STR Shuffle

[LBmtb]

[gurp13]

tres bien! magnafique!

[roadkillross]

thats pretty chill george

[Collette]

Sweet Gonz!!

You sure you can get by without a screen?

[LBmtb]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Sweet Gonz!!

You sure you can get by without a screen?

It was great at the gym tonight. So yeah I think I can do without the screen. The "SocalTrailRiders.org" engraved on it more then makes up for that. And it's soo small!!

[roadkillross]

Originally Posted by LBmtb

it's soo small!!

hmmmm

[Sprockethead]

I ride with a shuffle also, albeit the older USB stick one. I thought I wouldn't like it because it doesn't have a screen or I can't choose the song, but in reality it's been great. When you're riding, you're not gonna reach for the ipod to change songs anyways. The best part is, it's cheap so if I fall and break it, no big deal. BTW, I usually buy the refreshed (returned item) Apple ipods. You can get them at a pretty big discount. I won't buy the refurbished since it's been fixed.

[gurp13]

Two words. Apple Care. Get it. It's cheap and it's saved me twice. It pays for itself. Personally, I'd by refurbished because it already broke once and has been fixed. What are the odds it will break twice?

I love my little 4G 20GB, but man, I need a bigger hard disc. I can't wait to get a new iPod. 80GB sounds real nice right about now. I don't know how you live with a shuffle. I like to go deep into my collection. Well, that and I hate listening to music ripped at less than 256kbps. Okay, 192 is okay, I guess, as long as it's AAC. Mp3 sucks ass. In my humble opinion.

[b-rad!]

Im with Sprocket. No need to pay out the butt for something im just gonna break! No screen and no hard disk means less breakable parts! Besides, after losing a 2g Mini (which actually held up nice with the alu case) out of the car, im going for disposable.

Honestly, the only reason i even bothered with another apple is cuz i was way to lazy to convert all my music back to mp3!

Oh yea, and when you need to "dig deep", you go home and put new songs on the shuffle! Still beats a CD player!

[Sprockethead]

Originally Posted by gurp13

Two words. Apple Care. Get it. It's cheap and it's saved me twice. It pays for itself. Personally, I'd by refurbished because it already broke once and has been fixed. What are the odds it will break twice?

I love my little 4G 20GB, but man, I need a bigger hard disc. I can't wait to get a new iPod. 80GB sounds real nice right about now. I don't know how you live with a shuffle. I like to go deep into my collection. Well, that and I hate listening to music ripped at less than 256kbps. Okay, 192 is okay, I guess, as long as it's AAC. Mp3 sucks ass. In my humble opinion.

Being in IT, I've seen my share of iPods failing. I used to have a 4th Gen 40GB iPod. In the 8 months I had it, it broke 3 times, all HD failures. I got a refurb replacement everytime eventhough they said it was new....yeah right. When I got my last replacement unit, I immediately put it on eBay. Like you said, it's nice to have lot's of storage, but I think HD based units don't work well for mtn biking. I suspect that's why I kept breaking them, too much bouncing around.

As for the small space of the shuffle, it's actually just right. Last weekend I spent 4 hours on my bike and I never heard the same song twice. You can use the autofill feature in iTunes to change out your songs for each ride. Easy piesy.

[Kid A]

Originally Posted by gurp13

I love my little 4G 20GB, but man, I need a bigger hard disc. I can't wait to get a new iPod. 80GB sounds real nice right about now.

i've been rocking the old skool 40 gb for a while now 4 buttons/not on wheel. talk about need more space...check pic(camera phone-cr@p pic). 9933 songs and counting!

have had no real issues with mine. typically place in camelback. left open once. bunny hop. flys outs yards ahead of me and slides for ~10-15 yards. scratched like hell but no mech issues. of, course i just put the whammy on this f'er, huh. time to go shopping???

[dhshuttlemonkey]

The new shuffle is perfect for Mtn biking. I used to run an old Compaq Ipaq mp3 player that used sd cards until I broke it recently. Loading songs on it was a PITA but my kid's Ipod loads in a few minutes. I think I'll be picking one up for me too.

[soul rider]

what is that? i only know of things with suspension that take me away from civilization