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shardian:
I have a gen1 iPod shuffle that I bought refurb from Apple for $25. I felt I just needed to comment and say how kick ass durable this thing is.

A few weeks after getting it, I was listening to an audio book while in the bath tub. While getting out of the tub, I dropped the iPod and headphones into the tub while still on! I figured the thing was toast, but to my surprise it was just fine after drying out. Over the weekend, my wife washed my gym shorts that had my iPod in it. :banghead: After I got home, I tried it and it wouldn't come on. I tried to use it in the pc and it wasn't recognized. I let it sit until last night and decided to try it again for the hell of it. Guess what, the dag gone thing worked! The computer recognized it, I could access all my songs from the hard drive, but unfortunately it didn't seem to be charging. After letting it attempt to charge all night it is obvious the battery is shot, however, I have one of those add-on battery packs out of my accessory pack, so my iPod is once again back into full service. ;D
I have NEVER seen an electrical product of any brand bounce back from so much ridiculous water damage. My opinion of Apple products has definitely improved. :cheers:

leapinlew:
Sounds to me that on some subconscious level you really don't want an ipod.

shardian:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 25, 2007, 03:19:57 pm ---Sounds to me that on some subconscious level you really don't want an ipod.

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:laugh2: :laugh2:

When it fell in the tub, the lanyard thing I was holding it by got caught and pulled of, thus the rest of the iPod dropped like a stone. I'm still trying to figure out how the iPod got into my gym shorts, considering I hadn't used it for weeks. :dunno
Me thinks maybe you are right. ;)

RayB:
water + low voltages = short circuit, but you don't usually "fry" anything. Once something is thoroughly dried out, it will work again.

When I was a kid I had an Entex Defender portable game. I opened it up and would purposely (randomly) short circuit parts with a screw driver. This caused all sorts of "objects" to appear in the game level and then I was able to fly around and shoot them. Made for an interesting variation on the normal game.  ;D  And no parts got fried doing that.

shardian:

--- Quote from: RayB on July 25, 2007, 04:36:02 pm ---water + low voltages = short circuit, but you don't usually "fry" anything. Once something is thoroughly dried out, it will work again.

When I was a kid I had an Entex Defender portable game. I opened it up and would purposely (randomly) short circuit parts with a screw driver. This caused all sorts of "objects" to appear in the game level and then I was able to fly around and shoot them. Made for an interesting variation on the normal game.  ;D  And no parts got fried doing that.


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You think my battery will eventually come back, or is it a gonner.
Too bad this thing is a solid case - I would love to take it apart.

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