Tayogo Waterproof MP3 Player

Screen Shot 2014-05-09 at 11.15.04 AMI really enjoy listening to the music while I work out, but I have one serious issue with all of music players and headphones that I’ve used thus far: they are not sweat-proof. For me the ideal workout music setup involves my iPhone and a set of bluetooth stereo headphones. Over the years I have literally used about a dozen different bluetooth headsets. Every single one of them had eventually failed. I had eventually resigned myself to this, and have grudgingly been shelling out about $40 once or twice a year for a pair of inexpensive bluetooth headsets. (When it comes to the failure rate, there really isn’t much of a difference between the top of the line headsets and decent inexpensive ones.) So when the opportunity came my way to test *real* waterproof MP3 player I was ready to give this device a shot. After all, a music player designed to work under water would surely be able to handle my sweat. True enough, so far I have been really impressed with this device.

This music player is very compact and solidly built. It’s not the most esthetically glitzy music player that you will come across, but it serves its purpose and it looks pretty neat. It is easily attaches around your head and for the most part stays in place. The headphones are designed for underwater use, and fit extremely snugly. Even so, you might want to use a swimming cap or your swimming goggles in order to attach them completely securely.

The music quality is OK. I don’t expect this kind of device to cater to audiophiles, and for the purposes of getting some really serious beats while exercising it gets the job done.

You get the music onto this player by dragging it and dropping the files on your computer. This reminded me why I was so happy to ditch my old SanDisk player and switch to iPhone – the management of music files manually can be a serious chore. Especially if you have hundreds or thousands of songs that I you would like to organize into playlists. I don’t expect to change the song selection on this player too often, and have in fact not done it at all since the first time I put some music on it.

I have gone swimming with this player a few times, and I am happy to report that it did perform as advertised under water. It was comfortable to wear and the music came through nice and clear.

After a few weeks of heavy workout use this player is still going strong. I don’t know if it will last me at least a year, but right now I am fairly optimistic about it. Would strongly recommend it both to swimmers and to workout junkies in general.

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Bojan Tunguz

Bojan Tunguz was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which he and his family fled during the civil war for the neighboring Croatia. Over the past two decades he has studied, lived and worked in the United States. He is a theoretical physicist with degrees from Stanford and University of Illinois. Tunguz has taught physics at several prominent liberal arts colleges and has been writing about physics, science and technology for more than a decade. He also has a wide spectrum of interests, and reads and writes about current events, society, culture, religion and politics. Over the years he has reviewed many of the books that he has read, and posted his reviews on various online outlets. In 2011 he had become a top 10 reviewer on Amazon.com, where he continues to be very active. Aside from reading and writing, Tunguz enjoys traveling, digital photography, hiking, and fitness. He resides with his wife in Indiana. You can follow my review updates on the following pages as well: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tunguzreview Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tunguzreviews Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/104312842297641697463/posts

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