Unlike the general stereotype of AV types I like to keep active and I like swimming in particular, the only thing is, it does tend to get a little boring just swimming up and down, up and down etc. So what would be fantastic would be a waterproof mp3 player to keep me interested and help improve my fitness. Has anybody had any experience of,or know anything about, such devices?

Haven't got any experiences, but the cheaper option would be asking your local swimming pool to see if they can play your favourite CD, through their speakers :)

I'm sure they would do that if you are a regular and the staff know you as a friend.

Lol! I'm not too sure if thats gonna be a possibilty though, plus I really like the idea of a waterproof player. That way I can still hear it underwater and I can have it as loud as I want

Robbie, have a look at Ministry of Sound's latest player:

http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=290&SP=&V=3

It's out next month. Kind of thing you're after??

That could well be exactly what I'm after. Is it completely waterproof then and any idea on price?

I presume it is - there's not that much info on them at the moment but I reckon the price will be around £100 for the 512MB model (that is a pure guess though!).

If you're really keen on your swimming then the Finis SwiMP3 looks to be the Daddy. Its completely wireless, and instead of using headphones it bounces vibrations off your cheek bones into your inner ear! Sounds unbelievable I know! But at $250 its pretty expensive.

http://www.mp3.com/Waterproof%20MP3%20Players/stories/1446.html

I jog a lot but my Ipod is just way too bulky. Anyone know of a sub £60 player that wouldn't get in my way. Doesn't matter how big the memory is.

Yeah the finis looks good, though the waterproof case for the iPod looks interesting, whether I would trust it or not is another matter!

If your looking for a good player for jogging with I recommend you get on ebay, you should easily be able to pick something up there cheaply which fits your requirements.

I've been swimming with a swimP3 for 2-3 mths....its the dogs.........you dont look the coolest in the pool but people are dead curious to know what you are wearing!!really great sound. True, the number of tracks you can get on it is limited but until they develop a waterproof/lightweight ipod it certainly does the job.

Hi Karan

The swimp3 certainly sounds good then but can you answer a couple of questions for me:

Can you hear the sound underwater?

Whats the battery life like?

Where did you get it from and how much was it?

Thanks in advance

Wow, that swimp3 is genious! Who would've thought that you could hear music of high quality through your cheekbones? On that note, how high is the quality? justI can't quite get my head round it being able to achieve any sort of clarity under water..

The sound is great - no distortion at all. Just as good underwater as on top of water. Battery life is a couple of hours if I remember rightly....I've never swum long enough in one go to run them down completely! You just plug it into PC to recharge...so what I tend to do is recharge it at the same time as choosing which tracks I want to download for next swim!
You can buy them over the internet. Finis sell them for oapprox $240 but I got mine from a company called www.swimandtri.com - a US company that specialises in kit for triathalon athletes. It cost $190 plus $20+ import duty. They were very prompt in dispatching and even managed to get me a replace charging cable when husband accidentally threw it away...that nearly caused a divorce!! :))
You can buy them in the UK but at the time I bought mine, the dollar was weak and it was cheaper to import. I think if you go on the finis website (www.finis.com) there are details of their UK importer. I've had so much interest in it that I'm thinking of importing a few myself!!

Erm Karan, www.finis.com is a website for some cheeseball entertainer called Finis Henderson! The Finis site is actually www.finisinc.com.

As importing a few yourself that might not be a bad idea, especially if you can get a reasonable discount, wack them on ebay and I imagine they'd sell pretty quickly...