Features:

  • Super lightweight wearable personal music player
  • Deep rich sound quality with a built-in micro SD card expansion slot
  • Play audio files in lots of formats (MP3 WMA (no DRM) AAC (DRM free iTunes) and Audible (DRM only)
  • Big bright readable screen and large navigation buttons up to 18 hour battery life
  • 2 year limited warranty
This player may well offer the best sound quality & most intuitive user interface in its product class.

This little Sandisk play puts out resonant sound with rich bass. It has a customizable equalizer which really enhances the sound quality. The power switch is now located conveniently in the center and the back button continues to be conveniently accessible in the upper left. Unlike many other players the menu flows naturally forwards and backwards. I love the rich, clear, & smooth, resonant bass this player produces in my car. The sound quality and strength is the best of several players I have tried, and the sound combined with the easy-to-follow menu system makes this my favorite player brand. With that said, the voice recording feature has gone missing and the former versions of the player couldn't record to a card either. AGPTek offers voice recording to a card with a menu and sound quality is comparable, also with a customizable equalizer, but, and a significant 'but' in regards, this player can run while charging so it never needs to be recharged while connected in the car. I haven't found another player that offers simultaneous charge/play capability reliably. The AGPTek menu system got scrambled and locked up permanently when I tried charging & playing it. Not so with this Sandisk player. I've been using the prior version of this player for several years and the latest model stands up to the test of the quality sound produced by the previous version. If you need a voice recorder look elsewhere however. This is just simply a really, really good player for hours of listening away disconnected & indefinite listening while connected to a USB charge (such as in a car).

These are great little players!

I've purchased probably over 100 of these over the past few years (some from Amazon, some from SanDisk), to use at our church. I've only had one that quit working, and that was after approximately a year. These players are easy to use, small, and so convenient with the clip on the back. I clip mine on my shirt collar and listen to the Bible while I clean, walk, etc. I love mine and the folks we've given them to, love theirs as well!

Another Sansa Success - Perfect for Audiobooks

I use this player exclusively for audiobooks and it's perfect for that. I own the original Sansa Clip and the Clip Zip. The Clip Jam is the best of both. The screen is the basic white on black of the original Clip; it's clear and easy to read. Much easier to read than the blurry, washed-out color screen on the Clip Zip. The control area on the front is the rectangular set-up like the Zip which I prefer to the round control area of the original Clip. The 8 GB memory easily holds a dozen books. Like the other Clips, you can just "drag & drop" books to add them to the memory. Software is easy to use. On the original Clip, books were added to the Music folder. The Jam, like the Zip, has a dedicated Audiobook folder. That folder even has a subfolder for Audible books. There are also folders for Music, Podcasts, Radio. I don't use them and I like the fact that I can "turn them off," so that when I turn the Jam on, there are only two folders, Audiobooks and Settings. Sound quality and volume are good. The volume on many audiobooks can be low, but that seems to be due to the audiobook recording itself rather than to the Sansa player. I have noticed this with my other MP3 players too. As a test, I loaded several songs onto the Jam and there were no "low volume" issues. Many reviews of the various Sansa Clips complain about the Sansa's inability to bookmark. I find that, like the other Clips, if you press Pause before turning the player off, it will return to that location when you turn it on. It remembers that location, even if you start another book.

Hope it is as good as my old Sansa Clip.

I purchased my first SanDisk Clip 4gb in 2008 and it is a great product. It still works - just not enough storage. When I wanted something with more storage I automatically wanted another SanDisk as I had zero complaints about my old one. My old clip is bullet proof - dropped countless times - left out in the car overnight at -20C on multiple occasions. I hope the new one is just a durable. Pros: easy to use/navigate through menus, screen is easy to read in all light conditions, good sound, 8 gigs internal storage with micro SD card slot for expansion (I can ad at the very least another 128Mb), very small/light - fits easily in pockets or clipped onto something. Cons: Do not buy it for the earbuds (they are okay - basic at best, use your own good ones)

Great little basic MP3 player!

I am by no means a computer person, but I can usually figure things out all right. I was a little concerned by other reviews that said they could not transfer their amazon music to this player, but it said it accepted MP3 files (among others) so I thought I'd try it. It did not come with much in the form of instructions, but a quick google search for this product brought me right to a document from Sandisk that helped me. Initially my amazon music (MP3's of CD's I'd already purchased) downloaded as zip files, and I could not figure out why they wouldn't copy to the player. However, the Sandisk document I found online said to drag and drop it into the "music" folder of the Jam. I figured out I could open the zip file to a folder, and drag the folder into the "music" folder of the Jam. It works great! It shows the album name, artist, and song names. It comes with earbuds, but my daughter and I prefer headphones. I mostly bought it for my daughter - it is an inexpensive MP3 player in case she breaks it. Plus, it is super small - perfect for her to clip to her clothes when we're walking. I think I'll get one of these for myself too - I really love it that much! Nice sound for a player that fits inside the palm of my hand!

Perfect for active sessions

I have been using these units along with Koss Plugs for workouts for a very long time and have owned every model, so when my clip zip's screen cracked during a rope skipping session I started looking for a replacement and initially ordered a refurb Clip+ from ebay because of the negative reviews of the Jam, it came with a defective headphone jack and I had to go through the trouble of shipping it back. Then I decided to just get one from Amazon and I really like it, the interface is fast and the display is visible in the bright lights, the sound quality I cannot tell much of a difference form the previous iterations. So unless u need to rockbox it and need an older unit for audio books I would recommend this unit for active sessions (I use my phone for audio books, podcasts) I use it for trail runs, mountain biking, lifting i.e. rough use

works well for OverDrive audiobooks

I bought this specifically to use with OverDrive for audiobooks from my library after my old Zen Mozaic died. I was nervous because I have seen conflicting comments about whether or not it would work with OverDrive. I tried just using my iPhone for books (I know this is what most people do), but didn't like it for various reasons, so I took a chance ordering the Clip Jam figuring that I could return it if it didn't work out. I can report that is does in fact work with Overdrive with no problems from my Windows based laptop. (I was not able to get the books to transfer to the player correctly using my Mac laptop. I don't know if the problem was the Mac itself or the newer version of Overdrive that is installed on that computer.) As recommended in the owner's manual, I did install the latest firmware update for the Clip Jam from the SanDisk website. I believe this firmware update solves the problem of books transferring to the player in the proper chapter order. The Clip Jam does remember where you left off when you turn off the player and go back later. However, if you go to another menu location, transfer another book, etc., it will not automatically go back to where you were in a book. You have to select the file for the part of the book you were on, and the player will resume from the spot you left off within that part. Not too big of a deal for me because I only use it for books, but if you were switching between books and music frequently, it would be a bit of a pain to have to remember which part you left off on. You can always scroll through the files to find the one you were listening to - you can see that the file is only partially played so you know that's the part of the book you were on. Also, as someone else commented, if you want the books to be in the Audiobooks folder on the Clip Jam, you have to use Advanced Options from the OverDrive window when you're transferring the files and select that spot on the player. Otherwise it will put the book files in the music folder by default. Overall, I really like the Clip Jam, and having the ability to clip it on is so convenient.

Clip Jam 8 gb

I had a Sandisk Clip+ for several years and it died, the Clip Jam is pretty close in functionality, quality and size to the Clip+. They changed from a top on/off button to using the center button. To lock/unlock the player you press & hold the back/menu button. There is no recording capability. It sounds the the same to me through decent earbuds. I mostly use it in random shuffle mode while working though playlist called 'Golists' can be created. It's not a smart shuffle function, after shutting off the player it will resume the last played song but I do hear some songs played the time before and some songs I've not heard at all. The battery seems to be even longer lasting than the Clip+, i get the 18 hours it's rated for if not more while listening at moderately high volume. I clip it on the back of baseball type hats and use a Velcro wrap to bundle the cord & loop it around the hats fastener., it's so lightweight it's not even noticeable.

Way better than I expected for the price.

I was skeptical at first because of the price, but ended up very happy with my purchase. This player is perfect for my needs. The music is really easy to add and the player is easy to use; I wanted something inexpensive and easy to use. I don't know how it works with audio books, but for listening to music, it's great. The sound is great and the volume control is great too. I read complaints about it being made of plastic, but I feel like it's pretty durable...I haven't tried throwing it on my tile floor though. I love that it's really lightweight; one of the main reasons I wanted a music player instead of using my phone is I wanted something lighter and smaller. It's perfect if you don't need something fancy and don't want to spend hundreds of dollars.

great for music and podcasts, not audiobooks

I received this as a gift a year ago and still love it one year later. Unlike most people, I hate having EVERYTHING connected to my phone - I don't like the fact that listening to podcasts or music means running down my battery and when going out for a walk, I like to be able to clip this tiny device to my clothing and just go. I have an iPhone and a Mac laptop, and in general I find Apple fairly intuitive but in recent years that seems to be changing. I'm also in general looking for Apple alternatives since I really dislike the direction they are moving in (changing laptop/cell phone design so that it is impossible to replace anything at all like batteries, hard drives, etc...) The Clip Jam is intuitive to use for the most part - adding music and podcasts is a breeze, and I don't have to waste time getting frustrated with iTunes every time they update it and then spend an hour trying to figure out how to use it again. If you are looking for a really simple, easy to use (and cheap!) MP3 player, you can't really get much better than this. That being said, there are some minor downsides: 1) Audiobooks. I didn't buy this device for use with audiobooks, but after reading the difficulty others were having, I decided to give it a try out of curiosity. I copied an audiobook file from my computer that I'd bought from Audible. Though the file copied without problem, when I attempted to start the audiobook, I got the message "Please activate your device to play this title". After some internet sleuthing on forums, I learned that this issue could be fixed by going to Audible's website and downloading the "Audible Manager". The only problem with this is that the Audible Manager is only available for Windows based computers. Since I have a Mac, I am SOL. *later in the same day that I added the audiobook file to the ClipJam, the ClipJam wouldn't turn on anymore. I went online and learned that other people had a similar issue if they added a corrupted file to the ClipJam. I read what others did and followed suit - I took out the external SD card, put it in my computer, formatted it, then did the long reset (hold the button down for a minute), let go, and the ClipJam restarted. Once it restarted, I put back in the SD card which was not recognized because it was formatted by a computer so I reformatted it in the ClipJam. This worked like a charm, and I've had no problems with it since. 2) Making Playlists on the go. Unlike the old iPods, I haven’t been able to find a way to make playlists while I’m out and about. However, from my computer (Mac) it’s really easy to put songs or podcasts into a new folder on the desktop, then copy that folder from the desktop into the ClipJam. Doing it this way, I can create playlists from my computer. For my needs, this is completely adequate. With these two caveats in mind, for a $30 MP3 player, I still think it's a great option if you are looking for a simple device to just listen to music and podcasts. Let me know if you have any questions, and if you found this review helpful, please consider leaving me feedback.

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