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70 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
Probably the only Waterproof MP3 Player and Best Option for Listening to MP3 Audio in Water
After water damaging my iPod Classic in H2O Audio Amphibx Waterproof Armband for Large MP3 Players and Phones I purchased this FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player and am glad that at least I will not water damage the MP3 player. Going by the reviews on Amazon, as of February 1, 2010, 3 of 9 reviewers of Amphibx large arm band damaged their iPods (only one replaced by...
Published 7 months ago by SanjeevP
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
Okay, but sound and power issues
I train for triathlons and bought this to keep me entertained through the endless laps. I swim three times a week for an hour in the pool at a time. I bought it in November 2009 and have been using it many times since.
The instructions leave much to be desired. First of all, the instructions say that they unit will stay lit when it is fully charged. Not...
Published 7 months ago by Karen Coutts
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Very disappointing, August 30, 2010
This review is from: FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player (Sports)
I agree with Karen, I was very hopeful when I got this, but it has worked for all of five minutes. The clip works well, but after loading the songs, I have never been able to use it. It is hard to use when you are in the water and it has never played for more than five minutes, which meant that all the time I put into loading songs was wasted.
For some reason, it never triggers the safely remove hardware icon, even though the computer recognizes that it is in. It looks nice, though and stays in place.
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It's amazing how well they work!, August 30, 2010
This review is from: FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player (Sports)
I read several reviews of both this and the Speedo mp3 player, and decided to buy these. Wow! I am totally impressed!
First, I can't believe the sound conducts so well through my cheekbones. Underwater, it sounds totally amazing, and it seems loud enough that I would think others in the pool could hear it, too, but so far no one's given me any crazy looks, so I think they can't. Above water, it's not so bad. It's noticeably quieter, sure, but it's not like your music cuts off completely when your head's out of the water, which is what I was afraid of.
The headphones/cheekphones/whatever-they-are stayed in place perfectly while I was swimming freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke, even with flip turns. With butterfly, they tipped back at an angle and started covering my ears, which made it quieter in the water and louder out of the water, but it wasn't super obnoxious, and it didn't bother me to wait until the next time I stopped to straighten them again. Full disclosure: I'm not doing more than 50 yards of butterfly at a time. If I were psychotic enough to do 500 yards of butterfly at one stretch, my decision might be different. My guess is that diving into the water would shift these puppies as well, but that's not an issue for me. And it's possible that if you tighten your goggles enough so that your eyes bug out, they would stay in place anyway. I'm not going to test that theory.
My goggles didn't leak at ALL with these clipped on. I use the basic TYR Racetech goggles, and they worked just fine.
The charging process and drag-and-drop music transfer process were remarkably simple. The only thing I thought was weird was that on mine, I didn't have three folders pre-programmed onto it for playlists. It was blank, which basically means I have one playlist. This is fine with me. I might later try to reformat the drive to see if the three playlists pop up, but I'm good for now.
I've just been getting back into the pool on a regular basis, and I'm still pathetically out of shape. With this mp3 player, it makes it much easier for me to swim longer without focusing on how tired I am. I went from 1,250 yards one day to 2,000 yards the next, mostly because I was able to be entertained enough by the music to stomach through it.
The nerd appeal of the bone conduction technology is another huge plus. It's definitely a conversation piece at the pool.
I highly recommend this mp3 player, and I'm gonna use the hell out of it.
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FINIS SwiMP3, August 30, 2010
This review is from: FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player (Sports)
I've been using the Finis SwiMP3, along with the Aqua Spere Stationary swimmer, theFinis swimmer's snorkel and earplugs fro the local wlagreens to swim in our backyard pool all summer. The combination is PERFECTION! I know - it's a lot of equipment - but the payoff is I'm able to swim endlessly whenever it's convienent for me. I don't have to share a lane, go through a locker room, pay a membership fee, drive to the pool, stuff my work clothes in a small locker... The SwiMP# has worked very well. The buttons are sort of small and tough to find once it's attached to your goggler strap, but I trun it on shuffle before I put my goggles on and I'm good to go. I recharge it through my lap top, or plug it in to a port on my computer at work during the day - no need to spend extra money on a charger you really don't need. The sound quality is excellent with earplugs. It's really amazing. I guess I'll return to the Y this winter - I'll see how it works lap swimming with turns then.
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Do NOT waste your money or time., August 26, 2010
This review is from: FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player (Sports)
I have to agree with many of the prior reviewers. This product simply does not work. I also loaded many songs from itunes only to find that just a few unprotected ones played. I then emailed finis re the problem and they gave me the instructions to erase the disk and then go through a pretty complex task of unprotecting the itunes songs and then reloading the headset. Since then, NOTHING plays. I have now tried to get them to resolve this problem and they just keep giving me the run around. On top of all of this, i also concur with the other reviewers. As the unit did play for a couple of workouts, i have to say that the sound quality is very poor and the volume is very soft and tinny...even at maximum volume. And, as all have reported, if your head/ears comes out of the water (as in swimming the breast stroke) you lose sound almost completely. On these issues, i tried everything, including putting a swim cap OVER my goggles and the unit to try to keep it closer to my head. It didn't work AND looked stupid in the process :) I have now tried three different brands (speedo KILLED my ears and the H2Oaudio break very easily). I am to the point of agreeing with another reviewer--leave the mp3 experience to running and just try to go into a zen state during swimming.
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Great for swimming laps, August 20, 2010
This review is from: FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player (Sports)
I asked for and recieved this for my birthday to help with the boredom of lap swimming. It works GREAT! Without earplugs, you can really only hear it if you are totally underwater. But once you put earplugs in, it's easy to hear the music even if your head is totally out of the water.
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A cool disposable toy, August 18, 2010
This review is from: FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player (Sports)
I've come to the conclusion this thing is a cool disaposable toy. Once your battery stops holding a charge, just go buy a new unit. That's not a good solution. This thing should last MUCH longer, but it is what it is.
Before the Swimp3, I enjoyed swimming because of the silence. It gave me time to relax. Now, I'm dependent on this thing to get my through long swims as a train for IM Arizona.
Is the sound quality great - NO. But hey, you're listening under water. What do you want? The thing works as advertised, till the battery dies.
One tip, I had a lot of trouble with goggles leaking. I finally figured out just to put the player under one strap and let the other strap stay flush to my head. Maybe that is how everyone does it. I wouldn't know, the instructions for this thing are terrible.
Every time you turn it off, hit the reset button about five times. Maybe it will actually turn off. Who knows? Just don't bother with the instructions.
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OK, But..., August 12, 2010
This review is from: FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player (Sports)
First the good news: the SwiMP3 actually works -- unlike most MP3 players designed for underwater use.
Now for the bad news. I've purchased 4 of them in three years because they typically fail after about 200 uses. Not certain why -- my best guess is that the waterproof membrane on the controls degrades, making the buttons iffy to use. By the same token, the plastic clips that hold the player to your goggle straps tends to warp out of shape under constant tension. That quality-control/durability reality -- especially in view of the astoundingly high price -- is quite irritating.
I prefer to listen to podcasts while I'm swimming, and there's also a problem here because speech is often not loud enough. Happily, there is a cure for this: download a free piece of software called MP3 Gain. It allows you to pre-process the tracks and raise the volume.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Awesome!!!, August 7, 2010
This review is from: FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player (Sports)
I am a runner and I recently got injured in my knee. Although I have always liked swimming, I could never think about it as a replacement for my running, that is, until I got the swimp3! This product is above expectations for me. The bone conduction system really works, the sound is awesome underwater and gets interrupted only mildly when coming to the surface to breath. Also adding songs and creating playlists is extremely easy. Of course, I should note that the sound is awesome for an underwater mp3, do not expect ipod quality. But it is much better than anything I could have imagined in the water. While before I could hardly push myself to swim for 45 minutes, I did 75 minutes like a breeze the day I got the swimp3. I recommend this product to everyone.
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Great Product essential for all Swimmers, July 21, 2010
This review is from: FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player (Sports)
Well for me it was expensive as an MP3 which works only in water but after using it once in the pool it is something worth buying. I had to import it to my country via a friend and it took me a month wait.
It gave me some errors as some computer trojan in my system had it hanged the first day but I installed the software available on the net and now it works fine. The clips which fit on the goggles are very hard to put as whenever I try it usually falls in adjustments.
The only problem in the sound is when you breath out and the sound of the bubbles make the music muffled but it is still good to have something playing. I think the sound of the bubbles can disappear if you use ear plugs but I have not tried.
I recommend only those swimmer who have a routine of swimming more than 20minutes as it is still quite expensive Mp3 player.
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Basically great, July 11, 2010
This review is from: FINIS SwiMP3.1G Waterproof MP3 Player (Sports)
I've been looking at the SwimP3 for a few years now and finally went for it when they increased the capacity to 1 gig. I've only used it a few times but I'm generally very happy. I had been using a snorkel with a radio built in but this is definitely better. Bone induction is WAY better than any kind of ear-bud based system and I've tried a few. It's a little hard to fit on the strap of my swim mask along with my snorkel but I think I'll work that out OK. The main thing I'd like to see different is that there's no volume control and it seems to play a little soft for my taste. other than that, the sound quality is pretty good, nice and clear. I'm still getting used to the controls so I'll reserve judgment on that for now. I do tend to prefer bigger buttons but I bet I get the feel of it. I mostly just put it on shuffle and do my thing anyway. As soon as I can reliably hit the Next button when I don't happen to be in the mood for the song of the moment, I'll be fine. I'm definitely glad I got it. Of course, there's no substitute for more music capacity!!
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