Akihabara, Japan; Kowloon's Night Market, Hong Kong, and Inchon International Airport, Korea are my hunting grounds for mini bluetooth speakers on my usual one free day after covering Manu & Talavalu at the Japan or HK 7's rugby. It’s been my good fortune to find a few good mini bluetooths in Hong Kong. But as Dorothy said when she clicked her ruby slippers together, “There's Cool Stuff near home” —which is where I found my sweet JBL Micro Wireless.

The Apple Store in the Kahala Mall in Honolulu let me try out the JBL before I slammed down my $59 big bucks two-week Samoa News paycheck. The tryout demonstrated excellent clarity on voice podcasts, and held solid on classic rock when Creedence Clearwater Revival blasted my “Keep on Choooglin” personal theme song.

Now that I have had the JBL on every trip for the past year, I've found the little clip area allows for a carabiner or my good 'ole "Gear Ties" (as in the photo).

Taking a long soak after nine hrs schlepping my big rugby lens, I just play a movie on my iPad Mini (of course in the waterproof Lifeproof case) with the JBL hooked up to the towel rack.

The JBL and the Lifeproof are a perfect mini entertainment system pair. The waterproof integrity is intact while I float in the humongous tub at Hong Kong's Causeway Bay Regal Hotel (roughly half the size of Sadie's swimming pool).

Traveling light and with high fidelity sound.. a regular Coolio standard of style and excellence.