*****Update: Okay folks looks like they've got a winner. I have been swimming with the new one like crazy, I've got hundreds of laps on it and it is helping me to achieve my fitness goals. Actually I can't imagine swimming without it at this point. Wish it had more bass and longer battery life but other than that it is awesome. Add a swimming cap and the thing gets louder. It takes your mind completely off swimming and let's you lose yourself in the excellent sounds you brought to hear. It is part of my DAILY routine as I have lost nearly 100 pounds swimming in the pool with FINIS products. So take it from me, Fat Boy Gettin' Skinny ([...]) that this product is what they say it is... which is all a fella asks for in the first place. They got the new one right out to me and I've been swimming like a fish with it ever since! I've changed my review to 5 stars*****Update
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My followers know me as Fat Boy Gettin' Skinny and have followed my amazing journey on Facebook,[...] Instagram and Twitter as I have chronicled my nearly 100 pound weight loss over the past 12 months. And my followers know that I am an avid fan of FINIS products because much of my weight loss has come from the swimming pool and my 2 per day workouts. When I walk pool side I look like a traveling FINIS bill board as I am wearing so much black and yellow that I look like an over grown bumble bee. I have the FINIS Swim Performance Monitor, Freestyle Snorkel, Swimmer's Snorkel, snorkel cardio cap, snorkel dry top, Zoomer fins, agility paddles, Finis goggles and swim cap.
So, of course when I wondered allowed, "Hmmm I'm bored swimming, I wonder if they have some kind of water proof contraption that I could use to swim under water?" The first place I headed was to the FINIS website and ALAS there was the FINIS Neptune Underwater MP3 player! And I was an instant fan and ponied up the money to have one delivered - even paying extra shipping to get it over night!
Pros:
*If you ever wondered what it would be like to completely lose yourself to some incredibly jazz music, or classical music, or blues, or reggae or rock or blue grass or all of the above... just put a set of these babies next to your head my Gettin' Skinny Nation! My first 55 laps in the pool after putting on this amazing technology were like entering heaven, I didn't even know that I was swimming. I often changed my pace to match the beats of the songs I liked. It was a truly marvelous feeling.
*The music made me feel like I was in another realm. Lap after lap melted by and I just kept stroking losing myself to the melodies. The jaw bone conduction technology gives you the feeling that a rock concert is emanating from within your head outward! And if you put ear plugs in the sound is even more incredible and the experience is more awesome!
* The product is simple to use, simple to load music and I've heard that it might have problems with books but since I listen to music I didn't have that problem.
*It came with instructions to convert ITunes music but I don't use ITunes so it was of no concern to me. I simply downloaded music to it and it played, play lists and all!
**It fit well on my goggles but a swim cap makes it absolutely perfect and secure.
This fat boy gettin' skinny would almost say, "Buy this DAMNED THING right now!!! It is a must have gadget!
Cons:
It stopped working after 55 laps! And that was annoying as HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It became intermittent, would chime in then out then cut on then cut off and I went from paradise to hell!!!!!!! Shame on you FINIS!
So i used it the next day and it worked for about 15 laps before it went bad. I wanted the music so badly that I would press play, it would play four minutes, shut off, I'd press play again, it would shut off again and I would do this over and over again. Someone in a lane next to me asked me if everything was okay because I kept messing with the back of my HEAD!!!!!!
Battery life could be better. I swim for longer than 2 hours some times and, though it didn't cut off, the battery life seemed low when I took it off.
Listen, Gettin' Skinny Nation, if you are one of my followers - and you all know how much I love FINIS - I'm going to say, "Hold up on this purchase for right now!" I contacted AMAZON and they've already sent me another one out (like most Ricky tic!) and I'm going to put another couple of hundred laps on it and I'll let you know how the replacement unit works! I'll even upgrade my review to 5 stars if FINIS can get this technology right!
It's not a concert quality system with crazy bass, but it really sounds decent under water. I saw a guy with his on in the sauna and the hot tub, heck he never took the darned thing off from the time he got in the pool, sauna and then the steam room. He had tunes the whole darned time! He was one of the reasons I bought that darned thing! So, give me a week or so and I'll let you know if you should buy one or not after I check out how the replacement works.
Anything can show up broken.But what a company does to fix it is what matters.
Fat Boy Gettin Skinny signing off!
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| Item Package Dimensions L x W x H | 6.9 x 4 x 1.9 inches |
|---|---|
| Package Weight | 8 ounces |
| Item Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
| Brand Name | FINIS |
| Country of Origin | China |
| Manufacturer | Finis, Inc. |
| Part Number | 1.30.060 |
| Model Year | 2014 |
| Included Components | Draw String Mesh Bag For Storage, Warranty, Neptune Mp3 Player, Charging Cable, Quick Start Guide |
