SanDisk Sansa Shaker 512 MB MP3 Player (Blue)
by SanDisk
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Customer Review: Great for young kids
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this for my 4 year old daughter (she likes blue). The packaging/manual indicates that it's not for kids under 8. I assume that's due to not wanting young kids using earphones to protect their hearing.
Pros
- Built-in external speaker is a great feature. Sound quality from the external speaker is better than what I had expected and volume is good.
- Another feature that I was sold on was the use of SD cards. I have several "low" capacity memory sitting around, so I thought it would be nice to use them sort of like albums . Since there's no screen to navigate, it may be nice to pop in a different SD card if she wants to listen to something else instead of having to navigate through huge song list.
- I also found second headphone port to be useful.
- Size is perfect for kids.
My daughter loves this player.
Few negatives:
- No WMA support. I had to convert some files to MP3.
- Two handed operation to change volume/music.
- One handed shake feature works but it's not changing to random music selection like it says in the manual.
Customer Review: SanDisk Sansa Shaker
Summary: 5 Stars
I got 6 of these for kids in our family for Christmas and they all love them. I had some frustrations with it at first like some of the other readers, but with the help of my husband we were able to figure it out. 1)the bottome DOES snap into place, it takes a bit of work, but once you get it to work it is much easier from there. If you do not snap it in properly, the bottom does feel cheap and flimsy 2) my sons quit playing about a week after we bought it. The light would go on and we would hear the drum roll, and that was it. My husband said that sometimes the cards go bad, well, we re-formated the card and loaded the songs back on and it has been working like a champ ever since. So, if you are having problems, try reformating the card or try another card and don't just assume that the player is broke. The songs load very easy, literally just drag and drop. I bought these for kids ages 3 -7 and my son who is 3 1/2 (youngest of them all) can work this perfectly. Sound is really good and it is very durable. Does not feel cheap or flimsy at all- would highly recommend!Customer Review: Perfect for children! SIngle Button operation!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought two of these for use in my 2nd grade classroom (7-8 year olds) in an area where children are technologically deficient. I modeled how to use it during at the listening center and...voila!! They love it! Also, the single button operation (on/off) leaves them with not much responsibility when they come and leave the center! This replaced my class tape player (what? hehe) and CD players. Both of these have moving parts and too many buttons, so the Sansa Shakers is a perfect replacement. There are two headphone ports so two students can use each at a time! I keep a charger in the classroom for the AAA batteries so replaceable batteries also give this an advantage over other MP3 players with built in batteries. It's a great deal: comes with a 512 SD card, which alone is $5-10. My 2 y/o daughter also loves the music that came with the player! I think I'll get her one too... Highly recommended to my co-workers. They all want one! So should you!Customer Review: Excellent Little MP3 Player!
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought this for our 5-year old daughter. Even though the reviews were pretty good; we didn't expect much because it seemed so cheap. Well, we more than love the SanDisk Sansa Shaker! My daughter has carried it around everywhere since we bought it. One bonus feature, that we didn't know, is the top of the Shaker is a speaker, so you can use the player without the headphones. My daughter has dropped it twice, including ceramic tile floor, and it still works. There was no x-rated music preloaded as one person indicated. I did have some problems with bottom staying closed as some people indicated. However, my husband came home and figured out that it needs click on and we haven't had any problems since.
So all the negative remarks that I read I have found are not the case...at least with our player! This thing is absolutely perfect!!!
Customer Review: Good for kids
Summary: 5 Stars
This mp3 player is good for kids - easy to use and has nice features, like the built-in speaker. Two important things to note: the bottom DOES click shut. It's a little fussy and you have to turn it until you hear the "click", but the bottom doesn't come off easily if you take this step. Secondly, it's a little bit of a hassle to use with itunes, but you can create mp3 versions of songs on itunes, which is what I did to copy my songs onto this shaker. If you have purchase songs on itunes, you can download them to a cd, then reload them in mp3 format. A little hassle the first time, but now that I have the kids favorite songs loaded, it'll be awhile before I need to reload or change the songs. Overall, I'm very happy with the purchase (although they were much cheaper at toys-ru-us!)