AGPTEK G02 8GB Clip MP3 Player with FM Shuffle, Portable Music Player with Sweatproof Silicone Case for Sports, Blue

EDIT: 2 years of every other day running year-round, and it is still going strong and still holds a charge. Unfortunately 2 years of sweat dripping into the headphone jack has corroded the contacts, so I have to twist the headphone plug a few times to get stereo. You may not have this problem if you don't sweat as much as me! I just bought another of the same item to replace it.I've also noticed an issue that may be responsible for some other complaints about battery life: When you charge the device and then unplug it from the charger, it is left in the ON setting. If you put it away in a drawer without remembering to switch it OFF, it will drain the battery (no auto-shutoff).---I am a 57 year old music lover and trail runner. My third iPod shuffle bit the dust and since they're discontinued I decided to try the Agptek G02. I wanted something tiny and easy to control without having to read an LCD display.Reliability: The iPod shuffle was made of metal and you could probably run over it with a car without breaking it, while the Agptek is plastic. Nonetheless it seems to be well made and has given me no issues in 1-1/2 months of use trail running in hot weather. The silicon skin is a great idea and seems to be effective at keeping sweat out of the unit, so I'm hoping it will last longer than my assorted iPod shuffles.Sound quality: I'm very picky about sound quality, and have been assessing headphones and speakers for decades. My reference headphones are Sennheiser HD-600, which are high impedance phones not suited to portable devices. However using my usual running headphones (discontinued Sony MDR-A34) the Agptek G02 sounds at least as good as the iPod shuffle so I'm happy.Usability: Here the Agptek easily bests the iPod. Sure you might change the volume setting while clipping it onto your clothes, but it was almost impossible to clip the iPod shuffle on without skipping one or more tracks. Compared to the iPod, the Agptek is much easier to adjust volume and skip tracks while running thanks to the larger control surface. With the iPod I would often accidentally skip tracks while trying to change the volume or vice versa. It's also easier to see it is on thanks to the LED light. It lacks the iPod's voiceover feature, but I almost never used that anyway. Also be warned that with the Agptek in random/shuffle mode, you can not replay tracks by skipping back as you could with the iPod.Battery life: I haven't done a direct comparison (since all my iPod shuffles are dead now) but I would expect the Agptek to have poorer battery life due to the always-on LED. Nonetheless it lasted a month on the first charge, for roughly 10-15 hours of use. EDIT: it lasted at least 20 hours on the second charge!Capacity: 8GB for the Agptek G02 (not expandable) vs 2GB for the iPod shuffle (also not expandable). Big improvement!Radio: I haven't tried this feature.Price: less than half the price of the iPod shuffle though to be fair the shuffle came with ear buds. Considering the usability improvement and added capacity the Agptek is a bargain.

This is a neat little mp3 player for the price! Simple instructions and functions, very easy to use and holds a bunch of songs.Personally, I love to shuffle my playlists. Brings back the days of MTV, FM radio or the K-Tel compilation records, when there was no rhyme or reason to the order of the songs. It was always a grab-bag. That's what this little player does so well. But, you can turn that feature off, so everything will play in downloaded order, too.No downloading apps or spending 5 hours to figure out the 472 steps to the one feature that you want to turn on. Just: On/Off, Shuffle/No Shuffle, FWD/REV, Music/FM Radio.If all you want is simplicity and quality at a reasonable price, this is the player for you. In fact, after just a couple of weeks using it, I bought another as a back-up!

feels great in the hand, buttons work great but alot of the issues stem from just minor differences between this and the shuffle. there is no physical on off switch and thats maybe the biggest issue because after charging it seems to just turn on by its self. the storage is 4 times the amount of the last gen ipod, it has an fm radio but its completely useless this should have just been a power switch. when you fast forward you get no audio feed back to help you tell where you are in the song and when you skip songs it had a weird audio buffer / fade in / fade out. i know i have been negative but again those are minor issues its sounds good, seems to have a decent battery life, i mostly use it to play music in my car through an aux cord. its like the 4th the price of a refurbished ipod shuffle ($20 for this about $80 for the ipod currently) but 4 times the storage and it has a usb micro cable instead of a weird third party apple cable. songs dont seem to play in order as they would on the ipod but that probably just has to do with how the songs are labeled, but i like that i can put all the songs in their own organized folder for easy sorting and that doesn't seem to affect how they are played.

Revised AGAIN 2/8/22Replacement for #5 died after less than 45 minutes of use. Garbage.Revised 2/3/22REVISING MY REVIEW-WAY LOWER.In the last YEAR I have had to buy FIVE OF THESE THINGS. The longest serving one lasted about 4 months. The shortest was about 4 days. These things work well while they work, but 110% will absolutely stop working abruptly. These things are positively horrendously manufactured. No QC whatsoever. That being said, if you don't mind having to return one every month, go for it. Here is how all of mind abruptly died:#1: 3/11/21 -5/5/21: Flat stopped working.#2: 5/18/21 - 11/7/21: LOUD Feedback, then abruptly stopped working#3: 11/14/21 - 12/21/21: Charging port MELTED#4: 12/22/21 - 1/22/22: MELTED again#5: 1/27/22 - 2/3/22: LOUD feedback, then abruptly stopped working.I will never order one of these again after I get the replacement for the most recent one.___________________________________________Overall, this thing is pretty damn good for 20-something bucks. I would give it 5 stars, but there are just two quirks that drive me crazy.Cons:-Repeats songs (With 500+ songs, I heard the same song 3 times in 30 minutes on Sunday)-Lag between songs is 2-3 seconds. Doesn't seem like much, but when you're exhausted and need that beat to keep pushing, a lag (and thus hearing your own breath for a second) can take some air out of the sails-Like others have said, make sure you turn it off. There is no auto-off of on/off switch (you hold play button to turn on/off), so you have to remember to turn it off.Pros:-Easy as heck to load-Excellent battery life-Good volume and controls-Great replacement for an iPod shuffle, especially given that used shuffles are going for 80+ on Ebay