Review: Berlin Boombox

Design your own ghetto blaster with this cardboard (yes, cardboard) Bluetooth speaker system!

Our Verdict

Create your own Bluetooth speaker system – what's not to like?

For

  • Fun
  • Surprisingly sturdy
  • Customisable (Montana)

Against

  • Not the ultimate sound quality
  • Keep it dry
  • Phablets don't fit

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The funky cardboard Berlin Boombox is now wireless

The funky cardboard Berlin Boombox is now wireless

In 2014, Berlin-based designer and illustrator Axel Pfaender successfully crowdfunded a flat-pack portable speaker, the Berlin Boombox. The classic '80s-style ghetto blaster for the IKEA generation was a smash hit, and when Pfaender told us that he was launching a wireless version of the cardboard boombox, we were desperate to try it out.

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The Verdict
8

out of 10

Berlin Boombox wireless

Create your own Bluetooth speaker system – what's not to like?

Craig Stewart

Craig Stewart is a writer, SEO strategist and content marketer, and is a former editor of Creative Bloq. Craig has written about design, typography, tech and football for publications including Creative Bloq, T3, FourFourTwo and DSG, and he has written a book on motoring for Haynes. When he's not writing, you'll usually find Craig under his old car learning about DIY repairs the hard way.