I really like lap swimming. I use to use a "Dolphin" waterproof MP3 player to hear music when I swim. It worked ok, but was really low volume, hard to next the song and did I mention really low volume?
I looked at a lot of different options and the waterproofed shuffle seemed the best. I know it plays loud and now that apple went back to not using a touchscreen, it is actually useful for people that want to use it for workouts as a touch screen in such situations make little sense, even if it didn't waste battery life as well.
$135 for a waterproff shuffle seems steep to me. I read many of the companies site that does it and they all say they don't open up the shuffle, so it must be really easy to do.
I bought my regular Ipod Shuffle 4th generation yesterday at walmart for $46. Charged it, loaded music and made sure it worked. I also ordered an iSesamo: Ultra-thin steel pry tool for opening iPods, iPhones, iPads and more. ...I'd provide an Amazon link, but new members not allowed to.
with the intent of opening up the shuffle. I got some Acrylic conformal coating and silicon (dielectric) grease from frys. One of the companies say they do two different layers and I'd assume the first coating is a conformal PCB protectant coating and the other is dielectric grease.
I decided to just inject the dielctric grease as I doubt just injecting and not brushining or spraying on the conformal coating will do what you intend it to do and may hamper getting the dielectric grease into all the void.
I was a bit unsure that just injecting the dielectric grease into the shuffle via the headphone jack would work, which is why I am preparing for disassembly....but I have syringes, so I tired it anyway. I injected silicon dielectric grease into my shuffle till it was seeping out the back cover plate. I rubbed in the grease on the front controls as will as the switch and button on top, making sure to really press it in. I heated up the shuffle to try to get the grease to fill it in more. Injected more grease in through the headphone jack (need to really try to seal everything to really force it in) and was thinking I should have maybe sealed the back cover plate first before I started. However, it did show to me that the grease was making it all around the shuffle as it (the grease) was seeping out from the bottom of the cover as well.
So, I powered it up to see if it still works and it does. I probably should have weighed it first to get an idea how much grease I was able to get in, but too late now. The buttons on the front takes a bit more effort to press, so I am assuming the grease made it to the front section as well....which is good.
Packed in dielectric grease, everything still works perfect. I got other things to do, but will clean out the back cover, maybe use some contact glue to seal the back cover better, allow to set and then try to inject more dielectric grease. Then I will try immersing it in water.
I looked at a lot of different options and the waterproofed shuffle seemed the best. I know it plays loud and now that apple went back to not using a touchscreen, it is actually useful for people that want to use it for workouts as a touch screen in such situations make little sense, even if it didn't waste battery life as well.
$135 for a waterproff shuffle seems steep to me. I read many of the companies site that does it and they all say they don't open up the shuffle, so it must be really easy to do.
I bought my regular Ipod Shuffle 4th generation yesterday at walmart for $46. Charged it, loaded music and made sure it worked. I also ordered an iSesamo: Ultra-thin steel pry tool for opening iPods, iPhones, iPads and more. ...I'd provide an Amazon link, but new members not allowed to.
with the intent of opening up the shuffle. I got some Acrylic conformal coating and silicon (dielectric) grease from frys. One of the companies say they do two different layers and I'd assume the first coating is a conformal PCB protectant coating and the other is dielectric grease.
I decided to just inject the dielctric grease as I doubt just injecting and not brushining or spraying on the conformal coating will do what you intend it to do and may hamper getting the dielectric grease into all the void.
I was a bit unsure that just injecting the dielectric grease into the shuffle via the headphone jack would work, which is why I am preparing for disassembly....but I have syringes, so I tired it anyway. I injected silicon dielectric grease into my shuffle till it was seeping out the back cover plate. I rubbed in the grease on the front controls as will as the switch and button on top, making sure to really press it in. I heated up the shuffle to try to get the grease to fill it in more. Injected more grease in through the headphone jack (need to really try to seal everything to really force it in) and was thinking I should have maybe sealed the back cover plate first before I started. However, it did show to me that the grease was making it all around the shuffle as it (the grease) was seeping out from the bottom of the cover as well.
So, I powered it up to see if it still works and it does. I probably should have weighed it first to get an idea how much grease I was able to get in, but too late now. The buttons on the front takes a bit more effort to press, so I am assuming the grease made it to the front section as well....which is good.
Packed in dielectric grease, everything still works perfect. I got other things to do, but will clean out the back cover, maybe use some contact glue to seal the back cover better, allow to set and then try to inject more dielectric grease. Then I will try immersing it in water.