Rio Forge Sport user reviews (512MB, Blue)

0.5 stars

"Broke after 5 uses" on January 12, 2005

Pros: Portable

Cons: Sent back to Rio 8 weeks ago as instructed. Spent HOURS on hold trying to follow up. Now, they keep giving me false UPS tracking numbers on the replacement the supposedly returned to me. NEVER buy anything from these people.

2.5 stars

"Question: Lap Timer" on August 31, 2009 by atomic001

Pros: In the specifications it says "Timer: Lap, Stopwatch". What' s the lap timer and how does it work?

Thanks in advance for answering.

Cons: any answers will be appreciated.

2.0 stars

"Popped out of armband and busted" on December 25, 2005 by marymcclanahan

Pros: Downloads easy

Cons: Armband is worthless; On/off switch hard to use; No carrying case/belt clip;

3.0 stars

"Requires patience..." on November 14, 2005 by ken661

Pros: Stores Audible content and has an FM receiver.

Cons: Breaks a lot and small storage.

Summary: I took the first 3 players back to BestBuys because all of these machines died in the first 3 months of use. The 4th machine held-up pretty well. It's too bad that this is the best machine on the market if you want to store Audible content and have an FM receiver. Audible is lousy at making their content available on more mp3 players. The mp3 player industry in general won't make FM receivers standard on all players which really kinda sucks (this is why I won't buy and iPod).

Bottom line: if you want Audible content and an FM receiver this is the best player available... sad as that is.