Altec Lansing ROCKBOX XL Portable Speaker

I purchased the speaker in May of this year; hoping that I would not have to purchase another speaker for years to come. I'll be honest, this was definitely not worth the money and I'll explain why. The sound quality itself is lackluster. The audio clarity is just horrendous. I compared the audio clarity to that of my Amazon echo studio which I have as part of my home theater setup and the echo studio is far clearer. The speaker also isn't very loud unless you're in a rather small space with barely any people. This speaker wasn't bad for the game nights I hosted at my apartment but lord knows this thing is terrible outside, especially if someone else is also playing music on their own speakers. The battery life of this thing is severely disappointing. I might have only used this speaker a handfull of times since purchasing it, and I generally don't use it for more than 3 hours at a time but I put this speaker to the test on June 3rd as I did a cookout. The speaker with the lights on, only lasted AT MOST 5 hours! This speaker was fully charged before I used it, I even put it on the charger from the night before and only took it off directly before leaving to cook out. The lights were on, the volume was on max, and this fully charged speaker died literally within 5 hours! I'm not sure if the lights plus max volume severely drained the battery or what. I also don't like the fact that you cannot play music while a microphone is plugged in as it will disconnect your Bluetooth. Even with the mic plugged in, the sound from the mic is so low on this speaker that you barely hear it! There is no problem with the mic as I've tested it on other devices, the problem was the speaker. Overall this was a really bad purchase on my end. I bought this because of all of the positive reviews, and while I still respect others opinion on this product, I did not have a good experience with this product. Please beware that if you have or have had pretty good speakers in the past then this one will be nothing special.