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Logitech PureFi Mobile portable Bluetooth speaker set

A multi-purpose on-the-move system

We found a full charge actually lasted for closer to 14 hours when playing back at around 70 per cent of full volume from a Sony Walkman we had on test. Of course, having Bluetooth switched on will reduce the battery life, taking it back toward Logitech's estimate.

Set-up only really involves pairing Bluetooth devices and that could hardly be easier. Hold the source button down until the Bluetooth LED flashes alternately red and green, and then type '0000' into the device as the authorisation code. If only all Bluetooth pairing was this easy.

Logitech PureFi Mobile

Controls have been kept to the minimum in the quest for operational simplicity

Once connected, the PureFi proved to be a very effective handsfree rig, those four 5.1cm speakers producing a clear and distortion-free sound at ordinary listening volumes, and the two built-in microphones proving equally good at relaying conversations in the other direction. The PureFi also had no problem in reconnecting when the phone was taken out of range and then brought back.

Owners of Bluetooth equipped Mac and Windows machines can also use the PureFi for VoIP calls and IM voice chats. While getting the PureFi to work as a USB speaker system with Linux Ubuntu proved simple enough, trying to get it to work with Skype was less easy and we never actually managed to make it stop sounding like a Dalek under 15ft of water.

The PureFi's performance as a mobile speaker unit is a case of managing expectations. Let's face it, nothing this size is ever going to give the excellent Edifier MP300 speaker set we tested recently a run for its money, but if you keep the volume down to a reasonable level, the PureFi doesn't make a bad fist of things.

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