OK I am addicted to swimming with music. But why can't someone make a player that lasts!!
I love the Finis Swimp3 but have to send it in every 2-3 months as it dies on me. To their credit they have been great about fixing and replacing the players at no charge to me but it's a hassle.
I'm not trying the DolphinLite and it's USB cable is bad ( I've had it 10 days )
What do people use that they are happy with? I use it about 6 hours a week.
Another swimmer at the Y has one of those been trying to figure out if they are worth the money. But if it lasts like my regular iPOd it's be worth it. : )
Another swimmer at the Y has one of those been trying to figure out if they are worth the money. But if it lasts like my regular iPOd it's be worth it. : )
Well, I've been using it since december, and so far It has been worth the money.
Doesn't it affect your performance? I was swimming for about 2 weeks with my Speedo Aquabeat and I noticed that performance dropped down. I'm also fan of the music but I noticed that I have some issue with listening it in water - I can't concentrate and as a result I failed to keep my usual target times in the sets. So now I'm mainly listen to it on a dry land. (I'd better got an iPod for that) :)
Actually my times have improved and I swim longer workouts. I did discover though that I need to make sure the music I load is fast-I tend to swim in rythym to the beat. : )
They even have places where you can load music to act as a tempo trainer.
Interesting, though I'd rather try wetronom as a tempo trainer because music doesn't have constant rhythm (not the music I listen).
www.wetronome.com/index.php
I use one of those too. : ) I have the FINIS Tempo Trainer. When I'm working a distance set I use that to keep me from gradually slowing down as I get tired.
I just purchased the SwiMp3 player by FINIS at SwimFest last weekend. I really like the bone conduction technology, as well as not using earbuds. It's simple with no wires. So far, it's performed really well.
I'm on my 5th Swimp3. I love the sound quality too and not having to hassle with earbuds but they just quit working after about 3 months.
They have been great about replacing them but it's a hassle to have them just suddenly quit and to have to mail them back in and wait for a replacement.
