Recommendations for a Mp3 player for 8-year-old.

Ricekirsty

ALDI and LIDL had a couple of nice Mp4 players the looked good for the money. I have an ipod but hardly use. I use spotify now. I would say chances are a 8 year old will break.

The_Grandmaster

Although I can truely understand how your son would want an apple touch and nothing else and my first idea is the ipod shuffle which had the clips - although slightly dated now (which he might dislike), I thought they were just under 50 pounds. Actually the new ipod shuffle starts at 46 pounds...

Another idea are mobile phones - quite a lot of phone now can act as music players so that avenue might be interesting to look at especially if you have a contract needing to be renewed etc.

Also worth considering is how much music he has - so maybe discuss if he wants a more expensive ipod which might hold less music or something cheaper but can hold more music - possibly through the use of SD cards etc.

inmypocketnottheirs

I bought a 4gb Ipod Nano from Ebay a few months ago for £30. Although I could have bought a cheaper MP3 player new, I particularly needed an Ipod as my car has an Ipod connector to play through the head unit.

TBH, I would favour a second hand Ipod over a cheaper (and maybe less supported) brand, it would then have a decent(ish) px value against a Touch at somewhere like CEX/Cash Converters.

gonzo127

i have to agree at that price point a second hand ipod might be a good idea since you do have all the accessories for ipods which can make life easier in future, although i do fully understand your thoughts on turning him to another of Mr Jobs's cash cows at such a young age

delain

Am I the only person wondering about damaging the poor boy's ears?

At 8 years old he won't take long to turn the volume restrictor off!

My DD is turning 8 this year and asked for one, I have said no, she isn't old enough, for both her hearing and the fact that she will lose/break it.

23n1th

Honestly what is with you apple fanboys, 40 quid people!!!

Anyway I second sansa clip I have one its brilliant 2gb for £20 4gb for £40 and 8gb for £50 generally, but 8gb avaliable on amazon for £40. Fm radio and expansion avaliable through sd slot brilliant sound and excellent battery life.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Sansa-Player-Expandable-MicroSD/dp/B002NX0ME6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1280133618&sr=8-1

Whats the price of an 8gb ipod? Can you expand the memory in future?

vyle

Sansa players are a good choice. I personally have a Sansa Fuze. It has a larger screen, far better sound quality than an Ipod (though you need to hace really good headphones to pick out the differences) and it has a micro SD expansion slot allowing you to increase the capacity from 8gb out of the box to I believe 32gb.

Mine was about £70 but I've seen them cheaper since.

soon2bjobless

I would recommend the Sansa Fuze - we have 3 of these (I use Napster-to-go with each of them) and they are great -have a wheel just like an ipod (if you laddy cares about such things!) - £39.99 from Amazon - even my oh (whos 58 and seriously challenged with any new technology!) can use it easily

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Sansa-Player-Radio-MicroSD/dp/B0019JS45O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1280135193&sr=8-2

Dreamnine

I recommend the Sansa Clip Plus or the Fuze. You can add memory to both with a microSD.

23n1th

Sansa Fuze is also good if you want video as well though the screen is too small for me. 8gb for 60 quid, can't argue: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sansa-Fuze-8gb-Player-Black/dp/B0019JOD68/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1280136158&sr=1-1

4gb for £40.