Lava BrightSounds 2 review – outdoor bluetooth speakers
Music always plays a important role during our camping and caravan trips. Over the years we’ve had a succession of outdoor bluetooth speakers and battery radios to provide the playlist for our adventures. So when Lava Accessories got in touch to see whether we’d like to review the Lava BrightSounds 2 Bluetooth Speaker we were excited to put it through its paces.
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A caravan trip to Hampshire was the perfect opportunity to test out this stylish piece of sound kit that’s ideal for use outdoors. Read on for our Lava Brightsounds 2 review.
Key facts about the Lava BrightSounds 2 outdoor bluetooth speakers
The Lava BrightSounds 2 Bluetooth Speaker (RRP £39.99) has a number of functions:
- it’s a bluetooth speaker that can sync with any smart device or connect with a 3.5m AUX cable
- it’s a USB phone and tablet charger
- plus it can provide ambient LED lighting.
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The Lava BrightSounds 2 has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that can power the unit and provide charge to other devices for up to 36 hours. We used it for up to five hours a day during our nine day caravan break and only recharged it once.
Something to note is that you can’t charge other devices from the Lava BrightSounds 2 or play music using bluetooth while it is charging.
You can however use the AUX lead to play music from your smart phone or tablet.
The speaker mesh at the top of the Lava Brightsounds 2 comes in five different colours and there’s a logo embossed tan leather handle to carry it around.
How does it work?
It’s super easy to set up the Lava BrightSound 2 and start playing music from your smart phone or tablet. Just switch the speaker on, go to your device settings, select bluetooth, and under your devices you should see Brightsounds pop up. Select it and off you go.
You can play, pause and control the volume using the buttons on the top of the speaker. This where you’ll also find a switch for the light.
Our verdict on these outdoor bluetooth speakers
We love it! The sound quality is brilliant. And the LED light did a great job of proving a bit of mood lighting in our 7m caravan awning. The Lava BrightSounds 2 will be coming away on all our caravan and camping trips from now on. It’s even made the transition into our home office as it’s such a great looking wireless gadget.
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Great speaker, my wife got me a Lava for my 40th birthday, best gift I got 🙂
I’d love to camp out by a lake in the Lake District
The Lake District, loads of great walks, scenery and things to do.
Snowdonia…very beautiful & very different to my home county of Norfolk
I would love to go camping in Jersey and Guernsey.
On loch lochy gorgeous views, walks & fishing !
North York moors
the new forest
want to go to the brecon beacons not been since a child , happy times
I would love to go back to Pembrokeshire, camped there as a child and would love to revisit
Yorkshire
We spend a lot of time in Iceland and it gets nice and warm in the summer for camping.
Id love to camp in the new forest
lake district
I love keeping it local and going to the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Lake District 🙂 x
glamping the wye valley- beautiful unspoilt area
I really want to go to cornwall as it looks beautiful will try and go this year.
We’d love to go camping in the south of France!
tummel valley, in scotland. beautiful.
The Lake District, what would be better than going to sleep and waking up to see rolling hills and lakes
in the scottish highlands
I love to camp in West Wales – its beautiful and even when the weather isnt great there is still loads to do
Amazing prize!
I would love to tour the West Wales coastline.
the lakes, near a village that has good pubs which serve good food and allow dogs in
Probably somewhere like Yorkshire with lots of countryside! 🙂
Somewhere inside, dry & warm….like a hotel room in fact! I’m not a camper!
I would love to go to the Lake District xx
id love to go to the lke district
cornwall
Would love to go the Lake District – not been that far north yet!
I love the New Forest for camping with the ponies about!
I long to visit the Lake District and what better way to do so than by camping.
North Wales, lots of childhood memories, plus I would love to visit Anglesey.
Anywhere alone with my husband, even for just one night (suddenly feeling guilty, can I add that my children would also be camping somewhere near by, but with their Cousins/Aunts/Uncles, having a much better time being noisy and adventurous)
I’ve never been camping yet but would like to. I think somewhere up in the highlands as th views are spectacular.
Visited many parts of the UK in trailer tent / caravan and now motorhome but never been to Somerset until recently. What a beautiful county. Will definitely be returning soon 🙂
by yon bonnie bonnie banks of loch lomond
Anywhere in Cornwall
Good choice!
Cornwall. We once toured Devon and Cornwall in a camper van when I was a kid and it was one of the best holidays we ever had.
That sounds amazing. I’d love to do that!
southwold
Not somewhere I’ve been. I’ll have to look into it 🙂
the pembrokeshire coast
Ah, lovely!
Alton Towers – the kids love it there!
Fab choice. It’s years since I’ve been!
Stonehenge would be cool, Peace and love!
It would indeed!
We love the Trough of Bowland! Only an hour away from home and in a lovely area of Outstanding natural Beauty
Sounds ideal!
North-West Scotland. Love the unpopulated wilderness of this location.
Oh yes, the wilderness would be brilliant to get away from it all
I’d love a camping holiday in Devon – I could do lots of family history research while the rest of the family make the most of the gorgeous surroundings!
And I can confirm the surroundings are gorgeous!
The Lake District is somewhere i would love to visit
It’s stunning! I hope you make it there one day
I love Grizedale Forest in Cumbria but have never been camping there. I would love to give that a go as it’s beautiful and the ideal camping spot.
Sounds wonderful!
The Lake District because it is naturally breathtakingly beautiful.
Yes! Absolutely agree 🙂
We love Woolacombe, such a wonderful part of the world x
I’ve heard such lovely things about there but I don’t think I’ve been since I was a kid
A beach in Cornwall, watching the sun set and rise over the sea and listening to the waves all night.
Sounds amazing!
I agree, it’s beautiful!
Kielder Forest. Stunning scenery, great lochs and a lovely atmosphere 🙂
Yes, I”ve heard about it. I’d love to go there too
The lake district
Good choice!
I haven’t been camping for ages but I would love to go back to Dawlish Warren where I spent a lot of my holidays as a child
We’ve been there a couple of times in recent years – it’s a fun spot!
Anywhere away from the midges!!
LOL good choice 🙂
I mean serious – Is there anything this gadget cannot do! Bluetooth music is my life – But the quality needs to be good, and this can charge things … Think I’ll add it to the Xmas Wish list!
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We were pleasantly surprised by the sound quality – it’s a nifty bit of kit!
The lakes! so many beautiful places!
Yep! Love it there 🙂
West Country – cornwall
The Lake District
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Such a popular choice 🙂
My ideal camping trip was one that we did several years ago when we walked and camped overnight all along the south Cornwall coastal path.It was unforgetable and we watched some amazing sunrises and sunsets,dolphins and visited all the beautiful bays along the way.
That sounds epic! I’d love to do that 🙂
The Isle of Mull where i was brought up. Stunning place & always wanted to take my kids
That sounds like a wonderful trip down memory lane 🙂
The Peak District
Ohh, yes! We’re off there in a few weeks 🙂
West Country – Devon or Cornwall
Good choices! Two of our favourites 🙂
cornwall not too far away from the sea
You never are in Cornwall – just one of the reasons I love it 🙂
We love to camp in Cornwall and over look the camel
Sounds like a fab spot!
My ideal camping destination is somewhere in the Devon or Somerset countryside – you have it all within spitting distance! With all that lovely coast, the hills ranges, moorland and some of the most beautiful places
Couldn’t agree more with your choice!
I would love to go camping in Devon, never been before and I bet it would be lovely x
We live in Devon and can confirm it is beautiful 🙂
I live and love camping in Pembrokeshire.
That would be wonderful!
The Peak District – it’s so beautiful, peaceful and an ideal destination to camp out under the stars
Good call. We’re off to the Peak District next month. I can’t wait!
The Outer Hebrides-such beautiful beaches for camping that rival Thailand
Ooh, I bet! Peaceful too I’m sure!
I would love to take it Cornwall
Good call. A lot of people want to head that way and I can understand why!
Cornwall would probably be my ideal camping spot
Yes, we love it there too!
I am looking for something to play my music while away, this looks like an ideal solution.
We’ve really enjoyed using it!
It would be Cornwall for me
Such a beautiful part of the world!
The Cairngorms – in summer, don’t think I could brace it in the winter months
I’d be with you on the choice of season!
I love Cornwall. Lots of places for setting up camp and just taking in the Jurassic coastline.
Ah, yes, we love the coastline. But I think the Jurassic part is closer to Dorset and Devon 🙂
Snowdonia
Good choice!
glamping in essex xx
Ah yes, we love glamping too!
I’d take it with us to the Scottish Highlands 🙂
Fab location, good choice!
i want to go to the jurrasic coast in dorset and camp along the whole coast!
Yes! Love that idea
The New Forest
One of our favourites!
Cornwall looks like a great place
It’s stunning and so much choice when it comes to camping
Looks like a great addition to take on holiday or use at home.
It is such a handy and good looking piece of kit 🙂
Take it to California this summer
Sounds like a brilliant plan!
great design!
It’s such a good looking piece of kit, right?
I love the look of this speaker! Sounds brilliant too!
And the sounds quality is great as well 🙂
This looks so cool I love the retro feel to it, I would love to take this on a big American Road trip x
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Take me with you too! The America road trip has been my dream for forever 🙂
Devon, because it was where we always went when we were children!
Good choice! Me too 🙂
The Lake District is always a fab place to camp
I couldn’t agree more. We love it there too
We are doing a road trip later in the summer, and visiting Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. We would love these speakers!!!
I’m very jealous of the Isle of Scilly part. We’ve never been
Used to go to Christchurch with my Grandparents when I was little so would love to go back there.
Ah, yes. A lovely part of the world!
These speakers are stylish and useful. Would love one.
It certainly is. We’ve been really impressed with ours
I discoverd Lava brightsound last year, one of my friend got it from UK and we disperetly need because we went in a trip through forest at 11 PM, in romanian mountains. For me it was umbelievable. It’s a super smart object , this is only i can say . It has all my respect.
I’m so glad to hear you had a good experience too!
we plan to tour scotland in the summer it looks great
This would be perfect for that! Enjoy your trip
Cornwall, the beaches look amazing
They really are! We love it there
I went camping in the Big Sur, California when I first met my husband. We had an amazing time despite having just about no equipment. Would love to go back there!
That sounds brilliant and yes, definitely a trip to do again!
Would love to visit Dorset for camping. have visited as a child but not as a family.
The Dorset coastline is spectacular!
The Lake District is my favourite place to go camping – we’re heading there in a few weeks! This is such a great gadget, anything that can give you a bit of extra light is a welcome bonus in a dark tent!
Ooh, have fun in the Lakes!
It would have to be Northumberland or Scotland
Popular choices! I hope you get to go soon 🙂
Up on Dartmoor not far from us
It’s not far from us either. We keep saying we must try some wild camping there!
The Lake District
It’s a popular choice!
I’d love to go camping in West Wales
The Northumbrian Coast. Thankyou for the competition.
Another popular choice it seems. I’m yet to go there
My twins would love this for their camping trips with cubs. Always need a good lamp!
They would definitely enjoy this!
Camping and me aren’t natural bed fellows but I seem to remember an amazing luxury “campsite” in a Kenyan safari park which would be amazing
Oh my! That would be epic!
I like the look of it Teal for me please, I’ll use it when we next camp in Abersoch
It does look good in Teal too!
Well, the worst bit about holidays is the travelling so I’m going to cheat a bit and say Snowdonia because we live here! 🙂
I have to agree, especially with kids! Lucky you 🙂
We’ve only been camping once in the New Forest but it was fantastic and this year we’re going to Camp Bestival. I guess I’d like to make the a regular this but perhaps one day go further afield or really “rough it”.
Great giveaway!
Ooh, enjoy Camp Bestival! I always hear great things.
i love this.I would like to go camping in Ireland as i’ve never been and it looks beautiful x
I’ve been and stayed in a hostel so not quite camping. I can confirm though that the landscape is amazing!
Oh I need this in my life! We are complete novice campers but have three trips booked in now this year! We’re camping in Wales, the Peak District and at a festivala
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i would love to go camping in cornwall or wales
Norfolk – a lovely area to explore with good beaches
We’re headed there this summer. Can’t wait!
Perfect for a family trip to the Lake District
Such a popular choice! We love to there too
The Lake District would be ideal!
You’re in good company. I think that’s been the most popular answer 🙂
Would like to go to Lake District. My son keeps asking to go camping
Yorkshire Dales!
Ah yes, another good choice. We’ve visited a lot and stayed in our caravan but not done traditional camping
I’m hoping to camp near the Arne RSPB site this summer, combine my two loves- birding and camping!
They definitely go hand in hand! Hope you make it
Wonderful and it looks really retro and cool, many thanks x
Cornwall, its a beautiful part of England, lots of unspoilt areas to enjoy a camping trip
Couldn’t agree more!
Wynstay Park near wrexham
fresh air in the Austrian Alps
Shell Island in Wales
I love anywhere in Wales!
I love West Wales, so many beautiful places to camp and lots of great walks.
I agree, it’s beautiful!
The Scottish Highlands all the way for me – stunning scenery and great people
Very true! We’ve not made it there yet but it has to be done!
Snowdonia sounds like an ideal place!
It is very special and definitely worth a trip
Would fit perfectly in my new little office set up!
It looks lovely in my office when we’re not travelling with it 🙂
Pembrokeshire would be place for me. Great walks and scenery. This would be brilliant as night light, really compact and useful
Yes, love it there!
Would have to say White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire.
Ohhh, not somewhere I’ve been. I bet it’s amazing!
probably perthshire looks lovely there
Yes, I have a friend from there and she would recommend it 🙂
I’m off to a Caravan Park in Great Yarmouth in September, I picked it because it looks so lovely there.
We’re heading that way in the summer too!
the Isle of Man, beaches, ricers, beautiful unspoilt countryside. Bliss
rivers
I’ve never been, but I can imagine it’s fabulous for camping!
I think that would have to be Cornwall, looks amazing
Yes! We love Cornwall!
I would love to pitch up right at the edge of Land’s End! Amazing scenery, incredible landmark. Absolutely love visiting, imagine being able to camp out under the stars there!
We were there recently. I expect you could see every star in the sky!
Gosh this looks amazing! What a fantastic piece of kit!
It’s beautiful and so practical too!
We’d love to re-visit the New Forest…we enjoyed an incredible few days ‘Glamping’ in a re-styled 1940’s truck there the other year, which had it’s own chickens and stone BBQ on site. The only thing missing was the music 🙂
The Isle of Tiree – it’s so beautiful.
Good tip. I’ve not been
I always love the lake district, never been camping properly though, would love to go for a week and move around every day!
It’s a beautiful part of the world. We love moving around too. Maybe every other day though for some rest in-between
Around the the Isle of Man. Not during the TT races though, I don’t think you’d be able to hear much over the motorbike engines.
LOL! Yes, maybe not so restful them 🙂
The Lake District
Love it there, so beautiful
I would love to camp near Fort William again. Such a beautiful area.
So I’ve heard. I’ve not been but must add it to the list!
Yellowstone National Park
That would be wonderful!
Corrnwall St Maws stunning scenery and amazinh place
i love love love cornwall! so id literally go anywhere there, the scenery is to die for!
*High five* It’s amazing!
I would love to go to Ardnamurchan – brilliant area
Now my geography is failing me…I have no idea where that is *embarrassed face*
I would love to camp on the wild atlantic coast of Freance
I would love to go to Scotland
Yes, there are some amazing places to camp there!
The lizard peninsula in cornwall
Yep, love it. Such a beautiful coastline!
Pembrey, Pembrokeshire our go to, no stress, summer location. Looks like a cracking piece of kit that would be great in our awning for those lazy afternoons.
It looked great in our awning – definitely a piece of tech to chill with while caravanning
The Grand Canyon area would be awesome!!
That would be awesome. But hot hot hot!
The Scottish highlands I love Scotland last time I was there I was in a log cabin in the Cairngorms was stunning
Oh my, holiday envy!
Keswick in the Lake District
Yes! That’s where we stayed during our last trip to the Lakes. Beautiful!
The Gower Peninsula.
Treen. It’s a short walk or drive away from some of Cornwall’s best beaches.
Scottish highlands for me
Would be superb in the awning at night
Sorry forgot to add, just love bamburgh in Northumberland
I’d love to see the castles in Northumberland
The ultimate dream would be camping in the Grand Canyon, cant think of anything more spectacular.
anywhere in Cornwall would be my choice
And a very good choice it is!
cool looking speaker
It’s very stylish, right?
I hear so many people talk about The New Forest, its somewhere I really want to go too, and its actually not that far away from us (we live in London) so that’s top of my list of places to go in a camper come half term in May
Do it! Are love the New Forest and used to go several times a year to caravan and walk. Now we live more than three hours away and it’s a bit more of a trek 🙁
Loving the look of this, it’s super stylish. I’m not much of a camper, so it would have to be glamping for me and I’d pick Italy, where it is ncie and hot. Michx
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cornwall by the beach! x
*High Five* Love that idea!
close to one of the waterways in the Norfolk Broads
We’ll be doing that this summer 🙂
I love cities so I’d love to camp in the middle of a city! perhaps hyde park in London or even by the canal in Gloucester! certainly be fun!
That would be an amazing adventure!
I’d love to go to the lake district weekend and just have a walk around with a camera 🙂
That sounds amazing! I love the Lake District
This would be great for the festival season
Absolutely! We’ll be taking it with us to our first family festival this summer
This is fully cool. I want one for camping 100%. I’ve entered the competition and am keeping my fingers and toes firmly crossed!!! Kate x #TriedTested
It’s a little gem, right? And so practical 🙂
Our most ideal place to camp is the lakedistrict.
It’s a popular answer. Such a stunning place!
I would love to camp in and explore Cornwall. We love camping in Devon and have done it several times but it would be nice to head deeper into the South West.
Cornwall! near Watergate Bay. I love it there.
I think this is somewhere in Cornwall I haven’t been. I’ll have to change that!
We love camping, either in our tent, or van. We’re off this weekend in fact. I’d love to get down to the far south of Ireland and explore I am loving that speaker. Ours is small, black and impossible to see after dark unless we switch every lamp and torch we own on!
This would be perfect for you then! Ireland is somewhere I’d like to explore more
I would love to go camping around Cantabria – it looks beautiful.
That sounds epic!
I’ve heard the Gower Peninsula can be quite scenic. I’ve only ever camped at music festivals in my youth.
Gower is wonderful. We visited last November and were blown away. We weren’t camping but we saw lots of places that will be open for tents, van and motorhomes now
newcastle co down
Mine is Cornwall, we love holidaying in Newquay
Good choice! We were there last autumn. Love that part of the world!
id love to go camping in lulworth cove! its beautiful there
Ah yes, gorgeous. I went camping along the coast from there many years ago.
camping in scotland would be great we have been to wales and that was nice
My last camping trip to Wales was in the spring – brrrr!
In St. Davids. I used to go there as a child, and woul dlove to go back.
Childhood camping memories are the best!
Would love to visit Snowdonia
It’s gorgeous. I camped there one summer and climbed Snowden in low cloud. I’m going to have to go back one day and try to see the view!
New Forest – nothing like camping and cycling
Yes, it’s one of our favourite places for camping trips too. We used to live just down the road.
love to go camping in france
I’m off to France this month – not camping, but can’t wait!
I’ve never been camping before but I would love to this summer, I would go anywhere along the Dorset coast.
Good choice! The Jurassic coastline is beautiful
I would love to camp anywhere on the coast….nothing better than watching the waves in the evening..listening to the sea and waking to swagulls in the morning
You know you’re on holiday when you can hear seagulls 🙂
Cornwall
Good choice! I love Cornwall
Snowdonia National Park
Yes! It’s absolutely stunning. I must go back!
I’d love to go and see the fairy pools in the Isle of Skye. x
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That sounds wonderful. It’s not somewhere I’ve been
We would love to go camping in scotland
I would really like to go up north, I hear Northumberland is lovely.
We must head north sometime soon. Good tip!
Under the Delicate Arch, in the Arches National Park, Moab Utah.
That sounds epic!
Think it would have to be the lovely Dorset coast,amazing scenery and close to the sea as well,perfect!
Excellent choice. Dorset is beautiful
We really want to comp on Skye! One day!
That would be brilliant!
Somewhere on a hillside with lovely views and not too wet! I would love to camp on Holy Island overlooking Lamlash Bay on the Isle of Arran, Scotland!
That sounds idyllic!
Ooo this looks cool and handy. I like Cornwall so would take it with me there. 🙂
Me too! Cornwall is one of my favourite places 🙂
The Lake District, where I could go on nice walks around the lakes 🙂
Yes! Love the Lake District. It’s been far too long since out last visit
I would take it glamping in Norfolk!
That’s on our list this year 🙂
Looks like a really useful multifunctional piece of kit. I want one!
I always camped in the New Forest as a child and so I would go back there. It isn’t too far from home so we could spend more time camping than travelling. The speaker looks awesome for a camping trip! x
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I’ve never seen one like this before. I’ve been wanting to go back and camp at the river dart country park and this would be perfect x
The Scottish Highlands – never tried it yet
That’s a good one, I’d love to do that!
This looks ace! I love the light especially!
It’s really pretty, isn’t it? And practical 🙂
I’d love to go camping in the North of Scotland. It’s so beautiful and there would be no phone signal – perfect getaway!
Yes! A digital detox should be part and parcel of camping