I looking to purchase an MP3 player to use while swimming and would appreciate product feedback from the group. I swim in a 25 yrd indoor pool and I am concerned that the earphones on the various styles will not stay in when I do flip turns. I also swim alot of IM and want to make sure I won't have problems with the earphones when I do fly, back, and ***. From a previous post alot of people like the swimman IPOD which sells for around $250. Also in the same thread some people like the Finis SwiMP3 ($140) but I am concerned the Finis unit won't work for me when I swim an IM set due to the bone conduction design of sound transmission. Any comments on this opionion ? And in particular does the swimman IPOD earphones work well when doing flip turns and swimming IM?
There are 3 other products that I have seen on the web that I think might work for me and would appreciate any experience any one has had with them. They are: 1. Freestyle Audio Soundwave 2 GB MP3 player ($90).
2. NU Technology 1 GB waterproof MP3 Player ($90) 3. Speedo Aquabeat MP3 1GB player ($140).
I looking to purchase an MP3 player to use while swimming and would appreciate product feedback from the group. I swim in a 25 yrd indoor pool and I am concerned that the earphones on the various styles will not stay in when I do flip turns. I also swim alot of IM and want to make sure I won't have problems with the earphones when I do fly, back, and ***. From a previous post alot of people like the swimman IPOD which sells for around $250. Also in the same thread some people like the Finis SwiMP3 ($140) but I am concerned the Finis unit won't work for me when I swim an IM set due to the bone conduction design of sound transmission. Any comments on this opionion ? And in particular does the swimman IPOD earphones work well when doing flip turns and swimming IM?
There are 3 other products that I have seen on the web that I think might work for me and would appreciate any experience any one has had with them. They are: 1. Freestyle Audio Soundwave 2 GB MP3 player ($90).
2. NU Technology 1 GB waterproof MP3 Player ($90) 3. Speedo Aquabeat MP3 1GB player ($140).
I've have the Finis SwiMP3 v.1 and the NU Tech systems. Both are fine if you are swimming at a relaxed pace. I think the Finis is more comfortable and has better sound quality. The NU's earpieces are harder to keep in my ears and the sound drops off occasionally. The big advantage for the NU is the larger storage capacity and lower price.
Both systems are fine for long slow swims. I used the NU on Saturday for a long easy pace set 15 x 200 back/IM and ear piece fell out occasionally because I brushed my ear with my arm.
Neither system works well for speed sets (aka lactic sets) - 6 x 100 on 5 minutes. You can't hear very well with all the splashing. For sprint swimming, I replay rev-up songs to get into the swing of sprint swimming.
One other thing about the NU: the electronics are housed in a small case with a interface port that doubles as the earpiece interface and the USB music download and recharge port. To recharge and download, you push the connector into the port. To attach the ear piece, you insert and screwdown the connector so that water can't get in to the case.
The first time I used the NU, I forgot to completely screw in the connector and water got in to the case. I thought it was broken, but after drying it out for a few days, I was pleasantly surprised when it started to work again. Normally water and electronics means catastrophic failure, but this time I was lucky.
I looking to purchase an MP3 player to use while swimming and would appreciate product feedback from the group. I swim in a 25 yrd indoor pool and I am concerned that the earphones on the various styles will not stay in when I do flip turns. I also swim alot of IM and want to make sure I won't have problems with the earphones when I do fly, back, and ***. From a previous post alot of people like the swimman IPOD which sells for around $250. Also in the same thread some people like the Finis SwiMP3 ($140) but I am concerned the Finis unit won't work for me when I swim an IM set due to the bone conduction design of sound transmission. Any comments on this opionion ? And in particular does the swimman IPOD earphones work well when doing flip turns and swimming IM?
There are 3 other products that I have seen on the web that I think might work for me and would appreciate any experience any one has had with them. They are: 1. Freestyle Audio Soundwave 2 GB MP3 player ($90).
2. NU Technology 1 GB waterproof MP3 Player ($90) 3. Speedo Aquabeat MP3 1GB player ($140).
I've have the Finis SwiMP3 v.1 and the NU Tech systems. Both are fine if you are swimming at a relaxed pace. I think the Finis is more comfortable and has better sound quality. The NU's earpieces are harder to keep in my ears and the sound drops off occasionally. The big advantage for the NU is the larger storage capacity and lower price.
Both systems are fine for long slow swims. I used the NU on Saturday for a long easy pace set 15 x 200 back/IM and ear piece fell out occasionally because I brushed my ear with my arm.
Neither system works well for speed sets (aka lactic sets) - 6 x 100 on 5 minutes. You can't hear very well with all the splashing. For sprint swimming, I replay rev-up songs to get into the swing of sprint swimming.
One other thing about the NU: the electronics are housed in a small case with a interface port that doubles as the earpiece interface and the USB music download and recharge port. To recharge and download, you push the connector into the port. To attach the ear piece, you insert and screwdown the connector so that water can't get in to the case.
The first time I used the NU, I forgot to completely screw in the connector and water got in to the case. I thought it was broken, but after drying it out for a few days, I was pleasantly surprised when it started to work again. Normally water and electronics means catastrophic failure, but this time I was lucky.
