Best Mp3 Player--Sweat!

I've had my shuffle for over 2 years. Not a tech freak or anything, so don't know what generation it is, but its the ipod shuffles that's a clip. I love it. I just basically clip it to my shorts and go for a run.

Maybe you sweat too much/run in mid day too much. I run early morning and/or at night. Also, I just leave my shuffle in my room, and it always stays cool.

Do you leave yours in your car or something?

After killing 2 shuffles this month I bought the new sony walkman for $50. It's great. Only has about 6 inches of cord that goes behind your head and you can drag your itunes onto the folder or drag whole playlists. Fits snug in your ears and is sweat proof. A little diff, but nice

Are you buying these new or used? If new, try purchasing an extended warranty plan.

No. Just normal sweating during runs (2-hour-ish range).

No, buying them new.

I was just hoping someone on LetsRun would reply saying that they'd found the perfect sweat-proof mp3 player.

Surely I can't be the only one out of millions and millions of runners who sweat on their mp3 players so much it causes trouble. I wonder why doesn't some company--I'm looking at you, Apple--come out with the perfect sweat-proof, rain-proof even, mp3 player for runners? Grrr.

Thanks anyways, guys, for your replies.

Shannon

This is unreal!! I too have burned up two shuffles (gen 2 & gen 3), first one given to me as a gift from one of my clients, the second was the replacement from Apple after the first one died. The first one I never loaded itunes for three months; finally did & it died after ~ 4-5 uses. Girlfriend went to local Apple store; gave her 10% off on gen 3 shuffle, lasted maybe 5 times also. Never in my running life (34 years of running), would I have said I was a heavy perspire/sweater. The sales person at Apple now said that I have ruined the shuffles from my sweat. Don't people run with these things? Now Apple because they say that I have caused the water damage, won't replace the gen 3 model, will give me maybe $10 bucks off from a Nano, plus they think I should buy the special Michael Phelps underwater arm band. Now my thinking is F..it & just run like I have for over three decades, music free. I love the music but can't afford to buy a new shuffle ever few weeks.

I have a 5th gen Ipod Nano and this has been my biggest fear now that it's getting really hot out.

Have you tried using a case on it?

also I should add...

I guess the sales clerk at Apple said I also burned out the control wire thing (volume & pause) that I had to use with the after market nike ear phones that plugs into the ishuffle because the stock Apple ear phones don't stay in my ears more than 20 seconds at a time.

I bought this little RCA 1GB mp3 player/radio off woot for like $10 shipped that is great. Smaller than an ipod nano and has held up fine so far. Good for the gym since it has an FM tuner. Not the best user interface...but it's $10

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I killed two shuffles and now I've used a sansa clip for over a year. It also has a built in radio tuner which is nice if I didn't change up my podcasts and don't want music. iTunes syncing connection was nice, but I just download the latest podcasts in iTunes and then copy from the actual folders instead of syncing. If I buy music, I use amazon mp3, which is great if you haven't tried yet.

I have broken 3 shuffles in the past 3 weeks...But, I think I may have found a solution to delay this problem because Apple certainly hasn't tried to make these things well. I went to Walmart and got a cheap wrist band and wear it around my bicep with my Shuffle clipped to it. I can wring it out on long runs to keep from getting sweat into the Shuffle and it's pretty comfortable. It's not big, bulky, or annoying like any of the arm bands designed for running.

Also, I just go to Walmart and Target to get these because they will exchange them no questions asked if you have the receipt and it's within 90 days.

I have sweated out three shuffles myself and found no solution and apple is useless and surprisingly ignorant, or supposedly ignorant, of their design shortcoming. I have vowed to never buy another in hopes that more runners and tri folks will come on board too until they come up with a real solution. they can't just keep blaming us for "not using it properly."

I have the iPod Shuffle that has the volume control on the headset wire (3rd gen?), have killed it, had it replaced under warranty a couple times and currently need to do so yet again.

I had good luck with an iPod mini quite a few years ago, but these are long out of production. Had a Sony walkman (cylindrical thing with a twist ring control) that was bulletproof until the non-removable headphone wires went bad after a couple years. Had a swimming MP3 player (Aquaman?) that was a cheapo player inside a waterproof capsule that lasted about a year. Haven't had much luck with other cheapo players. I think what you (and I) need to do is look for a "sports" or "water resistant" MP3 player.