SanDisk Sansa Shaker 512 MB MP3 Player (Blue)
by SanDisk
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Customer Review: Excellent Little MP3 Player!
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought this for our 5-year old daughter. Even though the reviews were pretty good; we didn't expect much because it seemed so cheap. Well, we more than love the SanDisk Sansa Shaker! My daughter has carried it around everywhere since we bought it. One bonus feature, that we didn't know, is the top of the Shaker is a speaker, so you can use the player without the headphones. My daughter has dropped it twice, including ceramic tile floor, and it still works. There was no x-rated music preloaded as one person indicated. I did have some problems with bottom staying closed as some people indicated. However, my husband came home and figured out that it needs click on and we haven't had any problems since.
So all the negative remarks that I read I have found are not the case...at least with our player! This thing is absolutely perfect!!!
Customer Review: Not worth the $$$
Summary: 1 Stars
I would not recommend this product. The iPod shuffle would be a better buy, and definitely better quality. I purchased two shakers as gifts. The bottom cover continuously unlatches on one and the other shaker stopped playing after about 1.5 weeks. I tried troubleshooting by reconnecting to the pc, but it was not recognized. Sandisk said this is a recurring problem and to connect to the USB ports at the back of the pc. Haven't tried that step yet (but sounds like more trouble than it's worth). Besides, I've been successful at connecting iPods and digital cameras just fine to the front USB ports. The battery life is AWFUL! Required a new battery after several hours of on and off play. Even with brand new rechargeable ones! Hope to send this cheaply made product back and get my money back to use towards the shuffle.Customer Review: DO NOT BUY THIS is you plan on using Napster, Itunes, etc.
Summary: 1 Stars
When you purchase an "MP3" player these days, you're actually expecting to be able to play not only MP3 files, but MP4 files, WMV files, and so forth. This device, however, only actually plays MP3 files, which is noted in very small print in the instruction manual. Music download sites like Napster & Real Rhapsody use WMV format. You can get MP4 through Itunes, but not MP3s. So that means you cannot download ANY music from the big music download sites onto a Shaker. MP3 is now an "old" format. Unless you're planning only on ripping songs from a CD to put on the Shaker, DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT! I got this for my son for Christmas & am very disappointed that I cannot download any of his favorite songs onto it. The product description needs to be much clearer about the severe limitations of the product.Customer Review: Not a quality product and bad customer service
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this for my 5 year old son for Xmas. It stopped working after less than an hour. I watched him play with it, and he did nothing to cause it. The battery had a hard time connecting to the player. Well, after 3 different sets of batteries (just to make sure)we contacted Sandisk and their customer service was terrible! Long story short, they admitted I needed a new one after an hour on the phone, but it took 3 weeks to get a new one; explain that to a 5 year old.
I gave this 2 stars because it is the only one I could find with external speakers, which I prefer so he doesn't need earphones. The new one has been working, but we had problems turning it off once, and the only way we were able to turn it off was to take out the battery. THis seems to be a flaw in this model.
Customer Review: We love it.
Summary: 4 Stars
My son loves this thing. The best part is the built-in speaker and the sound quality is great. Figuring out how to get the songs loaded was a task and the fact that you can't load iTune songs onto them due to the format conflict really sucks, unless you can figure out how to convert m4a's to mp3s. So I gave 4 stars. But the price is reasonable and it's very durable. The "shaker" part is kinda cool since you can change songs by holding down the button and giving it a quick shake, or you have the option of turning the base. What we don't like is the fact that you can only skip one song at a time and you can't fast-forward, much like the iPod Shuffle. But even that's not a big deal. Overall we like the product. It comes with a key-chain to dangle on the belt-loop if you choose, and earphones.