| Customer Reviews: Average Rating: 2.5/5 |
| Bad design makes it difficult to use: Rating: 2/5 |
| I like the way this armband fits snugly on your arm. However, the fact that there is no opening on the Zen armband means that it is impossible to view the menu screen while it is inserted in the holder. To look at it, you have to slip it out of the holder which you cannot easily do while it is attached to your arm. Also, you have to put the Zen in the holder before you attach the earbuds because the earbuds insert into an opening in the closed end of the holder. Therefore, you can't be listening to the player while you are inserting it in the holder. Plus, if you need to look at the menu after you have the player in the holder, you have to pull the cord of the earbuds through the hole when you slip it out of the armband, or take the earbuds out entirely. Very awkward design. An open viewing area on the armband, more like the "skins" would have been a good choice, or at least perhaps being able to slip the player out of the armband on the same side as the slot for the earbud. I am quite disappointed in this design. |
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| zen armband: Rating: 4/5 |
| works great, slides in the back, you dont need anything else. it has the controls embossed in the front and doesnt quite line up, but its close enough. you cant see the screen when its in the armband, but you dont really need to when your listeningto 200+ songs on random. |
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| Great quality, long velcro: Rating: 4/5 |
| True you can't see the screen, but you can skip songs and adjust volume, you have these embossed buttons on top of its Zen's counterparts. The material feels top quality and is long enough for Schwarzenegger use -- in fact, the excess surplus can become bothering. |
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| Don't waste your money: Rating: 1/5 |
| As others have noted, the biggest negative is you can't see the screen. It's also too easy to hit the wrong button with this. And, when I have used it for running, the ZEN ends up very wet with sweat. All around bad design. Don't waste your money. |
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| Why Didn't I Read the Reviews?!: Rating: 1/5 |
| Just aweful! I love just about everything Creative makes, and this is the 3rd Creative media player I've purchased, but this armband... sux. I also have a little 1 gig mp3 player with a simple armband that works kind of like a belt buckle. Works great. How come they didn't use something like that? This thing has to wrap around and around your arm in order to use up any remaining slack in the band. The player is totally hidden, even the buttons. So, unless you have the various menus completely commited to memory, forget about navigating around once you put it in the band. On top of that, the material is so strong that when I tried to take matters into my own hands and cut a space in it for the window, none of the knives I own could do the job without destroying the whole thing. Complete waste of money. |
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