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USB 2.0, 20 GB, display More product info

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£139.99 - £139.99

User rating:

User rating: 4.2 / 5  40 User reviews

Expert rating:

Expert rating: 4.0 / 5.0  5 Expert reviews

   
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Review by Tiffany, submitted 28/04/06

How long have you used the product? More than 3 months
Which similar products have you used? iPod, Sony, Bush
Functionality Rating functionality: 1.0 / 5  1.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 1.0 / 5  1.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 1.0 / 5  1.0 / 5
Title of review Appaling; I'm on my FOURTH Model
What are the strengths? Battery life; in-between all the other faults
What are the weaknesses? To list the problems I have had with all four of my 20 GB models:

1)Players continually freeze up and cannot be re-booted.
2)Players with buttons that stick due to shoddy workmanship.
3) Players that decide to literally just stop working, and go into 'recovery' mode, but still don't work.
4)Players that freeze and do a grandfather clock impression when you try and turn it back on.

Summary Let me assure you all; Creative MP3 players are shockingly bad and unreliable.

I am amazed to read review after review gushing over how good the Creative MP3 is too.

I am on my 4th model having only brought my first one just 6 months ago, and my two sisters who have the same model, are both on their 3rd model.

Hmmm, that's a quality product history.

I cannot stress to anyone the importance of avoiding this brand at all costs.
I am so fed up and disgusted with Creative that I have even ceased to be angry now.
The last one I changed, as soon as I opened the new one, I was expecting a fault, and right on cue....i noticed the 'forward' button was jammed into the body of the machine unable to be used.

Creative, you are really really rubbish.

Have a word with yourselves.

Do you recommend this product? No
Overall rating overall rating: 1.0 / 5  1.0 / 5

Review by rds2812, submitted 06/04/06

How long have you used the product? Less than 1 month
Which similar products have you used? None
Functionality Rating functionality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Title of review Creative excellence
What are the strengths? Easy to use website great value, speedy delivery and well packaged
What are the weaknesses? None
Summary Komplett are Norwegian - I have great respect for my Scandanavian neighbours. Honest and great service - hope to deal again. Best price on net by a long shot.
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5

Review by Padman, submitted 19/03/06

How long have you used the product? Less than 1 month
Which similar products have you used? None.
Functionality Rating functionality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Title of review Zen Touch 20GB
What are the strengths? Build quality, ease of use, looks, capacity, battery life, sound.
What are the weaknesses? None!
Summary Buy it! Having borrowed a friends I Pod to try before I bought this Creative, I am amazed at the amount of people who get sucked in by the I Pods hype. So with that in mind....
1) I Tunes is a crap piece of software
2) When you download your music onto I tunes it loses quality
3) The I Pod is Fisher Price childrens toy quality
4) Only tunes downloaded through I Tunes will go onto an I Pod (So why not waste 79p a track on our very limited music site? how convenient)

If you want a well built reliable MP3 player that you can put your music easily onto, buy one of these! It really is that good. (Oh and www.slsknet.org - To download 'Soulseek' without doubt the best P2P filesharing program: with no Spyware in it at all)
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5

Review by Tom Beedles, submitted 02/06/05

How long have you used the product? 1-3 months
Which similar products have you used? ipod 20gb
Functionality Rating functionality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Title of review
What are the strengths? battery life, sound quality
What are the weaknesses?
Summary an excellent and cheap mp3 player
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5

Review by mike, submitted 15/03/05

How long have you used the product? Less than 1 month
Which similar products have you used? Creative Nomad Zen Xtra 30 Gb
iPOD 20Gb
Functionality Rating functionality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Title of review
What are the strengths? battery life, iPOD's battery is very poor
What are the weaknesses? Touch pad is very sensitive but you get used to its sensitivity
Summary Beats the iPOD hands down
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5

Review by Richard Corbishley, submitted 07/03/05

How long have you used the product? 1-3 months
Which similar products have you used? Philips 2GB
Functionality Rating functionality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Title of review Excellent product
What are the strengths? Build quality, sound quality.
What are the weaknesses? Touch pad a little sensitive
Summary This a great product. It does everything you would want it to, and sounds great.
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5

Review by steve p, submitted 21/11/04

How long have you used the product? 1-3 months
Which similar products have you used?
Functionality Rating functionality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Title of review
What are the strengths? The touch has an excellent battery life as reported and is fairly straight forward to use. It feels like a quality item,it's heavier than it looks,but it feels like is was made to last. The sound quality when you use good headphones is excellent and the EQ offers plenty of options as well as a custom EQ.Transfer from my laptop is easy and quick. The display is easy to read and is layed out well.Using the touchtap function also makes navigation around the menu quite quick.The leather case which is supplied is a little fiddly as you must remove the player to do anything, but it is well made and offers good protection.
What are the weaknesses? The touch pad is very sensitive even on the lowest option. The supplied headphones are not very good in the sound department.
Summary Overall the touch is excellent quality and value for money. the battery life and price were what led me to buy one over an I-pod and I think that i made a good choice.
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5

  Review by Gwen, submitted 27/07/06

How long have you used the product? 1-3 months
Which similar products have you used? None
Functionality Rating functionality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Title of review Performance fuelled
What are the strengths? Great design and excellent sound quality are the major aspects that make this player simply rocking. It is extremely simple to use and offers great value for the price.
What are the weaknesses? Not as many "extras" as other players. Touchpad is a little hard to get used to as the it is a tad too sensitive.
Summary This is a wonderful player. It plays all of the formats that I care about and is really easy to use. The included software is straightforward and makes managing the selections easy. Perhaps most importantly for me, the battery life is insanely long. The price to performance ratio is awesome.
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5

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