What's The Best Mini Amp Under $100? Amp Shootout

We tested 5 best-selling small guitar amps to find the best mini amp under $100. In this head-to-head shootout, the No Fear Guides listen to each amp and put them through their paces to crown The Mini Amp Champ!
Featured Mini Amps & Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Blind comparison
3:03 Donner Mini amzn.to/3NdwHci
3:44 Blackstar Fly 3 amzn.to/3YKb8Uw
4:38 NUX Mighty Lite BT amzn.to/3OKQNtI
5:20 Danelectro HoneyTone amzn.to/3oDUmsV
6:00 Orange Mini Crush amzn.to/3OKMNcI
Which is your favorite?
No Fear Guides:
• ‪@seandaniel23‬
• ‪@JayLeonardJ‬
• George Pennington
• Gabriel Spadaccini

[@shadowminister4090]

I like the concept of comparing small amps, although as a blind test, I think most of us (and the testers) would know what the brands were

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Agreed! The idea was just to make sure the focus was on the sound and features, not the brand. Hopefully you and others will find this helpful. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@paulf2534]

Glad you liked the Blackstar Fly 3. I have two of them and an ext cab. Also have a Blackstar Core ID V3 10 but mostly play with the Flys as I am so impressed with them.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Great to hear from a Blckstar Fly 3 owner, we certainly enjoyed it. Thanks!

[@laurahoeft]

The HoneyTone is just so CUTE!!!

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Agreed and the clip-on feature is great, we are still having fun with that one.

[@JeffBaglot]

Own and love.

[@davidames1746]

Well done well edited video good spirit deserves more views!!

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks so much @davidames1746 🙏🏼 We are still a very new channel, so we are paying our dues. 😉

[@RobSmith-rn3ie]

The Donner clean tone sounded like the radio guitar on the intro to Wish You Were Here to me. Would be a pretty cool tone to have.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Great observation. Thanks for joining the dialog here.

[@JeffBaglot]

I love this so much! For apartments and less affluent players this is so great. I have the honey tone.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks Jeff. The Honey Tone is so much fun!

[@JayLeonardJ]

Awesome!

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks Jay!

[@ChristieHaack]

#3 all the way. Love the extra cab option!

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

We agree!

[@lynnglidewell7367]

I have the Daneletro but I use it to blast a Harmonica through. It's great. With the right mic breaks up just the way you want it to. For Guitar however I'll take Black Star also. I'm not big on Metal music so Orange isn't high on my list for Guitar. However with its attention to Gain Orange might be a great Harmonica amp.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Great feedback, thanks! I bet that Danelectro for harmonica is very cool.

[@NoFearPianoGear]

I vote #4. A great faceoff between the mini amps.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks for joining the dialog. One vote for #4 noted.

[@Markrspooner]

#2 though I like #3 as well as it could clearly do more effects.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks for adding your vote here! 👍🏼

[@BryanClark-gk6ie]

I have my fly 3 ran into a 4/10 PV cabinet.

[@jojo-lb1ws]

Getting a blackstar mini soon!

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Let us know your experience. We would love to have that for the community here.

[@javiertaramona5982]

I just bought the honeytone waiting to have it and try it for delta blues with an unexpensive 60's egmond electro acoustic guitar

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

That is great. Please do let us know how that amp works for you.

[@frankwalsh8925]

I would go with the gear guys and vote for the Blackstar.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks for weighing in!

[@seandaniel23]

I keep forgetting what that Orange one is

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Orangestar?

[@bryanroper3501]

The honey tone has a great sound for blues plus a clip on for a great price

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

That one really was fun and what a great deal.

[@JeffBaglot]

I own it’s really nice for electro acoustic blues too.

[@RyanMcQuen]

#3 had the best initial clean tone in terms of frequency balance and depth.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks for joining the dialog.

[@FrancescoMeschini]

I have an Orange Mini and the thing they miss, maybe I've not understood well, is that Orange mini has the output for a real speaker and can also function as a mini amplifier with Orange tone. Not bad!!! This was my turning point in choosing it!🖖

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Great point! That is a nice feature to have. Thanks for pointing that out here.

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

Should’ve showed them the 8ohm output on that orange

[@wriglarzzz]

I think 5 is my favorite, but the honeytone is good bang for buck

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks for joining the dialog here. One vote noted for the Donner! Yes the Honeytone is a fun one.

[@tunizra]

Very underrated channel

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks so much @tunizra 🙏🏼

[@enyaratna]

I can't help myself but love orange sound. somehow it sounds authentic

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

That little Orange is impressive.

[@lynnglidewell7367]

You can't beat Daneletro Honey Tone for the price. It would be my choice for a kid to see if they're gonna stick with it or not. If they do then we'll invest in a big amp.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

It is a great choice for that for sure. Thanks for joining the discussion here.

[@ziggy8757]

would love they make a blackstar fly 5....just a little bit bigger one...

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Agreed, that would be pretty cool. I will say that when you add the second speaker you do get more volume. We did check out their 10 watt ID:Core it is was pretty cool, but that is a different level. Hopefully Blackstar will see the suggestion, good one! 👍🏼

[@MarkErikEE]

Very good video. Blackstar won with Orange being close second.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks for joining the dialog here and thanks for your kind words. 🙏🏼

[@elibeachill1150]

2 and 5 are for sure the best, volume and tone

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Thanks for your vote! 👍🏼

[@codpug]

I have 3 honeytones! Got them all for under 10 dollars a piece in 3 colors 😅

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

That sounds like a pretty strong endorsement for the Honeytone, wow! Thanks for sharing that with the community here.

[@frankb5728]

The tiny speakers are what's holding back these tiny amps.

[@alfianbanjaransari4096]

Err...they're mini after all.

[@MasWardoyo23]

❤no 2

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Awesome, thanks for that vote for the Blackstar Fly 3

[@GabrielGarcia-ee8pv]

And how about the Donner? I liked it because it is rechargeable... The sound is very bad or not?

[@GabrielGarcia-ee8pv]

Still better than others like Rowin PE-10 or LEKATO 5w?

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

The Donner did sound pretty good for it's price and being rechargable. Not our favorite, but OK. We have not tried the Rowin or Lekato yet, so we can't speak to that.

[@GabrielGarcia-ee8pv]

@@NoFearGuitarGear thanks so much

[@hexhead5732]

Black star

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

That is a nice little amp. Thanks for joining the dialog here.

[@csh9853]

Nux rocks

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

We are starting to discover that as well. Have tested several products from NUX and have been pleasantly surprised in each and every case.

[@mikesmith6493]

NU-X for me....

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

Great choice. Thanks for sharing your selection here.

[@sirdarrel2923]

caline lorcan is the best mini amp

[@douglepong]

.. none.. Get a Boss Katana Mini.

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

We will have to do a new challenge with the Katana Mini in the mix.

[@PaulVigil-jl8ce]

Katana mini

[@NoFearGuitarGear]

It was not out when we did this, but we do need to do a rematch with that one included.