Anyone had an issue with water resistancy of the BOSE PORTABLE HOME SPKR in Canada? My speaker was in the rain for a short time and the water go to the motherboard.
Hi Geoff L,
Thanks for reaching out.
The Portable Home Speaker has a has an IPX4 rating, this means the speaker is resistant to water splashes from any direction.
Are you experiencing any issues with your speaker after this experience?
Do let us know!
Sadly for me, Bose didn’t give a great response other than the motherboard was ruined. My speaker was caught it a short burst of rain and I tried drying all sides.
i would have expected a bit more water resistance for an outdoor speaker.
I am sad to learn about your experience.. Water reaching to motherboard despite light exposure to rain is worrying for such an expensive stuff and it seems the internal component packaging is not good enough! I have two of these and I love them, will take extra precautions while using them outdoors!
Thank for sharing your experience!
Me too.
... and so that you know, the warranty is void and the unit unfixable if you damage the motherboard as I have discovered.
Its unfortunate to know that.. As much as I try to move away from BOSE products I keep coming back to them as I have not found anything that can match the sound signatures that BOSE products can produce.. I am really disappointed with BOSE as they aren’t trying enough to not be the next NOKIA!
We recognized that after we encountered this trouble (that is overdue July), the modern motherboards as you can read about them and the day firmware become V4.3, so we said that the firmware of ESP880 become the latest.