Audioflood Waterproof iPod Shuffle

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Daffy

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Hi!
I have searched the internet for some way to play deco music and i found a lot of positive reviews for these ones:
Waterproof iPod Shuffles by AudioFlood

In another thread some folks here were buying and testing them and I was hoping for a follow up as to how they were holding up over time. Are they still functioning, have you found better earphones and, if you had problems, how was the customer service?

Thanks :)
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Daffy said:
Hi!
I have searched the internet for some way to play deco music and i found a lot of positive reviews for these ones:
Waterproof iPod Shuffles by AudioFlood

In another thread some folks here were buying and testing them and I was hoping for a follow up as to how they were holding up over time. Are they still functioning, have you found better earphones and, if you had problems, how was the customer service?

Thanks :)
/D
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I saw these but could never find a reliable source on how well they worked. Let me know if you hear anything.
 
There were I think four members who had them in a previous thread so I was thinking of sending PM's. But then I realized that probably others were interested too so I am hoping for them to chip in here with an update. :)
 
There are a bunch of guys here in Australia, who have tried them and they work for a few dives but then seem to pack up. Audioflood have been replacing them inside the warranty period, but once the warranty runs out you are stuck with a brick.
 
I've had one of these for just 18months now.....It's been on around 50-60 dives, including 90+m and 3hr runtimes.

The only time it didn't work was when I forgot to charge it :doh:

I have struggled to find headphones that are much better than the ones it comes with (I am still using the originals), thought the ones I bought from aquapac worked slightly better....until something heavy was dropped on them. That said, the original headphones are OK, just lacking in the lower end slightly (probably something to do with being immersed).

The only thing I do after every salty dive is spray some cleaner into the headphone socket after giving the unit a thorough rinse.
 
Daffy said:
Hi!
I have searched the internet for some way to play deco music and i found a lot of positive reviews for these ones:
Waterproof iPod Shuffles by AudioFlood

In another thread some folks here were buying and testing them and I was hoping for a follow up as to how they were holding up over time. Are they still functioning, have you found better earphones and, if you had problems, how was the customer service?

Thanks :)
/D
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Hey Guys this is funny, I've had 2 of these.........dont do it, they both flooded and the sound is horrible, its a great idea that just hasn't matured yet. The return policy was good though I received a full refund including shipping so it wont hurt to try one out.

The best underwater player is the Idive 300 (and its just an ipod housing) thats no longer made, the sound is good and it works but even a used housing with speakers will cost 300 USD +/- and there's no warranty support so its a risky proposition.

A real underwater MP3 player hasn't been marketable apparently the bubble blowing community doesn't want to pay the freight a good one would cost even though our enlightened rebreather community will pay up we just aren't big enough yet.
 
wise1983 said:
I've had one of these for just 18months now.....It's been on around 50-60 dives, including 90+m and 3hr runtimes.

The only time it didn't work was when I forgot to charge it :doh:

I have struggled to find headphones that are much better than the ones it comes with (I am still using the originals), thought the ones I bought from aquapac worked slightly better....until something heavy was dropped on them. That said, the original headphones are OK, just lacking in the lower end slightly (probably something to do with being immersed).

The only thing I do after every salty dive is spray some cleaner into the headphone socket after giving the unit a thorough rinse.
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I bought mine same time as Sam and it just stopped working last week. Boo hoo.

Good while it lasted, although sound was a bit tinny. Hard to find u/w headphones that will work well with the power supplied by an iPod.

The idive300 has a power amp built in.

Tb.
 
Hm,:chin: so they all break sooner or later, but then you get a new one. And the warranty is two years so basically you have an iPod subscription for that time.

How long does it take them to replace it and do you or they pay the postal fees?
 
wise1983 said:
I've had one of these for just 18months now.....It's been on around 50-60 dives, including 90+m and 3hr runtimes.

The only time it didn't work was when I forgot to charge it :doh:

I have struggled to find headphones that are much better than the ones it comes with (I am still using the originals), thought the ones I bought from aquapac worked slightly better....until something heavy was dropped on them. That said, the original headphones are OK, just lacking in the lower end slightly (probably something to do with being immersed).

The only thing I do after every salty dive is spray some cleaner into the headphone socket after giving the unit a thorough rinse.
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Do you leave it on the shot line at X depth or take it all the way down?

I looked at the headphnes but was concerned over the 3.5m rating and the design which ment id have to wear them for the whole dive and just plug them in at the end.

Can you use the headphones at 21m?

Thats where i usualy use my I300 but the h phones on that keep breaking.

ATB

mark
 
Missus Janos has one of these which she uses for swimming. It's perfect for that but I wouldn't take it diving though.

Janos
 
Mark Chase said:
Do you leave it on the shot line at X depth or take it all the way down?

I looked at the headphnes but was concerned over the 3.5m rating and the design which ment id have to wear them for the whole dive and just plug them in at the end.

Can you use the headphones at 21m?

Thats where i usualy use my I300 but the h phones on that keep breaking.

ATB

mark
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I've been taking mine all the way down, max so far is 70m.

Can't really hear much at 21m, I usually get the headphones on at 9m or 6m where the sound is fine although quite tinny / bass attenuated.

Now I don't know if this is because the 3m rated headphones are knackered by being taken repeatedly to 60m. Or just the iPod is not powerful enough to drive the headphones loudly enough at that depth. The i300 is mega loud at depth.

The headphones are a faff to try and put on during a deco stop. I took off the "ear hooks" since that seemed unnecessary with a hood, and just stuff them into my ears. A bit of wiggling gets a seal.

But since they are "in ear" design I didn't want to wear them in my ears for the whole dive, in case they trap air or water inside in a way that shouldn't happen. Maybe I worry for no reason.

My Audioflood stopped working coincided clicking "yes" to upgrade the software version via iTunes. Restoring old version won't complete properly either. So could just be software/user error which is fixable rather than stopped being waterproof and now u/s.
 
I have one, took it to 60m, tried listening at 6m, nothing, tried back on the surface, still nothing. Pressure got into the switches and stopped them working. Took about a month to clear, works fine again. I will need to take it diving again, see if it was a one-off problem.
 
They had ones for swimming on the Gadget show last night. Although it doesn't look like it fully sorted yet if they could get the bone conduction headphones sorted that woul be really good as it removes all the issues of earphones at pressure
 
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