Can I buy any Sandisk Sansa Fuze?

[ray]

Hello Rockbox world,

It's been a very long time since I've been on here.

I still have my trusty iRiver H100, but the battery cannot hold much of a charge anymore so I'm looking for Rockbox alternatives.

The Sandisk Sansa Fuze appears to be a good candidate since you can still buy them in stores (well at least some of the online stores).

My question is can you just buy any off-the-shelf Fuze?  I'm guessing the ones in the store are Fuze v2.

I know there are some differences between Fuze v1 and Fuze v2 with the way Rockbox handles support for v2 (which is close to being considered stable).

Or do you recommend any other players?

Thanks for reading!

[saratoga]

http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaAMS

But yes any player will work.

[ray]

Thanks saratoga.
I'm aware of that wiki page, I just wanted some opinions from other Rockbox users.

I think there should be a section on the wiki which states what players are still available to purchase on the market.

[saratoga]

It should be this page, but I notice it hasn't been updated since we added a few targets:

http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaAMS?topic=BuyersGuide

[ray]

Thanks saratoga.

That's a helpful link.  Will look into it.

[Didgeridoohan]

As a former Iriver H300 user I can warmly recommend the Fuze. I've got the V2 myself and have hardly had any problems. There is the occasional crash, but nothing that a reset hasn't been able to fix. The size of the player combined with the large storage space provided by the microsd slot is absolutely brilliant!

[Multiplex]

I still have my trusty iRiver H100, but the battery cannot hold much of a charge anymore so I'm looking for Rockbox alternatives.

It is pretty easy to change the battery in your H100... There are good tutorials on Misticriver.

Of course, a new smaller, flash based player, is an attractive proposition ;-)

[lestatar]

...SNIPPED...I've got the V2 myself and have hardly had any problems. There is the occasional crash, but nothing that a reset hasn't been able to fix. The size of the player combined with the large storage space provided by the microsd slot is absolutely brilliant!

I agree wholeheartedly with Didgeridoohan - the Rockbox/Fuze combination is excellent and has now become my daily player of choice.

My own stability has been quite excellent as well - only about 4 crashes in 2 months of near daily use [and I suspect 2 of the crashes were caused by me being a bonehead]...

FWIW...

[ray]

Thanks for the replies everyone.
Looks like I'll try a Fuze or a Clip.

Would prefer not to buy a refurbished one, but they're just so goddamn cheap!

It is pretty easy to change the battery in your H100... There are good tutorials on Misticriver.

Yeah, I know I could change the battery, but the battery costs ~$20 (about half the price of a Fuze) and I don't have the dedicated screwdriver needed to open it up.

[Fleeto]

I got mine from ecost and it was rev1. It's the 4GB version which I have an external 8GB microSD. I've had rockbox on it from v3.5.1 and is upgraded to 3.6. 

linky:http://www.ecost.com/Detail.aspx?edp=54501935&navid=155441519
$35.00

ecost also has the 8GB version but I don't know if they are the rev2 which is $40

[lionfury]

I have a fuze v2 and rockbox runs fine on it.