Creative Zen Sleek

I found that it freezes too often and for no reason which takes away the good points - if you can use your mp3 player when you want to, the fact that it has good features becomes irrelevant.

Apart from the bad points I have mentioned above, I am very pleased with the Creative Zen Sleek MP3 player. It can hold a fantastic amount of music. The radio is a very good feature, and it basically does the job. If you are determined to get a Zen, I would not recommend it. I would recommend the 20Gb Zen Micro.

You are able to put lot of songs and photos on. I got mind from Argos and it was only £110. I have had this mp3 player about 4 months and I think is very good.

I paid 200 for mine and now they are 100. Argos are refunding my money no question and they don't have them in stock any longer which makes me think its not such a great player after all. I think next time I'll pick a player that has been about for a bit rather than getting the latest model as I have now lost all my music!

Don't get it...i was really disappointed....thought a creative zen would be a better choice than the typical iPod but i was wrong!

I-pods may be great (not having tried one), but I really dislike them for no apparent reason other than the fact Apple (and seemingly the entire media) are trying to make the word "i-pod" synonymous with "mp3" player. However, when buying my MP3 player I was wary that Creative, not being a household name, might be inferior. Seven months on, I can happily report that I now love my Creative Zen Sleek with something approaching obsession.

The sound quality is excellent - very full, rounded and deep. when you first buy it the bass boost is not automatically switched on, so you need to fiddle with the settings to get the best sound.

It is extremely easy downloading songs off the internet (you don't get i-tunes I think, but you do get Napster, which is very extensive) and ripping songs from CD - it's about 2 minutes I think for a full length CD as long as you don't listen to it at the same time. Which If you've got 300+ CDs to rip is pretty important. The bundled "power cinema" package is a bit irritating though as I haven't yet worked out a way of removing it from my computer and it pops up automatically whenever I insert a new CD to rip.

Navigation is good, although perhaps a little too sensitive at times.

Design is good. Well, it doesn't look like an I-pod, which is definitely a bonus. Battery life is longer as well.

Main quibble is that the charger is a bit clunky, as it is connected to the USB connector device which you don't really need in your suitcase so it can be a bit annoying and cluttered.

Nice little features include "least played", and my personal favourite, putting "all tracks" on shuffle. Like an i-pod shuffle, but with your entire record collection. Or do what I have been known to do, and listen to your tracks in alphabetical order. Hours of fun (I'm easily pleased...)

If you are looking for a well-rounded player, with easy connectivity and you are a little bit more original than to default to an I-pod, then you should absolutely go for the Creative Zen Sleek.

I have just got my Creative Zen Sleek MP3 player, but I am still unsure how to use it. I did have the FM radio on, and then I inadvertently recorded 2 or 3 tracks which I would like to remove. Can anyone help please?

My daughter is on her third iPod. The first two developed faults and were replaced. The iTunes software messed up our PC. I really wouldn't have one given to me freely.

Without the slightest interest in fashion or icon status, I wanted sound quality and reliability. That's what I got with the Creative Zen Sleek MP3 player.

Nice to use, nice to listen to, and good battery life. I invested in some Shure earphones which fit inside the ear, and they give superb sound quality, but you can only use them when you really don't care what's going on around you, as they block almost everything out. Be very careful crossing roads!

he bottom line is it's not a fashion statement, but it does what it is intended to do extremely well. Highly recommended.

The Creative Zen Sleek is a well laid out MP3 player with great features! The sound quality is brilliant, but like all in-ear headphones, you might want a bit more bass in your music, so the best headphones to buy would the ones that go round the back of your head and sit just outside your ears.

The MP3 player itself looks great, and it is very stylish. The thing I hate when reading other reviews is all they ever talk about is what the thing looks like and how good it looks. An MP3 player is for listening to good music, and not to stare at, so would people please wise up and start talking about the sound quality and what someone wants to hear!

There are about 8 different equalizers on this thing, but if you want the full benefit, go to custom eq. Bass boost will distort if you have it at full volume, but turn it off and the sound is crystal clear at full volume.

Basically, if you're looking for one of the best sound quality MP3 players on the market, then this one is for you. My dad has a the Sony NWA 1000, which isn't loud enough, and the quality just isn't as good; so if this can beat Sony in sound quality, then it's the best one out there.

I was recommended the Creative brand of MP3 players by a friend who owns a Creative Zen Micro. I decided it would be better to have the next one up from hers, with a larger capacity. The Creative Zen Sleek was well worth the money, as I have been able to record music from the radio and put several albums on it without filling it up at all. I can put up to 10,000 songs on it, which enables me to add all my friends CD's too.

It hasn't gone wrong yet, which is surprising, as I've dropped it several times already!

I love the look, and it's not too heavy! It's great! I'm really happy with the purchase, and I recommend the Creative Zen Sleek MP3 player to all!

The Creative Zen Sleek is simply one of the best MP3 players I have ever come across. It has a memory capacity of 20GB, which is enough space to hold around 5,000 songs; enough to easily add your music collection. The sound quality from the headphones is very good, and with such features as an FM radio to which you can set preset stations (a useful asset) you're spoilt for choice with the options it contains.

The vertical touch-pad does take some time to get used to, but once you've got to grips with it you'll find selecting programs a breeze. In my own view I find the Zen Sleek a valuable piece of kit for any music lover, and it is a real rival for the iPod.