Want!
Published January 9th, 2006 in Consumerism
Ohhhhhhh, want these so bad. From the site that sells them:
“When the device is placed on any bones of the skull (i.e. the cheek bones or the mastoid tip) it leads to vibration of the fluid in the inner ear. Thus swimmers can enjoy clarity of sound with the SwiMP3 device that was never before possible. Bone conduction hearing is a safe, well-established hearing mechanism in humans that the SwiMP3 player leverages to enhance aquatic activity.”
I don’t swim as much as I should, and tend to get bored after about 45 minutes. Is $199 worth it if I swim 20-30 minutes more every time I hit the pool? Hard to say, but wow, I’m really tempted to take a chance on these…
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I WANT! I would say we should split the cost, but that wouldn’t work out so well if we’d be swimming at the same time.
I’d go in with you as long as we could coordinate the handoff somehow. You go in first, and I grab them from you when you’re done. Plus we could make mixes for each other, our own little MP3 swap. So, what do you think?
Me too! Me TOO! (Actually, I enjoy the media-less swim, but it looks like fun to try out - maybe you can rent it to me based on # of laps I use it . . .)
Except, how good could that goggle part be? I doesn’t clearly indicate that it’ll fit on other goggles!
I don’t understand the question here.
Congrats on your upcoming purchase!
Drop some Hamiltons, Kurt.
Wouldn’t you enjoy those 45 minutes so much more? Wouldn’t you look forward to that time in the pool? Might you even fit in an extra lap or two while waiting for a tune to complete?
Hmmm…thought so. A well spent 2 bills, if you were to ask me.
If it works, it is well worth it. As someone who has had to trade in his ipod, twice [once for wheel issues, which I totally hate, and once for something I can’t explain], for a refurbished one, I have my doubts.
The whoever Wispy the Cat is, ‘Drop some Hamiltons’ is so last week. I hereby decree it that the new money phrase is ‘Grant some love’ noting that US Grant is on the fifty dollar bill. For example, ‘Grant some love and get that mp3 player.’
It also works itself into the whole money equals love in this society.
I think this thread’s about Kurt’s aquatic needs and not your desire to create controversial phrasings. Let’s all keep the focus there, DTMTS.
Yes, let’s keep the focus on my aquatic needs. (Though I’d have to say that “Grant some love” feels a little awkward and, dare I say it? forced.) Unfortunately, I won’t be able to get in the pool until I beat this ear infection I came back with, but at least I have more time to consider whether this is something I should be spending my money on or not. One thing I didn’t come back with: my iPod, creating another potential purchase. So little money, so many ways to spend it…