If there’s one thing London mums agree on, it’s that great sound doesn’t need to cost a fortune – especially when it has to survive everything from homework time to impromptu kitchen discos. We handed the Majority D40 Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers and the Majority Atlas Portable Bluetooth Soundbar to our testers’ panel, and the feedback came in LOUD and clear (in the best possible way!).
Majority D40 Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers
£72.99 from Currys
These little beauties had our testers grinning before they even turned them on. Compact? Yes. Cute enough to live in your lounge without competing with your Christmas tree? Absolutely. But the real surprise was the sound – proper grown-up, cinema-night sound.
What our testers said…
“I put them next to my books and they looked like they belonged there – until I turned them on. The bass shook my coffee!”
Let’s be honest – no speaker is truly tested until it has survived a full household performance of Let It Go, a toddler’s sticky fingers, and at least one unexpected pasta sauce incident.
The D40: The Living-Room Transformer
The D40 speakers ended up becoming the surprise centrepiece of several testers’ homes. Not because they’re flashy – quite the opposite – but because suddenly everyone wanted to be in the room where the sound was happening.
One mum reported that her teens actually paused their TikToks to come downstairs when they heard the D40 blasting 90s classics. A Christmas miracle.
Another tester confessed she now volunteers her place for Sunday movie nights:
“I used to avoid hosting because my TV speakers were pathetic. Now everyone wants to come to mine… including my neighbours.” – Georgina, mum of 2
And for the multitaskers (let’s face it: that’s every mum), the seamless switch between Bluetooth and wired connections was a small daily joy:
“Connected my phone in the morning for podcasts, then switched to the TV for Bluey in the afternoon – all without unplugging a thing. These speakers get me.” – Mel, mum of 3
The Atlas: The Everywhere Companion
£29.99 from Amazon
The Atlas didn’t just wander around the house – it practically moved in. This little soundbar became the family pet nobody has to feed.
Taken to the park? Yes.
Used for kitchen cooking marathons? Constantly.
Hidden by children to play Roblox music at full volume? Daily.
Rescued by mums and reclaimed? Immediately.
One tester laughed as she described her husband “borrowing” the Atlas for a garden shed project that lasted nine hours but allegedly had “very necessary” background music.
Another used it during a picnic and became unintentionally popular:
“The family next to us kept inching closer because my playlist was ‘far superior’. For £29.99, I’ve basically become a DJ.” – Tara, mum of 1
Christmas Gift Potential: Off the Charts
After testing both products, the panel decided these two gadgets have serious potential as:
Gifts for teens who claim nothing is ever cool enough
Gifts for partners who love “techy things” but also love bargains
Gifts for yourself because your Spotify Wrapped says you deserve it
Gifts for grandparents who still call Bluetooth “the blue thing”
Both items hit that happy sweet spot: affordable, useful, and actually impressive.
Ease of Use: Mum-Friendly by Design
We know mums don’t have time for tech tantrums. Thankfully:
Both devices were set up by testers in under three minutes
No manuals were thrown across the room
No children declared “Mum, you’re doing it wrong!”
And not one tester needed to Google “How to connect Majority…”
A victory.
Monica Costa founded London Mums in September 2006 after her son Diego’s birth together with a group of mothers who felt the need of meeting up regularly to share the challenges and joys of motherhood in metropolitan and multicultural London. London Mums is the FREE and independent peer support group for mums and mumpreneurs based in London https://www.londonmumsmagazine.com and you can connect on Twitter @londonmums
