[pct-l] MP3 Player

[Eric Freyer]

I would definitely recommend the Sands Disk Sansa Player.  Its easily the
lightest mp3 player around and you can use mini sans disk for extra
storage, up to 32GB I believe.  Plus they only put you back around $30.
Check em out

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:39 AM, T.Rem <toddremy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all!  For those of you preparing to embark on a thru-hike this year and
> are thinking about bringing an MP3 player I thought throw in my own two
> cents.  I used a Cowon J3 on my hike.  It's a light, sturdy, mp3 player
> that can also play video although I used it primarily for my audiobooks.
>  It can take a miniSD card- I used a 32 GB card in mine on which I loaded
> over 900 hrs of audio.
>
> The best thing about it is that it has about 60 hours of battery life!  I
> listened to mine sometimes 8-10 hrs a day everyday between resupply and
> never ran out of juice.  No, I'm not an official Cowon spokesperson but I
> have to say I grew really attached to mine. I dropped it in a puddle about
> a week from the Canadian border and was totally shattered when it wouldn't
> turn back on.  However when I plugged it in to a wall socket at Stehekin it
> came back to life!   I'm not sure I would've made it to Canada without
> those audiobooks to be honest.
>
> I believe Cowon has models other models out now then have even longer
> battery life but the 60 hours was plenty for me.
>
> Todd "Pockets"
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