Audio in the water at last! Some specifics: The box itself is very light, easy to operate, and about the size of a box of matches, or the video screen of an iPod Classic. It’s also really light.The headphones are robust, with three sizes of earplug, which is useful.This machine works – I have to say, it’s great to be able to swim with audio. But you’re reading this trying to find out what the downside is, so I’ll tell you – you will spend time fiddling with the earphones. I have reasonably large ears – not freakshow, but I’m a tall guy and they are in proportion to my head, and they took three swims to get in properly. And in so doing, were a little uncomfortable. Now I’m used to them, and have the correct ear plug size on them, I am loving the sound, which is a little better than radio – you won’t be getting amazing bass response here unless you ram those suckers so far in the tips come off (this happened to me at one point – tweezers and a lot of calm!)With all this said, those are the only…
Yes, it’s a bit basic, but IT WORKS UNDER WATER! I was really worried about buying this after reading all the reviews, but I’m a fat, middle-aged arthritic woman who needs every possible incentive to do some exercise. When my husband told me these things existed, I figured that it was my one chance to make joining the gym an almost tolerable prospect. So after buying more swimsuits, goggles, hats and towels than anyone can ever need, there was nowhere else to go but here. And I’m so glad I did. It’s a ‘Does what it says on the tin’ product. The software is rubbish, but my son showed me you can do everything you need to do via Windows Media Player instead, so that’s ok. It’s annoying that it will only play things in the order you put them on, and in artist order within that, and there’s no display, but you will have already learned that from these other reviews and from the product description, so no news value there. But it’s transformed my life. It’s no longer boring to swim up and down. It’s fun. The thing itself is pretty cheap,…
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Audio in the water at last! Some specifics: The box itself is very light, easy to operate, and about the size of a box of matches, or the video screen of an iPod Classic. It’s also really light.The headphones are robust, with three sizes of earplug, which is useful.This machine works – I have to say, it’s great to be able to swim with audio. But you’re reading this trying to find out what the downside is, so I’ll tell you – you will spend time fiddling with the earphones. I have reasonably large ears – not freakshow, but I’m a tall guy and they are in proportion to my head, and they took three swims to get in properly. And in so doing, were a little uncomfortable. Now I’m used to them, and have the correct ear plug size on them, I am loving the sound, which is a little better than radio – you won’t be getting amazing bass response here unless you ram those suckers so far in the tips come off (this happened to me at one point – tweezers and a lot of calm!)With all this said, those are the only…
Yes, it’s a bit basic, but IT WORKS UNDER WATER! I was really worried about buying this after reading all the reviews, but I’m a fat, middle-aged arthritic woman who needs every possible incentive to do some exercise. When my husband told me these things existed, I figured that it was my one chance to make joining the gym an almost tolerable prospect. So after buying more swimsuits, goggles, hats and towels than anyone can ever need, there was nowhere else to go but here. And I’m so glad I did. It’s a ‘Does what it says on the tin’ product. The software is rubbish, but my son showed me you can do everything you need to do via Windows Media Player instead, so that’s ok. It’s annoying that it will only play things in the order you put them on, and in artist order within that, and there’s no display, but you will have already learned that from these other reviews and from the product description, so no news value there. But it’s transformed my life. It’s no longer boring to swim up and down. It’s fun. The thing itself is pretty cheap,…