Sometimes you just need more power than the Bluetooth speaker dangling from your backpack can muster. You still need it to be portable so that you can bring it to the patio, but it needs to withstand the raucous chitter chatter of a crowd.

The Tribit StormBox Blast was my first purchase after a party at a new apartment convinced me I needed sweet, sweet power. But at a reasonable price. Like, say, under $200? Not easy to find in Bluetooth boomboxes, but the Tribit was a total score.

StormBox Blast (opens in a new window)

a name you might not have heard of

Tribit is a budget brand you might not have heard of. It doesn’t have the flashy television ads of Beats or Apple. And it doesn’t have the years of brand recognition like Bose and JBL. But it produces a few speakers that sound a lot b

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