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Recomendations for dedicated audiobook/music player for long distance thru hikes


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    Phong D
    BPL Member

    @poledancer

    For thru hikes I like to avoid using my phone as much as possible, so I carry separate music/audiobook player.  The problem with the one I have, a SanDisk Clip Sport, is that the chapters in my AudioBooks get all jumbled, its old and dying (1000+ miles of abuse), and it doesn’t support Audible natively.

    Requirements:

    1. Should last roughly 20 hours (or about 5 days of use), I’d like to keep my battery pack small.
    2. Preferably light, only a few ounces.
    3. Great Audible support.

     

    Do you guys have a favorite?

    #3725839
    John Z
    BPL Member

    @feather

    Would an Apple iPod Touch meet your needs?  3.1 ounces.

    #3725843
    Phong D
    BPL Member

    @poledancer

    The iPod is only 3.1 ounces???  That lighter than I thought.  It looks massive.  I wish they had something like the Nano still…that might be more like what I’m look for.

    #3725886
    Brad W
    BPL Member

    @rocko99

    You can get nanos used. Still trading one screen for another. Why not use your phone?

    #3725896
    Justin Lafrance
    BPL Member

    @argon

    Locale: Canadian Rockies

    I recently bought a SanDisk mp3 player after looking for something lighter/better. There really hasn’t been much innovation in dedicated mp3 players in the last decade.

    I don’t have any problem with Audible content – just convert it to mp3 then access it through the folder view.

    #3725898
    Phong D
    BPL Member

    @poledancer

    I don’t use my phone on longer hikes cause my phone battery  is reserved for more critical apps, so I like to keep its screen off as much as possible.  Also I hate digging it out of my pocket to change songs…the MP3 player is stuck on my shirt.

    #3725902
    Brad W
    BPL Member

    @rocko99

    The Sandisk Clip was a decent player back ‘in the day’.  They have various capacity players that are light and have a clip. That might be a good choice.

    #3725933
    Kevin Babione
    BPL Member

    @kbabione

    Locale: Pennsylvania

    I won’t recommend what to use (I use my iPhone to listen to Audible books), but I will suggest that you don’t try to use an Apple Watch for Audible.  My wife and I were on vacation this summer and I thought it might be nice to be able to listen to my books without having to take my phone to the pools.  At best, it’s cumbersome to transfer books to the watch and it kept losing track of where I was.  I gave up after a frustrating day of trying to make it work.

    #3725938
    William Chilton
    BPL Member

    @williamc3

    Locale: Antakya

    As with Justin, mp3s played through the folder view. If the chapters are playing in the wrong order, edith the metadata.

    #3726384
    William Chilton
    BPL Member

    @williamc3

    Locale: Antakya

    Apologies, I was misremembering. Playing through folder view brings up the chapters in the wrong order for me, but SD card>Books pays them in the right order.

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