Creative Labs Nomad MuVo2

i bought the creative nomad muvo2 in 2004. it has been dropped, liquid spilt on it and it still is working to the day.

It`s amazing i bought this mp3 player in 2004 and still working perfect in that time i paid for that 100 us in new york, however all of my friends have ipod's and have to be replaced more than once.... buy a new one the brand it's amazing

The Creative Labs Nomad MuVo2 is the best player in the size and specs and storage capacity.No drivers required. Acts as a removable drive. The FM Model has remote included and 5 gigs of space, recording and recording from FM.Upgradeable now because of larger capacity Compact Flash cards.Ipod Sucks!

I have had the Creative Labs Nomad MuVo2 MP3 player for a few days now, and I am impressed. It is easy to set up; I just synced it with Windows Media Player then put all my songs on it. You can also use drag and drop, or use the Creative software. It has all the basic functions but lacks extra features such as alarm, sleep, timer etc. Personally I think it's better than an iPod as it is half the price, and still does the same job. Its easy to use, cheap, has a decent memory (4GB), and looks good. What more can you want?

I mainly use my Nomad MuVo2 when I'm on foot especially around London. After upgrading the headphones to some Shure E2's, the sound is excellent and completely absorbing. One gets used to the slightly fiddly control joystick after a while though it is hard to move along a track if its knocking around in your pocket and you haven't happened to purchase the headphone remote control.

A lot of friends have ipods, including the girlfriend, and the hassle of itunes and the Apple specific connectivity is a real pain. The beauty of this Muvo is that it plugs into any PC with the right lead (which happens to be the same lead used by nearly all Cannon and Sony digital cameras - the leading manufacturers so leads are fairly easy to come by) and is instantly recognised as an extra hard drive. Drag on or off any files you want - music, pictures, documents etc without the need for any specific software. So in effect, it acts as a portable hard drive - a real bonus.

Then, going on holiday for example. You can take various poor sounding docking stations with ipods etc, but with the Muvo, just take a 3.5mm jack to phono lead and it will plug into pretty much any hifi or telly and use that to reproduce the sound . Easy.

Battery life I've found is ok but I never really go more than about 6 hours without charging. Don't buy as a music player to exercise to as it tends to struggle if you're jogging.

One final thing, there are various reports on the internet on how to open the player and carefully extract the 5GB harddrive which is then usable in some digital cameras for a massively reduced price compared to buying a camera specific 5Gb storage card. A slightly smaller card can then be put in the Muvo. May be useful for some.

I purchased the Creative Labs Nomad MuVo2 on 11.12. 04 on 13.12.04 it never worked. Customer service centre tried to help, however would only offer a replacement, which after this Creative experience I don't wish to repeat. I should have gone with the Ipod.

Creative Labs Nomad MuVo2 - I have owned this player for 6 months and mainly use it in the car with an adapter to play through my car stereo. The sound quality is great and as a standalone personal MP3 player is excellent, as long as you bin the headphones and get some little sennheisers or similar. I keep changing the volume when I mean to change the track which is annoying when I'm singing away in the car. This is due to the fiddly controller and nothing to do with my manly fingers. Another annoying thing for me is it seems to take a while to get going when you switch it on. Also, the battery doesn't seem to last long, though it is re-chargeable. Having said that, I live in Saudi at the moment so it does get quite hot. I can vouch for the fact it works in 50 degrees C if that helps anyone. I bought this player when it was more expensive and felt it was a good deal, however my friend has a couple of iPods and they are smart and not that expensive if you shop around. I take the player on holiday and it sounds great plugged into the creative travelsound speakers. Don't be put off by my comments though, at this price if you don't like it, throw it away.