The House of Marley Chant is a portable Bluetooth speaker that delivers decent audio performance for a modest price.

Crisp, clear audio at moderate volumes; Unique, portable design with wood and cloth elements; Built-in speakerphone

Distorts on deep bass tracks; Lacks playback or track navigation controls

My first experience with the House of Marley audio product line was with the Chant Bluetooth speaker . The design and sound was fantastic, and House of Marley's commitment to providing superior quality and Earth-friendly products is definitely something a bit different in the industry.

Excellent sound; battery life is getting better; weather resistant

Would be nice to be able to skip to the next or previous song using the speaker controls

If you've played with one portable bluetooth, you've pretty much played with them all. But then there's The House Of Marley, and with the legacy such as theirs, you're getting more than what you bargained for.

The bass heavy speaker is louder than most

The absent "Play/Pause button is a bit odd; seeing as though they made room for a bluetooth AND power button when they should have the same function

I asked our PR agent why House of Marley kept being interested in sending us review items when I generally thought they were just ok and reviewed as such, they had no answer, I expected another inoffensive average star gadget with a price tag reflecting a lifestyle, not performance.

Superior Quality, Earth-Friendly and Cause-Minded. This is the 3-step program to House of Marley. It's hard not to get behind a company when their products are as good as the causes they support.

While it might not be as small as some speakers out there, the design is still a very portable option overall. There are a few different Chant models offered by House of Marley, and this one is the smallest at about five and a half inches tall, making it a great choice for setup with a laptop.

House of Marley's Sport Chant ($120) is a portable Bluetooth speaker that can fit in

House of Marley isn't your typical audio manufacturer. Yes, it focuses on high quality sound like others do, but that isn't the only thing. Equally as important to the company is that its product make a minimal impact to the Earth.

The Marley family of audio equipment (and the like) has summoned forth a coffee-cup-sized speaker that's able to connect to your device via Bluetooth or line-in, and it goes by the name Chant.

It a good product, but it has some difficulty getting and staying connect with my Microsoft surface Pro 3 device. It gives me a hard time.