SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ MP3 user reviews (blue, 8GB)

1.5 stars

"A Step Down From the Original Fuze Player" on April 30, 2012 by AeidosNemisis

Pros: sleek, low price, many features, miniSD slot.

Cons: Bad interface, awful touchpad control, battery and power problems.

Summary: The touch-pad is often too sensitive - a brush with something will change the track - but at other times you will tap and tap, and nothing will happen. It is a pain to navigate the Fuze+'s menu, and it isn't easy to set up playlists or play them, for some reason they're buried and hard to get to. I've frequently had trouble with the batteries with the Fuze+, and had to return 2 units to the store before I found one that worked (that should have been my first clue!) I loved my Sansa Fuse before it's untimely death in my washer, and I thought I'd love the Fuze+ too, but now I wish I'd purchased something else.

1.5 stars

"Controls are out of control" on March 10, 2012 by jwmeyer99

Pros: Looks good, expandable with micro memory card, battery appears long lasting so far, charges with both outlet and USB chargers provided.

Cons: Hangs, jumps, crashes, freezes, locks up

Summary: I wouldn't recommend this unless you buy it in a way that allows for returns after you try it a few days. Mine has some major problem every day. Controls can't be called "sensitive" because often nothing happens when I press them. Then it will jump 5 or ten places ahead. Also screen goes blank to save energy, fine, but then won't come back on no matter what you press, and it's just playing away, dark and out of control. This is dollar store type junk. Might be worth a try if you get a bargain and can return it after you try it.

4.5 stars

"Great performance for really good value" on January 11, 2012 by newmi

Pros: nice looking, good sound quality, long battery life, really good value

Cons: UI is bad. It is hard to use. Response of touch buttons is slow.

Summary: Mp3 and video player for great value. Expect the bad UI, I like this player. Sometime it freeze for few seconds in video menu. Anyway the sound quality is better than at my previous mp3 (iRiver X20). You can' t expect great sound quality, great features, great UI, great screen for 62€. For that price you get the best :)

Updated on Jan 11, 2012

* You can' t expect great sound quality, great features, great UI, great screen for 62euro. For that price you get the best :)

2.0 stars

"WHICH OVERPAID EXECUTIVE LET THIS OUT OF THE FACTORY?" on August 29, 2011 by 550wins

Pros: Sound quality and storage capacity are it's big selling points.

Cons: UNUSABLE Controls, NO recently added feature, I had issues with it crashing for no reason

Summary: SERIOUS downgrade from the Fuze. The Swipe technology for the controls is Extremely frustrating to use. If you tried to go just one step it goes 4 or 5 steps past. Or the lag was so bad you didn't think it registered so you swipe it again and it catches up and goes past where you wanted it. With a capacity of 3000 songs WHY!!! would you eliminate the recently added feature from the Menu??? You can add a song and Not hear it for a month unless you tried searching through the menus for it Good luck with that. I also had frequent issues with the system would play a song or two and just crash with a loud buzzing sound for no apparent reason. I had to hold the power button for 10-15 seconds to shut it off. When I turn it back on it would reload all the songs which took 4-5 minutes. Not worth the frustration. I finally whacked the screen and cracked the LCD screen inside the cover. I didn't even think I whacked it that hard. It was probably inevitable considering how many times I wanted to fling it down the street. I've liked the Clip, Clip+, And Fuze, But Fuze+ was a big mistake that looks pretty in the box until you expose it to the air and the gremlins come out of hiding.