Have had my player for a couple of months now and it is far superior to my iPod shuffles (I trashed 3 through exercise). I am into the practicality of things here so looks don't matter, and I don't find that they look too bad.

I run, I run a lot. I have been running for 20 years and have run several marathons, many tris, and run upwards of 120km a week, so far (in my 20 years of running with music) this is the best player I have had. I ran with cassette tapes that slowed in the early morning winter runs as betteries froze, I ran with CD players and held my right arm steady so they would not skip, I bought tougher portable CD players, and now - wow hand held days are gone, Even the cable now removed as still remains with the iPod.