Oceanic mp3 player-

[jumbo]

what about the oceanic mp3 player, any body picked one up yet? If you have, how do you like it, how does fit with a dry suit hood, how rugged is the housing. I got mine coming in the mail but I am always interested in peoples experiences.

Thanks-

JUMBO

 

[HowardE]

We tried it and returned it...

I will say it did work underwater... It attaches to your mask strap.

We were looking more for something to use while swimming laps in the pool, which the oceanic IS NOT.

I would imagine that it would work with a hood, as a good portion of the sound transfer is bone conduction.

The housing is as rugged as a Plastic UW Housing for a Point & Shoot digital camera.

Personally I couldn't imagine listening to music while diving... I like hearing my breath.

 

[_Bella_]

We were looking more for something to use while swimming laps in the pool, which the oceanic IS NOT.

Can you explain why it didn't work for lap swimming?

 

[Mark Vlahos]

Can you explain why it didn't work for lap swimming?

I got one for my wife as a gift a little over a year ago. She uses it exclusively for lap swimming. We looked at some of the other available options at the time and chose this one because it is so rugged.

My wife swims for exercise 3 days a week for about an hour and a half each of those days. She usually swims around 35 laps in an olympic size swimming pool. While she does not go very deep the amount of physical abuse that the player is subjected to is considerable. We both figured that while the entire device is large it was made that way to help it withstand the pressure at depth, this would allow it to withstand the rigors of active lap swimming.

The player and ear phones are large and cumbersome but have performed flawlessly. The only problem she has reported is when the batteries need replacing during her swim and the player dies. She simply continues to swim without her music.

She puts the player in a "fanny pack" and has the headphones running through the small gap at the end of the zipper. She starts the player before she gets into the water and rarely adjusts anything while she swims. She swims laps wearing a mask and snorkel, but no fins, and otherwise wearing normal swimming attire. She is still on the original player but the "fanny pack" has been replaced twice.

Mark Vlahos

 

[jumbo]

How big are the ear peices, do you think the hood would still have a reasonable seal. I am golf ball diving so I need a good level of enviromental protection and somthing to pass the time

jumbo

 

[Mark Vlahos]

How big are the ear peices, do you think the hood would still have a reasonable seal. I am golf ball diving so I need a good level of enviromental protection and somthing to pass the time

jumbo

The ear pieces are pretty big and attach to your mask strap. I would assume that you would wear the entire arrangement outside of a hood, frankly I could not imagine trying to stuff all of that gear inside a hood. I have no idea how well they would work through a hood.

Mark Vlahos

 

[SCUBA-J]

I love it , I don't use the mask strap things ,I just put it under my hood on my tempels and jam the tunes. Really cool.... I though it was stupid till I used one

 

[HowardE]

Can you explain why it didn't work for lap swimming?

1) The ear pieces won't stay on your ears while you're swimming

2) the strap is more for a SCUBA mask, rather than swim goggles...

We ended up getting this

https://store.finisinc.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=130001

I think we paid less than the price from the place above, but we really like the swimp3 for laps.

My wife usually swims laps for about 30 minutes or so (she used to compete in the mile) and says "it's the best thing to happen to long distance swimming"