Twenty watts of audio from a speaker you can carry by a hook. The Veho MX-1 is a proper rugged portable — not the kind that's called rugged because it survived a table drop once, but the kind built for outdoor environments where it's going to get knocked around, rained on, and played at full volume for hours while someone cooks something over an open fire.

The built-in power bank charges your phone while the speaker plays. Thirty hours of music before it needs a recharge. Bluetooth 4.2 with a 20-metre range, aux jack for wired fallback, hands-free mic that auto-interrupts the music when a call comes in. Two MX-1s pair together for stereo. The M-Series variant adds another layer of build quality over the standard model.

At(down from), this isoff a speaker that earns its keep on the job site and the campsite equally. The Emporium doesn't find many wins this clean.