The Creative Roar 2 is quite the conundrum in terms of features. Its primary function is to be a portable Bluetooth speaker, and to our minds, the design should, as such, emphasize ease-of-use and simplicity. But the Roar 2 is anything but that with its wealth of buttons, jacks, and plugs all pretty exposed to the environment.

The recording feature is not really necessary, and the fact that it can be used as a conference call device is perhaps useful to some, but I would rather have dedicated devices for each of those tasks as it is not really something I would do on the go.

It is very competitively priced in comparison to the UE BOOM 2 and MEGABOOM, but the sound quality also isn't quite there. With that said, the Roar 2 still sounds very good for its price, especially if you need the extra features it boasts!