I bought this Mifa M1 from Gearbest for 23USD. Mifa made a claim that this M1 model is one of the smallest stereo bluetooth speaker in the world. I have no idea if this claim is true but it definitely pocketable in my large pant.
Inside the box;
1. Mifa M1
2. Yellow coloured microUSB charging cable
3. Manual book and warranty card
Against my fully featured Audiobox Bluetooth speaker
Back of Mifa M1. Charging port and microSD slot covered with rubber flap
Rubber flap flipped up to reveal reset hole, microUSB charging port and microSD card slot
Control;
4 buttons on top plus LED and mic hole
1.(+) for next song-short press, for increase volume-long press
2. (-) for decrease volume- long press
3. M (mode) / POWER button. Long press- Bluetooth on, long press again Bluetooth off
short press while power on will change mode from Bluetooth to microSD
4. Bluetooth / pause/play button.
5 LED
Blue- connected
Red- charging
Blue-red alternating - pairing mode
Out of the box, there is still few hour of play time from Mifa M1. Charging takes less than 1 hour. It can be charged by power bank or wall plug. It can still be used while charging. Battery life is excellent. On Gearbest promo it stated battery life of 4 hours. But in real life I can use it almost continuously from 9am to 6 pm with few more hours of battery left. So in that sense it almost has an infinite battery life with relatively small 950mAh battery. Excellent job Mifa.
Pairing is straight forward. Power on the M1, LED will blinking red-blue light and just turn on our smartphone Bluetooth to pair to M1. After that it will auto pair to any smartphones that it had already paired before.
Control is pretty straightforward for any kind of Bluetooth speaker or even Bluetooth headset. Since there are no dedicated button for volume, the (+) button is a next song button for short press and volume increase button for long press. Same with (-) button which decrease volume on long press. Probably it can go to previous song on short press but I never try because most of the song play, next or previous song are controlled from smartphones apps. But it is weird enough since Mifa claim it has its own apps to control play from SD card. Until now I still cannot find the apps on Google play. I tried once playing from microSD card inside the Mifa M1. It was not convenient to manually skip song one by one until I reach the intended file. In the end I just scrapped the idea of playing 1000 song from SD card.
Sound
I bought this Mifa M1 with one sole purpose. To listen to music at work. I am an orthopedic doctor performing operation once or twice a week (8am to 5pm). The operation theatre size is about 30x30 feets. I use my Nokia Lumia 620 as my music player mainly playing from offline Spotify. I only need a medium volume so eveyone inside operation theatre can still communicate with each other. This mean a volume of 18/30 from my Lumia 620. So a very loud and big speaker like my Audiobox is not needed there.
The most striking sound that came out from M1 is the bass. They are about 8/10 in amount but only have medium impact. Vocal are clear but as expected details and treble are not very prominent. But it delivered good enough sound for the intended environment. Nothing more but nothing less.
Comparison with Audiobox Bluetooth speaker,
The only other Bluetooth speaker that I own, Audiobox has removable Nokia battery, FM radio, AUX port and full size SD card slot. It is loud enough to be used as a main speaker to watch movie with my home theatre set up; Smartphone>Miracast>Projector >Audiobox. It is chaeper too just about 15USD if I am not mistaken. The bad thing are ; using miniUSB instead of microUSB and producing static noise if using it while charging, and sound distortion at high volume.
The only downside for Mifa M1 against Audiobox is absent of AUX port. The volume is slightly lower but it sound has low distortion at high volume.
Conclusion,
Depending on the intended use, it can be an excellent choice if you need a medium to low volume music play. Most likely not the best sound but you really need to fork out even more money for equivalent stereo Bluetooth speaker from Xiaomi or Bluedio. Not to mention more mainstream brand like JBL and BOSE. Not recommended for everyone but if it fit your need, this Mifa M1 can deliver the best sound from one of the smallest Bluetooth stereo speaker around.
Just 2 requests for next model(M2 perhaps?). AUX port and working smartphone apps. Thank you.
Updated, apps for Mifa Bluetooth speakers including M1 and M9.
Inside the box;
1. Mifa M1
2. Yellow coloured microUSB charging cable
3. Manual book and warranty card
Against my fully featured Audiobox Bluetooth speaker
Back of Mifa M1. Charging port and microSD slot covered with rubber flap
Rubber flap flipped up to reveal reset hole, microUSB charging port and microSD card slot
Control;
4 buttons on top plus LED and mic hole
1.(+) for next song-short press, for increase volume-long press
2. (-) for decrease volume- long press
3. M (mode) / POWER button. Long press- Bluetooth on, long press again Bluetooth off
short press while power on will change mode from Bluetooth to microSD
4. Bluetooth / pause/play button.
5 LED
Blue- connected
Red- charging
Blue-red alternating - pairing mode
Out of the box, there is still few hour of play time from Mifa M1. Charging takes less than 1 hour. It can be charged by power bank or wall plug. It can still be used while charging. Battery life is excellent. On Gearbest promo it stated battery life of 4 hours. But in real life I can use it almost continuously from 9am to 6 pm with few more hours of battery left. So in that sense it almost has an infinite battery life with relatively small 950mAh battery. Excellent job Mifa.
Pairing is straight forward. Power on the M1, LED will blinking red-blue light and just turn on our smartphone Bluetooth to pair to M1. After that it will auto pair to any smartphones that it had already paired before.
Control is pretty straightforward for any kind of Bluetooth speaker or even Bluetooth headset. Since there are no dedicated button for volume, the (+) button is a next song button for short press and volume increase button for long press. Same with (-) button which decrease volume on long press. Probably it can go to previous song on short press but I never try because most of the song play, next or previous song are controlled from smartphones apps. But it is weird enough since Mifa claim it has its own apps to control play from SD card. Until now I still cannot find the apps on Google play. I tried once playing from microSD card inside the Mifa M1. It was not convenient to manually skip song one by one until I reach the intended file. In the end I just scrapped the idea of playing 1000 song from SD card.
Sound
I bought this Mifa M1 with one sole purpose. To listen to music at work. I am an orthopedic doctor performing operation once or twice a week (8am to 5pm). The operation theatre size is about 30x30 feets. I use my Nokia Lumia 620 as my music player mainly playing from offline Spotify. I only need a medium volume so eveyone inside operation theatre can still communicate with each other. This mean a volume of 18/30 from my Lumia 620. So a very loud and big speaker like my Audiobox is not needed there.
The most striking sound that came out from M1 is the bass. They are about 8/10 in amount but only have medium impact. Vocal are clear but as expected details and treble are not very prominent. But it delivered good enough sound for the intended environment. Nothing more but nothing less.
Comparison with Audiobox Bluetooth speaker,
The only other Bluetooth speaker that I own, Audiobox has removable Nokia battery, FM radio, AUX port and full size SD card slot. It is loud enough to be used as a main speaker to watch movie with my home theatre set up; Smartphone>Miracast>Projector >Audiobox. It is chaeper too just about 15USD if I am not mistaken. The bad thing are ; using miniUSB instead of microUSB and producing static noise if using it while charging, and sound distortion at high volume.
The only downside for Mifa M1 against Audiobox is absent of AUX port. The volume is slightly lower but it sound has low distortion at high volume.
Conclusion,
Depending on the intended use, it can be an excellent choice if you need a medium to low volume music play. Most likely not the best sound but you really need to fork out even more money for equivalent stereo Bluetooth speaker from Xiaomi or Bluedio. Not to mention more mainstream brand like JBL and BOSE. Not recommended for everyone but if it fit your need, this Mifa M1 can deliver the best sound from one of the smallest Bluetooth stereo speaker around.
Just 2 requests for next model(M2 perhaps?). AUX port and working smartphone apps. Thank you.
Updated, apps for Mifa Bluetooth speakers including M1 and M9.
