Comments on: Take Your Apple iPod Underwater

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:29:51 +0000

I have the latest case and headphones from H20 Audio, with the belt to wear while swimming. I swim a mile in the pool three times a week and it works great. I'm not sure it would hold up to kayaking or waterskiing but it copes fine with lap swimming and 10 minutes in the steam room after. It is kind of annoying because its hard to change the music without stopping, taking the belt off and playing with the Otterbox. I had to reorganize my playlists because you can't just skip past stuff.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:50:08 +0000

I have an ipod and really wanted a case so I could swim with it. I found a much cheaper solution. I purchased an iriver mp3 player [it only holds about 40 songs] but the mp3 player AND case to swim with only cost $60. Its alot lighter then an ipod would be and I just clip it to the back of my bathsuit and go. The quality of music is amazing.

By: John

John — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:53:34 +0000

Hey, here's my take as a jetskier and a kayaker. Buy the crappiest, cheapest mp3 player you can get. If it gets dunked... take the batteries out as soon as possible and let it dry for atleast a day.

If it gets ruined, you aren't out much money.

Doesn't help the swimmers much... but for the rest of us its close. My current player is a buslink 256 that I paid like $30 for. Its been completely submerged 4 or 5 times. I've been under water with the earphones still in and it keeps playing.

Downside is the screen died on the second time under and I've been thru some cheap headphones. No body likes dirty river water headphones :) This won't be my first dead mp3 player.

They are basically throw-aways and you don't worry much. I'd be freakin' out if my ipod or my nomad went under... even if it was in a waterproof bag.

If it makes you feel better, you could put the cheapie in a waterproof bag and put a small hole through it for your headphones. It'll still get wet, but not as bad. Just take the batteries out as soon as you recover from your fall.

I'm going to heatshrink mine this year. Can't use the screen anyway. It'll prob die and I'll go buy another 256mb buslink.

Oh and this isn't a glowing review for that buslink. Sound quality is good... everything else sucks... Its just cheap and it works.

John

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:42:49 +0000

They need to come out with one for scuba, atleast one that can hold up to 70 feet.

By: bill kortbawi

bill kortbawi — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:43:36 +0000

could you please tell me where I can purchase an Ipod mini water ressitant, I live in Sydney Australia. my mobile is 0405 478 338.
despearte to buy one
regards
Bill

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:14:09 +0000

i work as a waterskier and i was wondering if this would with-stand me waterskiing everyday, its not like i am wakeboarding and taking hard falls but i do fall when i am being pulled at about 14 mph and just would like to know if this is worh the investment

By: John Kenny

John Kenny — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:40:52 +0000

I did find one of these cases on bay…still available…for $85.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item...

By: mike

mike — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:26:43 +0000

Podccessories.com currently has it on clearance for $136.

http://www.podccessories.com/advanced_search_resul...

By: marco

marco — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 10:10:02 +0000

I purchased the Oregon Scientific MP3 player to help me from getting bored swimming laps. Have to say that i'm not happy with it, the earpieces do not stay very long. The moment i take off, they fly off. The silicon covers that go on the ear piece are not thick enough for an adult male ear. Buy it at you own risk.

By: fungku

fungku — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:10:53 +0000

designtechnica doesnt sell anything. you should go to the manufacturer website that produces this product, in this case H20 Audio: http://www.h2oaudio.com/index.php