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It's fun to use your mp3 player as a key chain, but a few things to know. First, the headphones crackled right out of the box (Cheap?). I just recently dropped my keys and the glass broke on the front. The volume of the music is quiet at max volume. The software really isn't needed to drag/drop songs to the "drive" which is a plus. Other than that, a great toy.

I bought two of these, and within a year both had broken. I was able to get a replacement for one of them, but recently the USB connection on the new one stopped working. Now I can play files, but can't change what's on the player.

Even before the players broke I wasn't very fond of them. The battery life wasn't anywhere near 10 hours, and the toggle switch has a weird sensitivity -- I was constantly over or undershooting the mark with it. The voice recorder worked okay when I spoke directly into it.

Of course, the low price is pretty impressive for all the features. If only those features actually worked!

I lost my last 1GB MP3 player and never thought I would have the money to replace it, but was desperate enough to try anything that was reasonable. This has more sound options than my last one!

The directions are written in broken english, but aren't really necessary if you put you're mind to it. The backlight can be set to 1 color so it doesn't change with every button pressed, (which drove me nuts).

It claims the battery isn't used when plugged into the computer, but mine died so quickly that I now take it out whenever I'm not using the player...this has made it last considerably longer.

I'm very happily surprised at how well it works for how little I spent.

Upsides: This Mp3 player is very portable. The small design is great to have in your pant pockets, sweatshirt, or backpack. The hold switch is nice to have and you don't have to worry about accidentally clicking it. This player lasted me about a year and a half for $20.00. I consider that pretty good. You do not need ITunes for this!

Downsides: Letters can rub off easily. The case, though small and durable, can still look like garbage. Mine closely resembles the stuff. Audiobooks would occasionally put the last tracks first, but this was not to much of a problem since it would only be 2 tracks. When mine finally went, it was the play button. It got stuck inside of the player. It just eventually happened. I did have a couple problems with it turning off when I was playing music but this only happened about 5 times.

I never got the chance to use the voice recorder or FM radio.

With 30+ mins of music or audiobook being played daily for over a year I consider this player worth buying if you are strapped for cash.

This is bulkier than it should be.

The controls are kind of odd, but not really complicated.