Swim Waterproof 2GB MP3 Player

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I bought this to bring a little bit of excitement to my lap swimming. I try to swim for 45 mins or so at a time so as many of you know it gets tedious staring at the blue line. I decided to try this out because overall it had pretty good reviews. I am going to be sending this back since I purchased the 2 year service plan. The first time I used it it worked perfectly. Well, other than keeping some water in my ear which muffled the sound on one side. Even that I could overlook. It was great to have music while I was swimming. It was easy to place my songs on the machine and I love how the headphones wrap around the back of my head instead of clipping onto my goggles. That being said, the next few times I have attempted to use it have been a disaster. The first time I recharged the machine I went by the manual exactly. The second as well. Between charging it the night before and getting to the pool the next afternoon the battery had completely died, leaving me to swim my boring laps again without music. I made sure all cords were unplugged so as not to wear down battery life and it still continues to die within hours of charging it. I am very disappointed in the overall quality of this equipment. I plan on seeing what Overstock can do with me so I can get something a bit higher in quality.

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I do lap swimming for fitness nearly every day. I've been swimming with a SwiMP3 for about a year, but it has starting having issues (works 4 out of 5 days). I decided to give this unit a try. My first impressions were that it was really not designed to be used while swimming. There were lots of cables that I had to tie up to get the unit to mount on my goggles. The first four laps made with this player were amazing. Great sound quality, very comfortable. But then water got past the headphones and into my ears. Suddenly the great sound was replaced by inaudible low-frequency-only sound.Basically, these things work great if you can get a really good seal and keep water out of your ear. The SwiMP3 doesn't sound quite as good but uses bone conduction (do it doesn't matter if water gets in your ears).I'm still glad I bought the player and will use it for the days my SwiMP3 decides to not work. I may try swimming with a swim cap to hold the earphones in place and keep out water (although I've never worn a cap before).This player would be fantastic for use around water (or maybe doing water aerobics), but requiring air between the headphone speaker and your ear drum really limits its usefulness in fitness or competitive swim training.

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I had so many problems with this product. First i could not get music to go on it. Then I had to contact augen to figure that out since there directions were not clear. Also I used it one time in the pool and it worked fine for 5 minutes then I had no sound in the right headphone. After coming home I even tried a different set of headphones and still nothing. So I sent it back but didn't get a full refund.

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I swam as a child and teenager on swim team for many years, never had anything like this. Recently decided to take up swimming again on a masters swim team to get back in shape and loose some weight. This is GREAT! The sound quality at times is not the greateset with water going by, especially as I kick off the wall but as far as I'm concerned any music while I am swimming is awesome! Works great to pass the time while swimming. Something to note is that I wanted to load my Ipod music on here and those are MP4 files (i didn't know that) and this is an MP3 player so the music has to be converted...pretty easy to do, but just worth noting because not all of my Ipod music would convert. Aside from that this is a BARGAIN for what you get! Love it!

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Works well while working out in the pool. Also used it on the beach, waves were a little rough at times, but great whild walking along the shallow waters.website was easy to navigate, loved the shipping rate, will be a return customer!