Sony NWWS413BM 4GB Sports Wearable MP3 Player (Black)

They work in the water!

wear these, when i go kiteboarding, i wear a hat and have these tied to my hat so when i wipe out i don't lose them, they are very loud and sound so good

Bottom line, I was swimming with these headphones the other day, the sound cut out, the voice said "data error" then crackled and fizzed and now it won't turn on, charge, or mount on my computer. It seems to be totally dead.Before hand, I used it for swimming laps. Because of the interface i had to manually break audiobooks into separate tracks so if I accidentally pressed the skip button, I wouldn't have to hold the fast forward button down for 15 or so minutes to get back to my place.The sound quality was pretty scratchy and volume was low. It just wasn't great for swimming. They headphones stayed in your ears pretty well but usually after 3-5 kickoffs or flip turns one ear would pop out.The day it died, a person in the pool asked me how I liked it. I told them it was decent but if I were to replace it, I'd probably try something different. It died ten minutes later so I'm going to find something different I suppose.If you're looking for a good pair of swimming headphones/mp3 player and you see this on some of the lists of best options, I'd say look somewhere else. Hope this was informative.

Good

Absolutely the best wireless MP3 player today and being Bluetooth and it’s wireless all your music etc… is in the player no need to be Tues up to your smart phone or PC all the files n music is built in gets on the player itself I love it not needing multiple devices when you wanna hear music and play music either just pop in your ear and bam that’s it all you need!

This was an item that I could see why it was ruined.The large earphone part that does not fit in the swimming cap and the inside of the ear hurts in less than 30 minutes when forced into the swimming cap.If you take out the earphone part out of the swimming cap and swim, you can't do a few strokes and the earphone is already out of your ear.The sound of music is hidden by the noise of the pool to be worn in the pool, so it is difficult to hear the sound.The part you operate outside is easy to use. But it hurts your ears too much, and it comes off too easily, so it's much better to take it off and swim.This is also a problem when jogging. The sound is louder than when swimming. However, it is hard to know what causes the interruption-like wind sound (as in a car) whenever you run. Every time I step on my feet, the sound hums terribly.In a nutshell, this is a shoddy thing. I bought it after seeing the brand Sony, and it's the worst thing anyone can recommend.Solution:1. Make the outer part of your earphone smaller. This will keep the in-ear area from falling out of your ear as you can concentrate on it.2. You will have to make a separate earphone part like other Chinese swimming mp3, "dive", or "aptek" brand mp3.3. Other operation parts are convenient and random playback parts are good.4. Turn up the sound volume. It's hard to hear from the pool noise.5. The sound is very good compared to other bone conduction earphones, but please turn up the bass sound a little more.6. Please lower the price a little. Compared to the shortcomings listed above, the price is on the high side.

This mp3 player is used often while running. It has been a good product and works great. Theprice is good. It is good for me because I do not have to carry another product everything isdownloaded onto the player. It is a good fit on the head and does not slide around.

Music really enhances lap swimming for me. Of the variety of ways to accomplish this I chose the previous generation Sony NWZW273S. It got the job done, I like the simplicity of design to put on and take off without being attached to my swim goggles.The older model also had some drawbacks. Chief among them was lack of volume and then for me keeping the contacts clean for charging and adding music.This new model definitely fixed the volume issue. I actually turned it down from Max, which is great. The docking, charging station looks like an improvement, but it's too early to tell. The controls are completely different, but I think with a little time they will be an improvement. The ear pods are slightly larger on this newer version, which was a concern, however they are light weight, fit very well and more importantly stayed on well in the water.The software is the same for both units which made adding music to the new unit a snap. The software interfaces smoothly with iTunes.** UPDATE ** 7/7/16 I picked mine up early May '16 liked it so much I bought another for a friend towards the end of May. We each swim for an hour 5+ days a week. So I've used mine ~ 40 times in a chlorinated public pool and my buddy, who swims in salt water, has used his about 25 times. So far these units are holding up great. With the non-water ear buds the volume can be WAY too loud, when the swim buds are put on it does reduce the volume as they are essentially a shower cap to keep the speakers dry, with a membrane between your ears and the speaker. Without the swimming ear bud covers the unit would die in the pool from the speakers getting wet. The music, for me at least, is plenty loud and I typically go a click or two down from full volume.** UPDATE ** Oct '16 ** The two units I bought are going strong six months later. Each sees 5+ days a week of hour long lap swimming. One is in a standard chlorinated pool, the other in a salt water pool. I haven't had any problems with my contacts for charging or adding music and I haven't done a thing to clean them. Mine will play an hour interval 3 times before it needs a charge.** UPDATE ** Nov '17 ** Both units still working, one perfectly the other is having issues with song forward button not always working but otherwise still serviceable. I'll definitely buy another if this one dies.