Customer Reviews:
 Great for youngsters December 26, 2007
My 8 yr old wanted an "ipod" for Christmas this year but this being her
first MP3 player, I opted for the Shaker. It was less than $40.00, the
1GB version holds -plenty- of music for her, it has the two jacks, & I
thought the speaker would come in handy. As it turns out, the speaker is
just about her favorite part. Mind you, it's no BOSE wave system, but it's
certainly a step up from the transistor radio's some of us grew up on.
Her older cousins thought it was "cool" she could share her music with
others. It's durable so far. It's been dropped & kept on playing.
Loading & deleting files couldn't be any easier. As far as the bottom
cap coming off too easy, people are likely just not making sure it's
*clicked* shut. We've had no problems.
Battery life has been surprisingly long, too. She's been listening to it
non stop now.
My only gripe is the lack of WMA support, but that's minor.
The price, features, durability & capacity are just about ideal for kids.
THANK YOU THANK YOU December 26, 2007
It's about time a company makes a product that my daughter loves and can take a beating!!! Also I love the fact that it requires no special software to run. It's so easy to load music and my daughter already can copy and delete music files.
THANK YOU!!!!
Also the Shaker is dependable... when dropped it keeps on playing :)
 SanDisk Sansa Shaker December 26, 2007
SanDisk Sansa Shaker 1 GB MP3 Player (Blue)
Good for the money. Good for kids when you don't want to spend money for ipod. Easier for them to use.
Perfect Player for the Pre-teen... December 19, 2007
This was the perfect December birthday gift for my newly-turned-8-year-old daughter! She was utterly speechless when she opened the many layers of wrapping and saw "my own ipod". Big Sis corrected her: "MP3 Player." I was very happy that it came pre-loaded with a few songs just perfect for her age. She and her two companions were able to start dancing to the music as soon as the package was opened and the battery inserted. I just LOVE this little device. The built-in speaker is perfect for sharing the tunes. It gets plenty loud for them all to hear, even over their chatter, but not so loud as to be annoying to us folks. The speaker sound is quite good for what it is and considering the audience. (Don't expect it to sound exceptional to the trained ear.) She also isn't able to turn the volume up too loud with headphones --a nice plus for the young age group. She loves that she can `shake' it to the next song. Most of the kids who have this will probably be great at Name That Tune with the fast succession of shakes I've heard..."I can name that tune in one note"...shake to the next! It comes with all the necessary accessories including software and the cable to hook it up to the computer. I've used neither of those, however, as it's so easy just to put the card into my card reader and drag and drop the music she wanted. Though I find it not to be a problem, my biggest time-consumer was downloading a free converter to convert my wma files to mp3, as this player only recognizes mp3 format. But even that is not a detraction to this great little player. I've read other reviews that the bottom falls off, etc., but I really don't see how that could happen unless it was forcibly pulled apart instead of the little `twist/click' it takes to remove it and replace it. It does take smaller hands than, say, my husband's to get the right grip on the bottom. The design is quite good for the aimed market, namely 6-10 year olds I'd say. Even younger if headphones aren't being used. And I'm going to plug the brand itself. I bought my husband a Sansa last summer because the price was right. But I was happy with the quality, sound, and size, too. And after my 8 year old's birthday her sister turned 13 and I got her a different model Sansa--her favorite feature of that model is the FM tuner so she can record her favorite songs on-the-fly (something not even an ipod can do). I won't be looking at the more (overly) expensive models of MP3s anytime soon! I highly recommend this player and this brand!
Very kid proof - highly recommended December 15, 2007
I bought one in blue for my kids - 3 years old and 5 years old. Very kid proof and durable. They have really given it a beating, and it still works great. It's easy enough for young children to work. The built in speaker is great, so are the dual head phone jacks. The only reason I gave this product a 4 star rating instead of 5 is because the battery runs out quickly and the bottom lid always falls off. A piece of tape and rechargeable batteries solve those problems, but maybe on their next version they could fix those things. Over all, I would buy it again.
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