# MP3 player for jogging

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-for-jogging/149905>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 21, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-for-jogging/149905 "2003-01-21T00:46:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-for-jogging/149905/21 "2003-01-22T01:38:44Z")

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> \*Originally posted by crawford \*  
> \*\*I like **Atrael’s** advice about re-encoding for jogging.
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> I own an iPod and love it. But I find it a little heavy for jogging. While it is true that the hard drive only spins up to replenish the 32MB buffer, it often won’t spin up while the unit is being shaken around. And when that happens, you sometimes have to reset the device, which I imagine would be a PITA while jogging.
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> My advice would be to find a device with no moving parts and lots of memory space. \*\*

yep… the weight is gonna be a problem too. The Samsung yepp that my wife has now is about the size of a pager.

I know she will not want something bigger. Or much bigger.

The Frontier labs model posted by rookie623 looks interesting.

I am surprised that there aren’t more of these units out there.

All of them seem to be either disk, or internal memory. No flash cards.

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