iHome iH8 Clock Radio for iPod (Black)
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Customer Review: Great Value: Not Top Notch, But Not The Priciest Either
Summary: 4 Stars
This unit satisfied my main needs: Charge my iPod overnight without use of my computer, line out to my stereo so I can still blast things that I want to hear with "big sound" without concern for battery life, and allow casual late night listening without disturbing others in the house. I got my unit new for $50, a price at which this is a steal. This is a few generations old, so if your iPod is newer than around a 2G nano, the cradle isn't included; so hopefully you still have & don't use the one your iPod came with. My only gripe is the joke of a remote which, even with a fresh battery, is useless further than 3' away from the unit; Again, for the overall price it's a sacrifice that I can deal with. For it's $100 MSRP, I'd say skip this unit & spend more for better sound & quality, but if you can find a deal, this unit will work well for everyday casual listening.Customer Review: Great little item but has a few problems...
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought 2 of these in 2 different colors for kids for Christmas. One kid has a classic ipod, the other has an ipod touch.
Pros: Works great for both types of ipods and a great feature is that it charges the ipods. Speakers play very clear and loud coming from such small speakers. Nicely lit display so you can tell the time from across the room. There were other things but those were our faves.
Cons: I only have 2 cons and am worried about the 2nd. The first is that the lowest volume (at "1") is still too loud. Needs to go lower. 2nd: It overheats! It's almost painful to the touch when you've been playing the ipod in it for an hour or so, it's hot! Anyone else have this problem? I forsee this becoming a problem and possibly igniting a recall. What does everyone think? Please comment on this review...thank you!
Customer Review: Huge design flaw
Summary: 3 Stars
I like this product except for one very major design flaw. The brightness button for the display is ALSO the snooze button. Like most people I want to turn off the brightness at night because it can be blinding. But when I wake up to my iPod and want to see what time it is I press the button for brightness and it defaults to snooze and turns off the iPod so then I have to figure how to turn the music back on in the dark. Not very smart iHome!
Sound quality is good, not much bass. I did pay $25 to spring for the external speaker so you get much better stereo output.
I was at an Apple store yesterday and saw something like this that had a dial just for the brightness. Now that's smart, normal. To have the brightness and snooze the same button doesn't make any sense.
Customer Review: Great Product!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just received this product a few days ago and I am so impressed with it. The sound is sound is exactly like listening to your Ipod but without the uncomfortable earbuds. The volume gets pretty loud and the speakers don't crackle or anything. It sounds great!
The sleep feature is great, I put it on the first night and set it for 15 min and volume of my choice and at 15 minutes it turned right off.
The AM/FM radio is also a very nice touch. This product comes with a cord antenna to help get better stations but I didn't have to take the antenna out of the clear package because it brought in my favorite stations without even using the antenna. I don't listen to AM radio but their is an AM antenna too.
This product is absolutely perfect and was exactly what I was looking for!
Customer Review: Great but for one point maybe Nano 3G related
Summary: 3 Stars
I have the new 3G Nano and was looking for a unit to play podcasts at night while falling asleep. At least with my unit, when I set the iHome on a sleep setting (say 60 minutes), after a few minutes both the iHome and the Nano turn off and the Nano starts charging, not the sixty minutes expected. The volume setting or charge status of the Nano does not seem to matter.
I still give this unit 3 stars because if I set the sleep setting on the Nano and just turn on the iHome, the Nano turns off at the right time.
The sound is good for a reasonably priced clock radio type unit (my major reason for choosing the unit). The lighted keys and remote are useful but the remote could be better laid out and is missing some valuable keys like sleep and dedicated keys for preset.