At the Treasure Island event today, I heard the announcer say something about a music system for the water. Anyone try this out? I’m curious if it’s any good, and if so, if the beat throws off your stroke!
Heard of it, made by Finis (makers of Lane 4 products and my favorite, and Peter Reid’s fav, goggles). Sound resonates off of bone instead of passing through the water in your ear. Supposed to be amazingly clear. I’d love to try it, but it runs $250! Yikes.
Ask at your local dive shop. Mine sells waterproof headphones, designed to work with some sort of broadcast system, as well as waterproof cases for personal music devices. see also: http://www.waterproofcases.net/wireoutlet.html
aquashpere (the kaiman and sealmask guys) make a system that goes into a snorkel if that helps
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Heard of it, made by Finis (makers of Lane 4 products and my favorite, and Peter Reid’s fav, goggles). Sound resonates off of bone instead of passing through the water in your ear. Supposed to be amazingly clear. I’d love to try it, but it runs $250! Yikes.
Do you have any further information on this, it sounds interesting.
It’s called SwiMP3, made by Finis. They’re available now, and you can be sure that most Finis dealers will be stocking them for Christmas. They’re $250. We’re getting our first shipment this week.
Lee Silverman
JackRabbit Sports
Park Slope, Brooklyn
I picked up from Computer Geeks recently; an H2Oman. I just got it this weekend, though, and haven’t had a chance to test it in the water.
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=H20MAN&cat=MP3
Suzanne
Did you read the fine print?? Maybe they just mean deep water? Let us know how they work.
Do not use H2O Man underwater as severe ear damage… …can result from water pressure. It is not intended
for… …for use in scuba diving or other underwater activity.
It was $200 at the event. Sounds like a lot, but ANYTHING to kill the boredom!!!
Yes, and that’s the language I was curious about. However, the case makes it seem useable for my (our?) purposes, going less than ten feet underwater. I’ll report back when I’ve had a chance to test them out - hopefully in the next day or so.
Suzanne
You can get a swim radio for a lot less money($30-$50). Sure, MP3 is preferable, but $250 for a 128 MB MP3 player is a heck of a premium just for being waterproof. (I know it’s no mean feat, but 150% increase in price/cost?)
see also: http://www.iriveramerica.com/products/svi700.aspx. note that the manufacturer sells the enclosure w/o mp3 player with an MSRP of $99 (forget the name but the model number is the same).
another option would be a cheaper waterproof FM solution coupled with an FM transmission device (there are thousands of these) plugged into your existing mp3 player. sort of depends on your situation, though… i’m not about to leave something that important to me just sitting on the side of the city pool…
I have Speedo’s underwater FM radio.
Semi-decent unit, but water eventually ends up floating into your ear and messes up reception. Another item to consider is that MOST pools are built underground and usually sheltered from good radio reception.
FYI—for those who already have an iPod for running…