Sonos Move 2 Review: Is the 3kg Portable Sonos Worth £449?
The Move 2 is the big Sonos you can carry into the garden: a proper Wi-Fi speaker at home, a Bluetooth speaker on the patio, and a battery that testers say gets close to the 24 hours Sonos promises. It is also heavy, expensive and tied to an app that let owners down badly in 2024. We weigh up what the evidence says on each.
What the three sources agree on
We built this page from three places: a hands-on test by Matt Bolton at TechRadar, an owner’s timed battery run on the Sonos Community forum, and Currys, where 262 buyers give it 4.8 out of 5. Which? and Trusted Reviews serve as cross-checks. On the main points they line up well.
The battery claim is close to true. Sonos says up to 24 hours at moderate volume on Wi-Fi. Which? lists a measured 21 hours 54 minutes. A forum owner ran a stereo pair for 22 hours and still had 17% left on each. TechRadar saw about 4% an hour at roughly a quarter volume, which works out at around 25 hours (our sum). That is more than double the Roam 2.
It sounds big and full. TechRadar calls it energetic yet refined, with well-controlled bass and plenty of volume. It has two angled tweeters and a woofer, so it plays in stereo from one box, but every tester says the stereo spread is narrow unless you sit in front of it.
It is heavy, and it costs a lot. At 3 kg (3.07 kg on the John Lewis and Which? listings) this is a speaker you carry from room to garden, not one you take hiking. TechRadar gives it only 3 out of 5 for value. The charging base and a 45 W plug are in the box, which helps, but the line-in adapter is £19 extra.
The app is better than it was. Sonos’s May 2024 app rebuild broke grouping, queues and alarms for many owners and cost the chief executive his job. Fixes have arrived steadily since, and Sonos’s own release notes show updates as recently as 15 October 2026. None of our three sources blames the app for problems on this speaker, but if you were burned in 2024 you will want to know it is still a work in progress.
The three reviews this summary is built from
- TechRadarHands-on test by Matt Bolton, September 2023, at £449. Tracked battery drain while playing and in sleep mode.
- Sonos Community“Move 2: Battery Test”, started 23 September 2023: 6 replies and 2,522 views. One owner’s 22-hour run.
- Currys4.8/5 from 262 reviews on the black Move 2, checked 16 October 2026, on a page that sells it.
Before the review: Move or Move 2?
The Move 2 launched in September 2023 at £449 and replaced the original Move. Sonos UK still sells it new at £449, in stock, in black, white and green. Trusted Reviews says the battery rating is 13 hours longer than the first Move, and the Move 2 plays in stereo where the original was mono. Old Moves are still about second-hand, so check the listing says Move 2. Sonos’s £79 replacement battery kit fits both.
The numbers that matter
| Spec | Figure | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Battery claim | Up to 24 hours continuous playback at moderate volume on Wi-Fi; 3,100 mAh Li-ion, removable | Sonos UK product page |
| Battery measured | 21 h 54 min (Which?) · 22 h with 17% left (forum owner, volume about 40) · about 4% an hour at about 25% volume (TechRadar) · 54% left the day after an 8-hour session (Trusted Reviews) | Four tests, all broadly back the claim |
| Weight | 3 kg (Sonos, TechRadar, Trusted Reviews, Richer Sounds) · 3.07 kg (John Lewis, Which?) | Sources differ slightly; nobody says what the extra 70 g is |
| Dimensions | 241 × 160 × 127 mm (H × W × D) | Sonos |
| Water and dust | IP56: dust protected, survives strong water jets. Not for dunking | Sonos; Trusted Reviews notes no submersion rating |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 (Sonos) · 5.0 (Trusted Reviews) | Sources disagree; we go with Sonos |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6, 2.4 or 5 GHz; AirPlay 2; Spotify Connect | Sonos; Spotify Connect from Trusted Reviews |
| Drivers and amps | Two angled tweeters, one mid-woofer, three class-D amplifiers. Stereo from one speaker | Sonos |
| Voice | Sonos Voice Control and Amazon Alexa; microphone mute switch | Sonos |
| In the box | Charging base, 2 m cable, 45 W USB-C PD power adapter | Sonos UK product page |
| Line-in | Through the USB-C port with the Sonos Line-In Adapter, £19, plus your own 3.5 mm cable | Sonos UK shop, 16 October 2026 |
| Extras | Spare charging base £79 · replacement battery kit £79 (tools included) | Sonos UK shop, 16 October 2026 |
| Guarantee | 2 years | John Lewis, Currys and Richer Sounds listings. Sonos’s page does not state it |
| RRP | £449 | Sonos UK, in stock, 16 October 2026 |
| Live UK prices | £449 Currys · £449 John Lewis (out of stock online) · £405 Richer Sounds (VIP club price, RRP £449 shown) | Checked 16 October 2026 |
TechRadar
Who they are: TechRadar’s author page describes Matt Bolton as a managing editor with over a decade in technology journalism, who oversees its reviews of TVs, soundbars, headphones and speakers and previously edited T3 magazine; that long run reviewing audio is why we lead with his test, though his page does not say how many portable speakers he has tested.
Bolton does not give a single star score. He rates it 4.5 out of 5 for features and for sound, 4 for design and 3 for value, and calls it “Recommended”. He describes the sound as “energetic yet refined”, balancing punchy bass with classical instruments, and says it is loud with headroom to spare: it matched a rival Bang & Olufsen at half volume when set to only 25 to 30%. His sound complaint is the one every tester makes. The stereo effect is limited unless you sit straight in front of it.
On battery he used it at his desk and in his garden over Wi-Fi. He saw about 4% drain an hour at roughly 25% volume, and about 20% lost over 24 hours left in sleep mode. He says the 24-hour claim “holds up in my testing”. His other gripes are the price for the sound you get and the recessed grip at the back: he would rather have a proper handle on a 3 kg speaker.
Trusted Reviews, our cross-check, reaches the same place by a different route. After an eight-hour outdoor session its speaker still had 54% left the next day. It found the bass weighty but the midrange “a touch light”, lists the optional line-in adapter as a con, and concludes that “there’s nothing else that can quite do what the Move 2 can.”
Watch: Sonos Move 2 review - BETTER than the Era 100?
A review that sets the Move 2 against the Era 100, the comparison many buyers with a Sonos at home will be making.
Watch on YouTube ↗ Independent YouTube video, not made by or for Shopbam.Sonos Community
Who they are: Sonos Community is the brand-hosted support forum where Sonos owners report problems and staff sometimes reply; posts are unverified owner experience and skew towards people with faults, so we look for recurring issues rather than read it as typical.
This is a small thread, but it is the most careful owner test we found. The poster ran a stereo pair of Move 2s for 22 hours on Wi-Fi, indoors, at about 40 on the app’s volume slider, with Battery Saver on and Bluetooth auto-connect off. Both finished at 17%. A full recharge took about an hour and a quarter. The poster called Sonos’s 24-hour claim “very creditable”.
The replies add two useful points. A regular reports losing only 1 to 2% a month with the speaker switched fully off, which matters because the original Move was known for draining in storage. And two posters note the limit of Bluetooth: you cannot run a pair as a stereo pair away from Wi-Fi, and iPhones will not send separate stereo streams to two Bluetooth speakers. No Sonos staff replied.
On the app, Sonos owners had a rough 2024. The redesign that launched in May that year broke grouping, queues, alarms and local music libraries for many people, and chief executive Patrick Spence stepped down in January 2025. Sonos has since released steady fixes: an optional tab layout and better room sorting arrived in July 2026, and its UK release notes list app updates on 6 and 15 October 2026. Even so, ecoustics noted in July that the fixes do not prove every problem is solved.
Watch: Sonos Move 2 Review - 6 Months Later
A longer-term owner view, the closest match to a forum thread written after living with the speaker.
Watch on YouTube ↗ Independent YouTube video, not made by or for Shopbam.Currys
Who they are: Currys’ ratings come from customers emailed an invitation after buying, collected and moderated by Feefo; Currys offers no incentives and labels reviews from third-party samples as incentivised, so this is good evidence of how owners get on, though not a performance test.
4.8 out of 5 from 262 reviews is a strong score with a decent sample. The Feefo page that feeds it shows a tighter window: 26 ratings in the past year, 22 of them five stars and one a single star. Quote the window with the number, because 262 all-time and 26 in a year are different claims.
The written reviews we could read are short and positive. Owners mention great sound, ease of use, good battery life, good Wi-Fi range, smooth AirPlay from Apple devices, and a charging base one called “slick”. One October 2025 reviewer says it “works seamless with Alexa”. The only complaint is weight: a November 2025 owner calls it “a little heavy” but still “very usable”. Nobody in the visible reviews mentions the app.
The listing gives £449 and a two-year manufacturer’s guarantee, and showed “Checking Stock…” rather than a firm stock level. It did not show a “sold by” line, so we cannot confirm whether Currys or a marketplace seller ships it.
Watch: $449 Sonos Move 2 Unboxing and Testing
An unboxing, so you can see the charging base and plug that buyers find in the box. The price in the title is the US dollar price.
Watch on YouTube ↗ Independent YouTube video, not made by or for Shopbam.The good and the less good
What owners and testers like
- Battery tested at 21 to 25 hours, close to the 24-hour claim and more than double the Roam 2.
- Big, punchy sound with plenty of volume for a garden.
- Works as a normal Wi-Fi Sonos at home, with Bluetooth when you leave the house.
- Charging base and a 45 W plug in the box, and the USB-C port can charge your phone.
- IP56 and drop resistant, so rain and a muddy patio are fine.
- The battery is user-replaceable with a £79 kit, which most portable speakers do not offer.
What holds it back
- 3 kg with only a recessed grip. A room-to-garden speaker, not a picnic one.
- £449, and TechRadar scores it 3 out of 5 for value.
- Stereo spread is narrow from one box, and two cannot be paired in stereo over Bluetooth.
- Line-in needs a £19 adapter and your own cable.
- IP56 means splashes and jets, not a dunk in the pool.
- Relies on a Sonos app that is still being repaired after 2024.
Is it the right Sonos for you?
Go for it if you want one speaker that does the living room and the garden, you would rather not think about charging for a day or two, and you already use Sonos or plan to. If you have an Era 100 indoors, the Move 2 groups with it and gives you more volume and a battery. If you want a Sonos mainly for music indoors, the Era 300 is the bigger-sounding home speaker.
Give it a miss if you want something to carry far. The Roam 2 weighs about 430 g and is fully waterproof, at the cost of a 10-hour battery. Skip it too if you have no other Sonos and only need Bluetooth: you would be paying for Wi-Fi features you will not use. And if price matters, wait. What Hi-Fi? has reported sales cutting £100 to £120 off the Move 2, Trusted Reviews has covered price cuts too, and Richer Sounds already shows £405 to members of its free VIP club.
Gaps in the evidence
- Which? scores and verdicts. Which? lists a measured battery life of 21 hours 54 minutes, but its test score and Best Buy status sit behind a paywall. We were unable to see them.
- Bluetooth version. Sonos says 5.3; Trusted Reviews says 5.0. It was not possible to settle this, so we show both.
- Weight. Sonos, TechRadar and Richer Sounds say 3 kg; John Lewis and Which? say 3.07 kg. Nobody explains the difference.
- Sellers. Neither the Currys nor the John Lewis listing showed a “sold by” line, so we have no way to confirm who ships the speaker. Argos’s page did not load its price or reviews for our tools.
- Stock. John Lewis showed out of stock online. Currys and Richer Sounds both showed a stock-checking message rather than a firm answer.
- Richer Sounds’ price. The £405 is a VIP club price, valid in store until 16 October 2026. We were unable to see the non-member price beyond the £449 RRP shown.
- Sonos’s own warranty length. The Sonos UK product page does not state it. Two years comes from the retailer listings. Sonos’s 2024 one-year warranty extension did not include portable speakers.
- The current state of the app. We can report what Sonos has released, not whether every 2024 bug is gone. The version numbers in Sonos’s release notes and in press reports do not match, so we leave them out.
- Power use. We did not find a Sonos idle power figure for the Move 2, so we have not worked out a running cost.
- Amazon prices. Amazon blocks our tools. Which? shows £405 at Amazon on its page, but we could not check it directly.
- The videos. All three were confirmed by search listings showing their exact titles, not by opening them, and the listings did not name the channels.
Sources last checked 16 October 2026. Sonos prices often fall around Black Friday, so check the price against the listing in front of you before ordering, and make sure it says Move 2 rather than the original Move.