H2O Audio Interval Waterproof Headphone System for iPod Shuffle (2nd Gen)

I've been swimming with this waterproof iPod case/earphone system for several weeks now and so far it works very well. Over the past 20 years of lap swimming exercise I have had a variety of systems to listen to music in the pool, starting with the big & bulky Aquatunes pouch that held my Sony Walkman casette player to various sizes of the Otterbox to a completely waterproofed iPod shuffle, and now this H2O Audio Interval Waterproof iPod Shuffle case. The pro's: It's easy to insert the iPod shuffle and clamp it tight. The earphones are sealed and integral to the case, so they can't come out. You can buy lots of sizes of earbud covers to get a good watertight fit for your ears. If you buy extra warranty protection on your iPod, as I did from Best Buy, supposedly even if you get your iPod wet by sealing the case incompletely (the most likely error you can make when you use any waterproof case), your iPod will still be covered and will be repaired for free or replaced. Now for the...Read more

This product is in no way perfect, and in fact I am having a problem with mine and am trying to see if it may just be the one I got. But the review system says 5-stars is for "I Love It" and I can truly tell you that I love this case despite the minor problems I've had!

I was extremely excited the moment I got the case, and am very pleased with how well it works and its ease of use. In the month or so that I've been swimming with the case, I've really come to enjoy my swims a lot more and feel a lot less bored lap and lap in the pool.

Pros:
- The case is easy to attach to a set of goggles (and really is designed and meant for that) and seals well.
- The buttons require a little force to push (usually I use my thumb for the play button itself in the center) but I appreciate that they don't just press easily from a bump, a dive, or me shaking my head.
- The volume runs from quiet to extremely loud and music comes out clear in the water...Read more

I'm a former competitive swimmer and was excited to get this product, especially since it was endorsed by Michael Phelps. I was leary of the headphone system and unfortunately that proved to be true. The player comes with several earphone plugs in different sizes. I tried several of them and water continues to seep in and the plugs eventually fall out. Maybe it's my ears but it's incredibly annoying. I get about one lap done and I'm constantly stopping to adjust the headphones. If you do flip turns, it's especially bad as water naturally goes into your ears, thus pushing the headphones out. I tried the plugs/ears under my cap, cords over/under my ears, the entire unit/goggles under the cap and nothing works. Even the slight movements of the swimcap cause them to come loose. I'm returning this and will buy the swimp3 which I've personally tried from a friend and there's no comparison.