Speedo Aquabeat 2.0 MP3 Player Reviews

By Richard from Irvine , CA on 2/19/2013

Very  nice design, easy to use if you are basic computer user. Better than other waterproof mp3 player. Honestly This item is perfect to me while I am swimming. May be  each person  has different opinion, but it is based on their  lack of background. Honestly it is easy to use...... Price is fair..... What do you expect from water? Nice product.

By Ron Yip from Singapore on 1/11/2013

I use it for 30 minutes swim over 1.2 km and found that sound quality even when securely inserted, does not stay it.  And after a while, the sound quality drops significantly after re-insertion. It needs to be dried out which a swimmer would not like to experience such disruption

By DDD from USA on 1/5/2013

The MP3 Player is great, but the earphones don''t really stay in and don''t have the capacity to mold into my ear or bend around my ear properly to make a good, tight seal.  Thus I can''t hear when I swim.  I will be buying some new headphones to try and see if something else will work.

By Sarah G. from Chicago, IL on 1/4/2013

I was afraid to purchase this product after reading numerous complaints. I bought it anyway because it was the only one at a price I could afford. Listen: if you basic computer skills, this MP3 player is great. The icon pops up on your desktop, you load your songs. Done. The buttons on the product itself is simple. You are swimming and the unit sits on your goggles. You are supposed to be swimming, not playing DJ and it does the job. The only drawback is that it doesn''t support high-quality MP3, so you have to convert your songs... but it takes a minute with an app.

By Jim from Toledo, Ohio on 8/2/2012

This is my second Aquabeat. The first one inexplicably died, but SwimOutlet gave me credit for the purchase. I bought the latest model with 4 gigs, and it's performing just fine.
The trick to keeping the headphones working properly is to remove the hook that clamps over the ear. Insert the headphones into the ear before you enter the water, thus avoiding water in the ear canal.
The Aquabeat has improved my workouts tremendously.

Having 4 gigs of memory is great and the device has a radio, which I've not tried yet while swimming. The display screen is hard to see in the sun at an outdoor pool, but I really don't use it much. I hit play, and off I go.

By Catherine from VIrginia on 7/22/2012

I swim probably 3 hours per week. I need that music to make the time go faster
some good things-it plays music, downloading is easy,
-some not so good things
-It has good sound when both ear phones are working but often only 1 of them is working at a time-the earphones themselves are impossible to get around my ear so I stick the plugs in and have my cap hold the rest of it in place
-I changed the plugs to try to make them more secure in my ear-the others let water in-if water gets in the sound diminishes
-I can't read the digital display in the sunlight but I know the play, stop, and forward buttons so thats all I press
-I dont know how many of the features work-there is no pattern of long or short holds to choose different things like the radio or the favorites so I dont use them.-even after I've played with the buttons for a while, I still couldn't figure it out.
I contacted speedo and they have directed me to a different website than what the quick directions indicated-but I haven't looked at that yet

By reviewer from SF on 6/19/2012

Works OK.  Bigger than I expected.  Easy to use.

By DJ Code99 from Flagler Beach, FL on 5/29/2012

Let's start with the pros... I love the concept, very easy to use and load. Small, light weight with a nice long battery and nice sound...

Cons... I am not sold on the headphones... they are okay... I guess I expected a total ear plug with a speaker in the middle... I have to readjust them after 10 laps of hard swimming...

If the headphones could be improved, it would be a 5 star product...
I will most likey shop for the perfect fit for my ears

By curtis from ocala on 5/3/2012

I think i came into this with some overly high expectations.  I swam in high school and remembered loving to swim at the International YMCA in Orlando since during warm ups they pumped tunes through some underwater speakers (which was awesome)
Overall I found that I couldnt get the volume high enough for the music to actually be heard while swimming.  Kicking isnt too bad but still not as loud as I would like.
Im putting it down to the headphones as I plug in a standard set of headphones and I get really good volume out of the mp3 player.  

I'll be trying another set of waterproof headphones, but overall Im happy with the purchase.

By Scott from Boiling Springs, SC on 4/10/2012

I did quite a bit of research before committing to Speedo's Aquabeat 2.0. As far as the quality, it's pretty solid, holds more songs than I can listen to for days straight, and the display screen was definitely a bonus that I thought I wouldn't pay much attention to. After opening it up, I plugged it into my computer and waited a few seconds for it to automatically install the drivers. As it's plugged in, it also charges the built-in battery. Once it provided me a new drive letter, I began copying over several mp3's. Later that evening, the battery was fully charged and I unplugged it to start listening to it. Well, the sound quality was not that great but I was just pleased I could have some tunes while in the water. I tried another set of earphones and the quality did improve...so you may consider buying those separately.

Here's were the bad news begins...the first attempt of listening to this in the water, I quickly learned that every tiny drop of water that gets in or near my ear canal will block the sound from exiting the earplugs. I tried to create a water-tight seal, but that's never going to happen even if movement weren't an issue. I then took the ear plugs out and could hear the music on and off as I put my finger on ear plug...covering the hole where the sounds emit from. It was like night and day with the music going on and off.

To sum it up, it was very annoying/distracting to constantly hear the music cutting on and off in each ear independently. Within the first minute and after trying a few ways to fix the issue, I took it off and sent it back for a refund. I had high hopes for this mp3 player and wanted to figure out a way to make it work out...but in the end, it just needs more engineering to make it happen.