iPod owners.. quick question.

[Platypus]

I do a lot of jogging around campus, and I was wondering how well the HD would hold up under that.. Does it skip? Does anyone who has one run and could help me out with this question?

Thanks

 

[Murpheeee]

I don't run.......but never had my iPod skip

 

[Pr0Hawk]

I ran with it a couple of times with it in my pocket. No problems. No skipping.

 

[Atrail]

Might want to get the extended warranty just in case...

 

[AntaresVI]

I've never had the thing skip - you have to figure, it has a 32 meg buffer on top of the HDD, so no, I can't say I've ever had mine skip at all. They're great, GET ONE!

 

[Pr0Hawk]

DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I JUST WENT TO GRAB MY IPOD AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND AND HIT THE FLOOR. Ahhhhh!!!!!

Now its frozen on one screen and i cant turn it off or do anything! 🙁 I Cant even opent he damn thing. I take my last statement back 🙁

 

[PraetorianGuards]

I usually go to the gym every night and run for about 30 minutes. My ipod is about a year old and hasn't skipped so far. Since I have the old one(mechanical wheel) the wheel is a bit loose but you can just switch the hold button on. So it would probably be fine.

 

[Platypus]

Thank you guys very much 🙂

 

[iwearnosox]

I ran with mine a while. The guy I stole it from got tired, though.

 

[Pr0Hawk]

Originally posted by: Pr0Hawk
DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I JUST WENT TO GRAB MY IPOD AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND AND HIT THE FLOOR. Ahhhhh!!!!!

Now its frozen on one screen and i cant turn it off or do anything! 🙁 I Cant even opent he damn thing. I take my last statement back 🙁

Thank god for the reset button. Woo. Fixed 🙂

 

[iwearnosox]

If only people had reset buttons. I'd press mine often.

 

[Derango]

Generally, if a hard drive based player starts skipping, you've got problems...big problems 🙂

 

[everman]

high impact sports like jogging or dropping it doesn't run the risk of the drive heads crashing? (that is hitting the surface of the disk and doing physical damage resulting in bad sectors and more)

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: everman
high impact sports like jogging or dropping it doesn't run the risk of the drive heads crashing? (that is hitting the surface of the disk and doing physical damage resulting in bad sectors and more)

That's kind of what I was asking..

 

[Platypus]

bumper

 

[zippy]

I just got mine today...just in the nick of time because I'm going out of town tomorrow for a wedding...all weekend...so boring.

Anyway, from what I have heard, the iPod can handle jogging/running like a champ. With a that 32MB buffer it shouldn't skip at all. Also, the hard drive was designed to handle that kind of stress, so it's all good.

I just ran up and down the steps actually. At first I was tentative, but then I realized it's okay and went all out stair climbing! 😉

 

[MeanMeosh]

i havent had a problem with that.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I think the 5 GB model is better than the larger ones for jogging. I have a 10 GB iPod and it will eventually skip if I run with it.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
I think the 5 GB model is better than the larger ones for jogging. I have a 10 GB iPod and it will eventually skip if I run with it.

They have a 5 gig model?


edit: in stock somewhere?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
I think the 5 GB model is better than the larger ones for jogging. I have a 10 GB iPod and it will eventually skip if I run with it.

They have a 5 gig model?


edit: in stock somewhere?

The iPod was originally 5 GB only, and that is still the base model. Anyone selling iPods will have 5 GB ones available.