Thursday, 12 February 2015

Equipment Review: Ipod Shuffle

An essential part of my gym sessions is my Ipod Shuffle. Its got a handy clip which attachs easily to my shorts, and when I'm a bit heavier digs into my stomach, sometimes cutting me. But its a good way to know when you've not been going to the gym enough.

If you're an itune user its great, however recently I've found itunes becoming more and more unwieldy. Battery life is long enough, I think about 8 hours at first although this does decrease after time.

I'm actually on my second Shuffle, my 1st was a 1gb Blue one like in the photo above in March 2009. If you look at our race histroy page, you'll see I did quite a bit of training in that time and eventually just before my 2nd Marathon in September 2012, it died. It would no longer hold a charge. So I replaced it with a 2gb orange one. This is still going strong.

Before that the headphones has died in December 2011, so I got these.

They were brilliant and I'd highly recommend them. They fit snugly on the ear and sound good. It did take me a while to figure out how to get them on easily, but that's probably just me. However they have now broke, only the right ear works. Still they have done me well, and I'd consider getting them again. However I have no moved onto a waterproof walkman, that as I type I'm trying to setup. I'll let oyu know how it pans out.

Here's a quick rundown of some of  the songs I have to have on my running playlist. They all have a fast beat and are great to get your heart pumping, or at least mine. 

Girls Aloud-Megamix

                         

N.E.R.D - Rockstar

                            

A+D-Love Will Tear You Apart


                         

These are the tracks which kick me into high gear. But I'm always looking for more. Add your suggestions to the comments.

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