The Kube, the big cooler that doubles as a giant Bluetooth speaker, still in prototype stage and was expected to hit the shops in May of 2015.
If you've been seriously pestering your local electronics store wondering when it'll be in stores, slow your roll: the Kube might finally be out of prototype stage, but it's not going on sale until later this year.Last year the ballpark figure was $1,100 but for 2016 Kube Sound isn't talking price, although the founder and CEO Russell Williamson jokingly assures it'll be "under $5,000"
It's simply the same product on display last year: a cooler (aka an 'esky' in Australia) that keeps your beer while releasing 400 watts of sound from your Bluetooth connected device.
The storage capacity of the ice chest is a little larger than the prototype, 35 quarts compared to 33 (39 litres and 37.5) and the carrying straps have been replaced by more robust anodized metal handles. It's still "weather proof", with most of the components rated to IP67 in terms of their ability to resist water,that means you can hold it underwater for sometime, but that not adviseable.
The sound is the major change. Originally designed to release 100 dB max,now up to 125 dB, which is officially believed as the volume where "pain begins". The Bluetooth range is now 500 ft, more than the prototype version.
If you do actually want to play music at 125 dB maybe during a enhanced interrogation, you may get five hours of battery life. Reduce it to a less ear-splitting 94 dB and the Kube will give you 20 hours of play. Williamson tells me that if you drain the battery,after four hours you a full charge.
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