Latte W10 Waterproof MP3 Player (Black)

This underwater mp3 player is great. You should put the earphones in before entering the water to help keep them in place. Takes some adjusting the earphones from time to time but overall, I love it. Sound is loud and clear. Buttons are tiny so you have to learn where they are and what they do before using them. It makes my water workouts go so much quicker. Just took music from my big play list and created a 'water songs' list. Easy to add or delete new songs. I would buy again.

This item is the Mobiblu MBU-W10 4-GB waterproof MP3 player. It doesn't say Latte anywhere, so I don't know where that name came from.

The good:
* Plays MP3 and WMA files
* 4 GB capacity
* Simple controls with 3 buttons: volume up/next track, volume down/previous track, play/pause/power
* Plenty loud for almost all of my tracks, even when listening through earplugs
* When you pause or power off, it remembers which track you're playing and the position in the track. That's really important if you listen to long tracks. (audio books, podcasts, etc.)
* Waterproof, durable
* Standard USB mass storage device
* About 8 hours of battery life
* Standard 3.5-mm headphone jack
* The player can probably be opened in order to replace the battery, if you have the right knowledge and tools.

The bad:
* Buttons are small, and difficult to press with one hand
* Cannot fast forward or rewind within a...Read more

I brought a 1st unit in Sept 2010...work for a 1 month then I had to return it for a replacement cause it lock up - "The player won't shutoff when holding down play button. After reset, player still lock up and won't play any music nor connect to the PC." [...]
After using the replacement from October 2010 to December, the unit act up again. This time Windows cannot detect the driver of the unit..."Unknown Device" and tried with XP and Vista...still failed. Sometime Window will see it if you hold reset and let go while connected to USB...whatever you do...Do NOT disconnect the 3.5mm jack while its plug into the USB port, this will surge your USB port and instant killed my laptop. Also, it is my strong belief that the design hold water in the receptacle and if there are even a slight moisture after your swim...do not charge this unit...this can short the circuit board.

So I don't have much hope on this 3rd unit. Note: I even electrically taped the headphone...Read more