ISO mp3 player that does not have rechargeable batter

[MomOnBike]

My Lexar uses a AAA battery. I don't know where you'd get one, though. Mine came with some headphones I bought in an airport. (long story, long wait)

I really like my Zen, too. I use it a lot for listening to books.

[ny biker]

Sigh. There are very few of these on the market. It looks like the Creative Zen is no longer available.

The Sandisk sansa m250 had potential, but in reading more about it I don't think it can be set to repeat one album or playlist, which is a must for me since I like to listen to the same thing over and over.

I even looked into the Sandisk Clip, which has a built-in battery but gets good reviews and is cheap. It also seems to lack the repeat feature that I want.

I think the problem is that I want things that noone else wants...

[GLC1968]

Actually, I have the Sansa clip plus and you can set it to play a single playlist continuously. I don't really like the navigation features (it's not intuitive for me), but overall, I'm happy with it. It was inexpensive, it's very light and small, and it works well.

I LOVED my old Rio Forge Sport that totally met all of your requirements, but they don't make it anymore. I lost mine and I was looking for another one when I found the Clip. The Rio used AAA batteries, had playlists, was small and durable and it had room for an SD card to expand the memory. Mine currently has a 2GB card in it (that again, I wish I could find!) that I never even came close to filling up.

[ny biker]

Actually, I have the Sansa clip plus and you can set it to play a single playlist continuously. I don't really like the navigation features (it's not intuitive for me), but overall, I'm happy with it. It was inexpensive, it's very light and small, and it works well.

I LOVED my old Rio Forge Sport that totally met all of your requirements, but they don't make it anymore. I lost mine and I was looking for another one when I found the Clip. The Rio used AAA batteries, had playlists, was small and durable and it had room for an SD card to expand the memory. Mine currently has a 2GB card in it (that again, I wish I could find!) that I never even came close to filling up.

Yes, I was just rereading the documentation for the Clip, and it looks like I was just being dumb about the repeat thing.

Since it's so cheap, I think I'll try it.

Thanks ladies!

[Eden]

I have an old RIO - I stopped using it when I got a free I-Pod. If anyone really loves RIOs it's yours for postage. I think I have an extra memory card for it somewhere too. Been dropped a few times, but always worked fine.

I liked it because it was one of the first solid state MP3 players (no hard drive like the original I-Pod) so I could shake it around as much as I wanted without having to worry about it

[GLC1968]

I liked it because it was one of the first solid state MP3 players (no hard drive like the original I-Pod) so I could shake it around as much as I wanted without having to worry about it

Yes, me too!

If I didn't already buy a Clip, I might have taken you up on this offer. Of course, I'd rather just find my old one so that I could have my old playlists AND my old memory card...damn it.

[ny biker]

Just picked this up at Best Buy:

http://bit.ly/9VGSRJ

It's got more than 4x the memory that I need and yet I could add more if I had to. Price is so low I won't be upset if/when the rechargeable battery kicks the bucket, and it's the perfect size for gym. And it's red.

Now I need to figure out how to remember to recharge it on a regular basis. I'm hoping once a week will be sufficient.