Home > Consumer Reviews > Olympus VN900 Digital Voice Recorder

The VN900 is a wonderful product. It is the smallest of kind, easy to use, has powerful extra features like programmable alarms to help you remember when and what to do on a busy day. The battery consumption is nill, much lower than some competative products. It suits my purposes perfectly.

but . . .

It does NOT record 90 minutes of voice. In LP mode the sound quality is SOOO poor that it is USELESS. Ninety minutes of muffled incomprehensible noise is perfectly USELESS, a stupid choice on the part of Olympus. The medium and high quality modes are quite good, but you only get 33 and 22 minutes! Folks, this model should be called VN330, not VN900

This is the voice recorder I've been looking for. It gives
you 22 minutes of high quality recording in HQ mode. You
can select the microphone sensitivity for dictation or
high. I keep mine on high all the time. It will pick up
bird songs or planes flying overhead. There is a hold
switch on the side of the unit that disables the buttons
so that it won't activate when you are carrying it in
your pocket or purse. The pocket clip is pretty much
useless; you need to carry it in your jeans pocket or
purse in order not to lose it.

Great product except for one irritating flaw. The clip should be mounted on the back of the device not on the side. Clip this into your shirt pocket and you have a 1.5" bulge in your pocket, hang it on your belt and it sticks out waiting to crach into something. The clip is useless so it floats around in your pocket; it took 3 days for me to lose mine when it fell out of my coat pocket.

This is a fantastic product. I bought one for my Father-in-law and liked it so much I just had to buy one for myself! It's small enough to slip easily into my pocket so it's always available. I use it for to-do lists, short personal memos, and to dictate correspondence. I couldn't be more pleased!

I've had this recorder for almost a year. I've dropped it, gotten it wet, and it's still ticking! Never had any problems with it; it's been a huge asset in my record keeping. I HIGHLY recommend this recorder!!!