Swim Waterproof 2GB MP3 Player

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Bought this for my wife. I guess you get what you pay for. It worked for a few months, then up and died. Little red light showed it was taking a charge, but couldn't get it to do anything beyond that. Computer wouldn't even show it was connceted. The players features are extremely basic, but since you are just swimming with it, I guess that's OK. Would have been nice to have playlist support, instead of it just playing everything in order. Fortunately, I bought the coverage plan. Now, I'm only out the cost of shipping it back and the plan itself. Consider a better ("more expensive" that is) player.

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I work out in a pool every day, not necessarily swimming, but doing 90 minutes of activities and having some music to help break up the routine is much appreciated. The device holds 2GB of mp3 or WMA files, which at a reasonable bit rate should hold as much music as you could want. I have a lot of digital music, but don't intend to put every kind on here . . . just the upbeat workout kind (although some might prefer the Vivaldi and New Age relaxation style in the pool).My one caveat about the design concerns the band that hold the earbuds to your head. It doesn't adjust, and appeared too small for my noggin when I first tried it, but after a little coaxing around the ears and with the whole of it where it's designed to sit, it fit snugly, but not uncomfortably.The few buttons make for simple operation, and since there's no screen to display any info, you're left to your own devices, or the device's devices, rather, to load songs in a particular alphabetical order if you have a preference for a playlist. (by renaming the files in a numerical sequence, for example). It's easy enough to skip a song with a simple press of the "+" button.The main part of the played hangs around the neck like a pendant, and so remains in easy reach. I could conceive of a player entirely contained in a headset, but this design works rather well for my purposes.I haven't exhausted the charge life of the unit, but then again I will probably charge it after every session or two.The sound is remarkably good using the supplied headset, but beware of getting water into the ear canal, as it quickly reduces the sound quality and comfort of the earbuds. A good seal is vital! Overall, the price is right and the performance more than meets my expectations!

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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.