Sony SRS-XB12 Extra Bass Portable Bluetooth Speaker, Gray (SRSXB12/H)

This year at CES 2019, Sony announced their new Sony XB32 and XB22 speakers… But weirdly enough, they haven’t announced a new Sony XB42… instead they announced their new Sony XB12. Its a small single transducer speaker that has a new built in strap that’s small enough to take with you anywhere. But for 60 bucks… I think its a hard sell. I wanna say the XB12 is basically half the size of the Sony XB22. And just like Sony's newer speakers, the XB12 has a mostly soft touch rubber body. Even though build quality wise this speaker feels and looks great... I'm worried it's soft touch rubber body is going to be a scratch magnet. But technically speaking, the XB12 has an IP67 rating making it both dust and water proof, just like the rest of Sony's speaker line up. Now this speaker has an advertised battery life of 16 hours... But that's with the volume set to 50% which I feel is boarder line un