SanDisk Sansa m250 2 GB MP3 Player (Black)

Beware - this player is not for use with audiobooks! Also, SanDisk has discontinued this model and no longer supports it!! Unfortunately, when I bought it there was no indication on the description or packaging that it did not work well with audiobooks. The reason I bought the player was precisely for audiobooks!!! I was extremely disappointed when I downloaded some books and tried listening to them. They'll play on it; however, when you turn the player off you cannot get back to where you were!! There's no bookmarking capability and when you try to FF through a large file, the player either locks up or returns to the beginning of the file.

Apparently, the customer service for SanDisk is not too good either based on the info and reviews I found online. I did try to submit a request for help due to my issue with this player but never received a response. That is probably because the player is discontinued I think the inability to play audiobooks is a 'bug' for this player and SanDisk either cannot or will not fix it.

However, it does well with a typical 3-5 minute songs and has an FM tuner that works well. For what it does do, it works relatively well. It did not do what I wanted (play audiobooks with the ability to return to where you stopped), so I had to return it to Amazon. Amazon was great about it, too. Instead, I bought a used Creative Zune V Plus that does meet my needs for audiobooks.

If you want a very nice and perfectly functional MP3 player - and don't need/want the iPod brand and price - then this player will easily meet your needs. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone.

I bought this MP3 player two years ago for my husband while he was deployed to Iraq. I chose this one over an IPod for the added features that the IPod didn't have; an FM tuner and a voice recorder. I was able to record our children talking to him as well as the CD's he enjoys. The voice recording was important to the kids as we were not able to talk to him much while he was gone; he also loved to be able to listen to us. The player has been used consistantly since it's purchase by my husband during his PT sessions as well as our chidren when he is home. The FM tuner allows him to listen to his favorite radio while at the gym. It may be scratched up and dingy from being in the desert so much; and I am sure it has seen a lot of sweat, however, it still works perfectly. Loading it was easy from our computer with the Real Player program. I am purchasing another one for each of our children because it has been so durable and easy to use. At $29 for 2 GB you can't beat this deal!

This product is an easy to use mp3 player. For the price, you can't beat the FM radio, ability to add and delete songs off the device, and the added feature to record something. I would buy another one in a heartbeat.

Nice little player, with only slight difficulties of deleting music and creating playlists. Definitely worth the money.