked-mars... Oooo, thank you two-fer - thank you!!
how did you know martians liked blueteeth..?
4 stars on amazon. I'm in for one (or I guess in for two?)
@t1nkerduck don't get too excited - 100% of those 5-star ratings were as a result of getting the test sample free.
Meh. The three I bought last time don't get very much use. Not even the purple one.
@Pamela I love purple.
who misses rock speakers?
These are actually pretty good for the price. I picked one up the first time around and have been using it regularly. Sound quality is decent. Only thing I don't like is no indication when it's done charging.
Mine is still going strong. Barely loud enough for my noisy car, but perfect for anywhere less noisy. Sometimes takes a long time to sync when cold (less than 40F).
@djdedd you're not supposed to store it in the freezer between uses.
No Georgia Red. . . for that alone, meh.
@jrwofuga No Florida Orange... for that alone, meh.
@sjk3 They're trying to sell these things.
I love purple.
tomorrow's deal is a maritime dock obv you just have to buy both for the combo
spiky-supreme-slave. I only hope they are slaves with those hairdos.
@tombroadcaster The one on the left is a future candidate for this: http://hotchickswithdouchebags.com/
@tombroadcaster HEY! It's Draco Malfoy and her twin sister!
Glue two of these back to back and you have a bluetooth bowling ball.
I got these in the "disposable" sale, and that's just what they are -- disposable. It's like the speakers lag somehow. Meh.
Finally, an order number I can do something with...
loony-lisping-zombie
Meh took my dollars and turned it into slender-buttery-money...I'm a bit disturbed. I want regular sized money that is neither slippery nor greasy please.
@chellemonkey that's no longer your money. Meh's choice what to do with it.
I think they're cute, thought they were a mismatched bra at first glance. Which reminded me I have laundry to do, which got me thinking how I like to rock out while cleaning. Except the sound from my phone as I carry it from room to room sucks and these are kinda cute, like a mismatched bra and I have so much laundry to do - I'm in!
@karen99 Are these mismatched bras like… you wear out or get a tear in one cup, so you cut it off and throw the good cup into the Box o' Bra Parts, to later be sewn together into your new fashion line, The Island of Mismatched Bras?
Can someone check to see what cup size these are? I'd like to wear them around the house, but need to know what size bra to buy.
@phatmass EEE
Two mono speakers that you can't link together for stereo? It doesn't get more meh than that.
@jqp123 Yeah, I was waiting for those pod ones they had before. @JonT get your buyers on finding more of those!
@chellemonkey I brought a stereo splitter and wired my S5 directly to the audio inputs. Stereo! It's not wireless, but it IS stereo. Gotta choose your battles, I say.
Purple. Really hoping for purple. I'd take two... as long as they were purple.
I love purple.
...and THEN They show a pic of a red swingline stapler. That would have been the clincher!
@BigDogRMF I'd be in for twofer red Swinglines!
I like purple.
Makes me want a chip-zapper.
I drained the batteries in the ones I got before Christmas; time to get another pair.
@PocketBrain that's so baller.
From now on, everyone call me Kristen, 'cause I am wigging out.
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OMG! Speaker dock sellout! Stop the presses!
@gertiestn Don't blame Barney.
@Barney they only sold out because some were purple.
@VeeDubTDI Aww, purple...
Bought em. Worth it! Congrats on the sellout.
nurturing-delicious-cyclops
@festercluck those cyclops (cyclopses?) don't look very delicious OR nurturing...
@JonT Cyclopes. No joke.
If you sold them as "Boob speakers" I would have been in for 2.
@bruinscbr These are, in fact, boob speakers.
@PocketBrain 830 folks realized they are Boob speakers. That's why they sold out.
@RedOak I was late to the boob party...Nothing new there. Oh well next time Meh sells boob shaped items I wont even think twice before purchasing.
So glad these are sold out, never have to see them again. But wait, there's more!
@JonT, you guys clearly like phone users better than tablet users. (At least in the iOS world.)
'Editing' a reply to a comment is almost impossible on an iPad. But simple on an iPhone. But perhaps it is an iOS version thing since my iPad is a lot older.
@RedOak Part of it may be a screen size (resolution) thing? I don't have an iPad, so I don't know the issue you speak of… but back when we were figuring out how @unixrab was destroying comments with HTML, noticed some very considerable changes in how the forums work across devices (seemingly) due to the responsive design. Of course, none of this helps you, so I'm not really sure why I'm hypothesizing it.
@brhfl Thx. To be more specific about the difference, triggering an edit: 1) On my iPad - yields a single line of text that is overly sensitive to scrolling back and forth. Almost impossible to edit a longer than 7 word reply. 2) On my iPhone, even tho it is a smaller screen, the edit pops up in to a full paragraph-style display of the reply. Very easy to edit. Ironically, editing on a Windows PC is more similar (less friendly) to the iPad than the iPhone. But at least on the PC you can use the mouse or arrow keys to scroll back thru the text. Go figure. Maybe the meh techs like iPhones.
@RedOak Interesting… as you mention, the way you describe it working sounds much like on a computer, which leads me to believe it is a screen size/responsive design issue - you're getting the full experience, so to speak, on the iPad... which includes parts of the experience that don't exactly work with the interface. Unfortunately, I think part of that is on Apple - I've never liked the way iOS handles cursor movement. I think they have stepped it up a notch and added left/right buttons to the keyboard for iPad users on iOS 8, but no such love for the iPhone. I do also think the reply/edit box is a bit janky here at meh, even on a desktop…
@brhfl
I BEG YOUR PARDON!...@brhfl That being the case, as with most comment/blog sites, I'd prefer a full paragraph style edit window like on the iPhone. Who prefers reading a ticker-tape?
You are getting 2 random colored bluetooth speakers as long as you accept the fact that one of those randomly selected colors will be black.
Is there an Android dock... why can't we get one or two of those. and yes I mean Docks made for androids
@Squid_07 This is as close as I've seen: http://haledevices.com/
Got these yesterday. One black, one white.
Using the white one now to listen to a podcast at work. Works pretty well. It's no Bose, but it sounds fine for podcasts. Not bad on music, either.
I also got one white and one black. I was relieved that I didn't get some weird color like purple. (Sorry, @Barney) I haven't tried mine out yet, but they're really cute in person if that counts for something.
@christinerenee Aww (sniffle)
I just tried to order today's key pads and it says couldn't verify zip code but my bank banknote shows FOUR charges for $16.24! Please help get rid of THREE ASAP!!
@Jenniferb are they actual charges or temporary authorizations? The latter will reverse automagically.
got mine today, ebony and ivory. sounds ok. Oh, the 2 aux cables? Place those in the trash; they're terrible. they induce noise and reduce the volume compared to a good cable.
I love purple.
@clark3rd They go together like perfect harmony.
I think my white one died. I've been using them for a few weeks, mostly to make my iPad sound louder in my car. But the last time I used the white one after a few seconds it lost connection. As far as I can tell its battery isn't recharging. No red light when plugged in. And when I turn it on no "bluetooth turned on sound" and no blue light.
@PaulC Looks like the warranty is with Urge and is good for one year. Here's their contact page.
@Thumperchick Thanks. I just left Urge a message on the page you provided.
I love purple.
@PaulC let us know if you run into any trouble, we got your back.
I haven't heard back from Urge but I think I discovered the cause of the problem. I tried charging it again last night and got the red light. Then it turned off. I found that if I applied a little pressure down on the USB cable the light went back on. I swapped the USB cable with another and the speaker continued to charge (or at least the red light stayed on). Odd that the USB cable worked with a different make of speaker. Anyway, since it looks like the speaker charged overnight I expect it to work this weekend.
@PaulC Good, good...
@PaulC Personally, I refuse to work weekends.
Pretty disappointed in my purchase of these speakers. They are either extremely poor quality or both duds. They both have have extremely choppy sound even at very close distances.
Anyways, upon my contacting of Meh.com about replacement, which took almost a week to respond to, I was understandably referred to the manufacturer for warranty. I have tried contacting the manufacturer to no response and then followed up with Meh.com to see if they can contact the manufacturer for me. I know, working retail and internet sales for most of my life, that dealers almost always have an inside channel to the vendor, but at this point I have had no response from Meh.com on my follow up, and it's been over a month since the original purchase...
It sucks to know that I may have thrown away a couple meals worth of money on these thing but at the principle it sucks even more that I feel like I'm receiving poor customer support from both the vendor and the manufacturer here. This purchase makes me wary of purchasing products from here or from the manufacturer again. Being a longtime frequenter to here and to Woot.com, from its infancy, I expected a little more....
I used mine the other day for the first time, does it compare to a Bose Bluetooth speaker? HELL NO! But is it something I can keep on my desk in my office? Yup! It has a nice little sound and people always ask what that is on my desk. It always confuses me why some people expect a Benz when they pay for Matchbox.
Yeah. This sucked. I mean, it was ok. Meh.