Creative Muvo Go: The focus is on high end-frequencies

This small water-resistant portable speaker renders the top end with unusual clarity, but its low end is relatively weak and it plays only via Bluetooth.

- JON JACOBI

There are a lot of water-resistant (to the point of submersible) Bluetooth speakers in the $80 price range the Creative Muvo Go competes in. None boasts a more attractive industrial design or produces clearer sound, but this one is a bit light in terms of both bass response and ancillary features.

HOW IS THE CREATIVE MUVO GO DESIGNED?

The Muvo Go is a flattened cylinder measuring 2.4x8.03x2.87 inches (HxWxD). It's available in three color schemes: black with orange highlights, blue with lime-yellow highlights, and green, also with a lime-yellow accent. It features dual 45mm full-range drivers with passive radiators on each end. It weighs about 1.25 pounds.

It's a svelte and portable speaker that will fit nicely in a backpack or any similar carrying container. I'd also say it's one of the better-looking speakers in its class. The outside of the unit is split between hard material and grating, with the majority of the surface consisting of the latter. There's also a thick shoestring lanyard that on our test unit was already tied to an anchor point on the back of the speaker.

The multi-function controls are split between the top of the enclosure and the back: volume up, volume down, and play/ pause buttons on the front; Bluetooth/TWS on the back next to the single USB-C port for charging its onboard battery. Unusually, said port has no protective plug-it's waterproof as is. Creative includes a 4-foot USB-A to USB-C cable for charging.