Kari C in SC Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 My mom wants an MP3 Player for audio books only. We are an ipod family, but I can't see that she would really need a nicer ipod for the occasional book. Any less expensive things that work pretty well for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Sansa Clip or Sansa Fuze. I have the Fuze and adore it. For someone who needs ease of use it's great. Putting files on it is just drag and drop. Two years and a trip through the washing machine later and it's still going strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I love my iPod nano 4 th gen. I use it for audiobooks mostly. I would suggest getting an iPod especially since you already know how to use iTunes. My library has audiobooks to checkout electronically. It's easy to use and small and light. I have no idea how much they cost, but maybe you can find a refurbished one from apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Sansa MP3s are great. You can't go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Another happy Sansa Clip & Sansa Fuze family here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Sansa MP3s are great. You can't go wrong. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I love my iPod nano 4 th gen. I use it for audiobooks mostly. I would suggest getting an iPod especially since you already know how to use iTunes. My library has audiobooks to checkout electronically. It's easy to use and small and light. I have no idea how much they cost, but maybe you can find a refurbished one from apple. There's nothing to learn with a Sansa as with iTunes, it's just dragging and dropping files. :) We've had MP3 threads on hear before and Sansa seems to be the overwhelming favourite. It's almost the official WTM MP, player. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Another Sansa Fuze family here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Another happy user of the Sansa Fuze! We have a smaller Sansa mp3 player as well. . . not the Clip. . . the little one, the m230, 512MB. Obviously, it doesn't hold a huge selection, but if you like to listen to one audiobook at a time (as opposed to a large selection of music), it might be fine. (However, it looks like amazon has it and the Clip for similar prices, so in that case, I'd probably go for the Clip.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stansclan89 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I bought an 8 gb Sanza Clip Zip from Costco just before Christmas for $45 (I think). I love it :) This is the one: http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDMX22-004G-A57K-Sansa-Clip-Black/dp/B005FVNGRS It works great for audiobooks--I've downloaded books from the library mostly. I have 8 books on there right now along with some music. If you are listening to a book (downloaded to the books section) the book will resume from where you left off. Music is treated differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 We bought my mom a Sansa Fuze for Christmas and she's getting along well with it. However, if this is for audiobooks--especially through the library--I'd suggest checking out what's available first. We found far fewer titles available on mp3 as compared to ipod. My mom was good with it but I wouldn't have been satisfied with an mp3 if I were using mostly my library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stansclan89 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 We bought my mom a Sansa Fuze for Christmas and she's getting along well with it. However, if this is for audiobooks--especially through the library--I'd suggest checking out what's available first. We found far fewer titles available on mp3 as compared to ipod. My mom was good with it but I wouldn't have been satisfied with an mp3 if I were using mostly my library. Our library has mostly wma format--which is fine with Sansa... wma also uses less memory space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsieFamily Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 We have ipods and only have audiobooks on them. I had an iRiver before, which did well but was a lot simpler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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