SanDisk Sansa m250 2 GB MP3 Player (Black)

I have several of the Sandisk Sansa in the style listed here. I know there are many other MP3 players on the market with much more storage capacity and I just have to say POOH on that. This little player is easy to use I have one full of my audible audio books others filled with music and no charged 1 simple triple A battery and I have at least 20 hours of play. For the price it is a great starter for those still unsure of what to buy. Although I do recommend the 2 gig version simply for the storage space.My only negative comment is that the removal of items from the player isn't always easy it will show you it has been removed but the space won't be open.Like I said 1 complaint isn't bad at all. The worst thing I have found is I misplace mine a lot:) But that's on me.Trust me, I bought a very expensive Memorex Mp3 and it was the worst mistake of my life needed to charge constantly and the menu was a nightmare. My parents being parents got me an RCA MP3 for Christmas last year. Like the Memorex since both are charged via USB the battery never stayed charged as it should have.I do not mind products such as the Sandisk Sansa that use actual batteries. They are reliable and easily replaceable some last several days if I use it a lot. My only wish was I could get one with about a 10 gig HD or better.This little player has my love it fits all my needs and is easy to use, navigate, load and run. I love Audible and can say easily that I currently have one of my 2 gig Sansa's loaded with 15 unabridged books that is a lot of listening for my money. When I get a chance hopefully I'll be able to pick up a few more I love having these in my life small, portable and I can use it with computer speakers, mp3 speakers and no problem.So if you are just starting out give this little guy a try:)

The SanDisk Sansa m250 2GB MP3 Player has 2 great features. The first is it uses 1 AAA battery that does last a long time. I use Energizer Rechargeable batteries. When I ride my Bike E recumbent bicycle for more than 100 miles at a time, you sometimes need to change the battery in mid ride. All I have to do is change battery. With the IPod and other units that use internal batteries the music stops until after the ride is over. So I won't buy an MP3 Player that doesn't use changeable batteries.The other feature that I really enjoy is that you can put your songs into so many different catagories. When you hit the MENU Button, on the side of the player, Play Music, FM Radio, Recorder appear. Push the >>] button on the front of the player and it goes into the Play Music part. You have Play All - which plays all your songs in alphebetical order. Want to mix them up? Go to Settings > Playback and turn Shuffle ON, pretty cool. After Play All you can go to Artist and play just Beatles or just Hank Williams or just GoldFrapp, just the Artist you want now. After that you can use Album. I use my Windows Media Player to make up my own Albums. An example is all the songs from 1968 to 1974 go in an Album called Hits. I type Hits in the Media Player column for Album for every song 1968 to 1974, hundreds of songs. When I play that Album Those songs play, cool? Next is Songs which only plays one song. Next is Favorites which you can choose any 20 songs to play in Favorites. When a song is playing just push and hold the round button on the front center of the player. The player asks if you want to save? Push that round button again and it's saved in Favorites. Go to Favorites and play just them. Next is Genre which is also found in Windows Media Player, you can call any group of songs anything you want in Genre. Rock & Roll, Dance, Christmas, Stupid, Really Stupid anything you like. Then go to Genre and play your Really Stupid songs in that grouping. Next comes Year, on the Media Player you can find Release Date, that's Year 1999 maybe. Fill in the year the song was originally released on each Song, when you use Year you can play just the songs released in that year. There are features I haven't gotten into yet, Playlist, Spoken Word, Recordings.It has an FM Radio, Recorder and Stopwatch features also. But I bought it for the MP3 Player part with these features that I really like.