SanDisk Sansa e130 (512 MB) MP3 Player

Having used this MP3 player for several weeks now, I have seen its pros and cons clearly. I bought this model because a) its is currently considered the older model = cheaper b) it is expandable with an SD card (up to 2 GB) and c) has some body too it, it isn’t just one of those tiny matchbox sized ones with a 1cm screen. So far I am very happy with my purchase. The screen has the artist, album and track name on separate lines making it very easy to see. If you scroll through the menu screens you will have many options for customized playback, including a detailed equalizer, one of my favorite features. If you have an ear for music, when you get yours, set this and turn of the SRS WOW effect. For anyone that doesn’t know how to set this up to your musical taste, play around with the WOW, FOCUS, TruBass and SRS 3D effects. One of these 5 options is guaranteed to fit your taste. The volume levels put out by this player is also sure to satisfy. Some mp3 players only go so loud or only so soft. This model covers both ends of the spectrum, you can keep the volume low enough to fall asleep to or loud enough to blast your favorite song and feel as though you are standing in front of the PA at the concert. On to the physical design; I love the fact that this mp3 player is easily held in my hand and all the major buttons (Play/Pause, Back, Skip, and Repeat) are all on the front. It makes it much easier to change through songs while driving in the car. With some of the smaller players, you have to maneuver it around in your fingertips till you get to the buttons on the side/bottom/top. My vote goes to this model for its design. With that covering the few pros that I can think of off the top of my head at 2:05 AM, now on to the short list of cons. My only real negative thought about this player is that is does not take folder/file structure into account. Simply put, it jumps around between artists because is plays songs by track listing I think. So, to combat this dilemma, I just hit the menu button on the side and "Play by Artist." This brings up a complete list of all the artists in the memory and allows the user to select a particular artist and it will play all the files by only that artist. This works fine for me because I upload entire cds on there, not just tracks. I'll wrap this up so I can get to bed soon by saying it’s a great MP3 player for the money. The player is user friendly, it comes with a clear case, armband, and surprisingly very good sounding earbud headphones. Once purchased, I recommend turning off the SRS WOW and just setting the equalizer to match your preference (i.e. more bass, more vocals (mid-range), more high-end (treble). Also if you have a couple extra dollars, $19 to be exact, go out and get a 2GB SD Card. If you wait, I'm sure the price of the cards will continue to go down seeing as 2 years ago I spent $70 on a 128MB card and last month I spent the $19 on 2GB card. To anyone that has no idea what that means, 2GB = roughly 2,000MB, so 128MB vs. 2,000MB. Big difference in space. Long story short, this MP3 player easily matches the performance of more expensive mp3 players while saving you a small fortune. It is perfect for the car, gym, napping, boring lecture classes, etc. If you're reading this, hopefully you found this review helpful, if not, read it again or look elsewhere for more reviews. Good luck.

For the price this is a great set. I bought my daughter a 4gb(not cheap)Ipod and she downloads tons of stuff on it. I didn't need a unit that can do that, I just needed something that wouldn't skip on me at the gym and sounded decent. This unit is perfect for that purpose. I give it a 5 out of 5 because of the price. I use the treadmill all the time and have had problems with other earplugs falling out but the ones that come with this unit stay on and sound good. Also, very easy to download music, I use limewire to download and I can delete songs I get tired of and add new ones very easily with this unit. Advice, shop around, I bought my new and online at Circuit City for $52 bucks.

I would like to say that this mp3 player (sansa e130) is a great player, very versital and I love the headphones that come with it, by the way sony sells the same headphones for 40.00 bucks just for the same headphones (only) that come with this unit. that alone is worth the price. the only thing you must do is download new firmware from sandisk website the upgrade is free and will cure the problems of reading new sd cards. other than that it is GREAT. don't pay more than 60.00 bucks though. but look at it it can be used to hold files other than music. and you can't buy 512 sd cards for the price of the entire unit plus great headphones. very good sound has 5 auto settings of EQ, and you can manually set the EQ of what you want. the WOW system works very well. I have heard that some people felt like they don't get the volume out of it. BS you can get this unit only to 3/4 of the volume and your ears will hurt. Bass response is very good. this unit stacks up to the best of them. Most all of the reviews will give about 4 out of 5 and thats about right because they are not being real and compare it to 100.00 or more units. for the price i give it 5 out of 5. Lets face it Ipod corners the market right now 30 gigs wow not bad for 300 bucks mp4 with video. only problem they all will see in the future is the built-in battery. just like my notebook cpu last about a year then your going to have to give it away because they didn't look at the future. 80 gigs with the opt to use your own recharge batts. thats the way to go. untill then, well will see. getting back to the e130 go for it. Now remember it you want to buy more memory its going to cost. thats the only thing you have to remember if you have a few sd card laying around than you will benefit otherwise paying for more memory is going to cost you more to upgrade than if you just went ahead a purchased the 1 gb. for 20 bucks more but then look at it you are at the 80 buck range stay with the amount of music you need or go for bust and buy the Ipod 30 gb. what i am saying is the 512 is the limit with great sound quality that fits a budget, any more that this you hit the black hole and you will be left wishing you bought the 30 gb Ipod. I have seen the review that the sound has some echo no it is in the way you set the wow system on it. Bottom line buy it for the 512 mb and use it for that, don't think your think you are going to upgrade it by buying more sd cards. like i said its a great mp3, card reader, storage so on and so on. I use it for the 512 and have a card i use that is a 256 helps but i will not buy any more sd cards for it.

If you are looking to buy a NICE MP3 player, the Sansa e130 MP3 player is highly recommendable. For around $80.00, you get everything you need - MP3 player, download wire, instructions disk, AAA battery and the instructions. Very easy to use also. Plays MP3's and it also has a FM radio.
I love that the Sansa has a lite up LCD screen to view the song, time the song has been playing, and time the song has left to play.
The only thing I dislike about the Sansa is the earbuds. They are VERY confortable fitting which I liked, but after using them for three weeks only, the wire broke where it conects to the MP3 player. That is why I rated it a 4/5. So if you do buy the Sansa, do buy a extra, high quality pair of earbuds.

BriefSales

I bought this mp3 player for the fact it runs on AAA batteries instead of having an internal battery. I had one before that quite charging so I couldn't use it anymore. I also like the fact you can add memory with an sd card.

I am listening to the e130 right now and it sounds fantastic! I bought a great pair of headphones (earbuds) for it. As the previous reviewer said the sound quality is great if you are listening to a good source. I like 192 or better. 192 wma or 256 mp3. This is a great little player and the fact it accepts sd cards is great as well.

IF you need a cheap MP3 player, this is an easy choice. This Sandisk does not require you to install any software. It acts as another drive, so you just plug it in your USB and transfer files from folder to folder. A good choice for the gym, but not quality in sound. It get the job done though.

Bought a SanDisk model e130 for my wife about 18 months ago and she loved it. Being able to add another 2 GB card filled with music is great and the reason I bought this model for her. After 18 months the screen would no longer display anymore. If you search the internet, that appears to be a relatively common problem with the e130 wearing out, so I bought another on eBay to replace it.
The unit I bought on eBay was great (so far) and the seller was A++.
Pros- GREAT Unit for the money and I love the expandability. Sound is very good for the $.
Con - SanDisks' lack of support (when a unit that has reported issues and only 6 months out of warranty)and they didn't care. 1st e130 only lasted 18months with normal use and I had to replace it: durability is an issue which made me think hard about replacing it with the same brand, but she wanted this model.
The eBay buying experience with this unit was GREAT - Great seller, product, and shipping time.

I had received an MP3 player (Sandisk Sansa 130) for Chrismas two years ago. Recently it broke. So Sad!!! I purchased this MP3 player again on Ebay. I bought one for myself and one for my husband. We both love the fact that you can turn it off and when you turn it back on it is at the same place you left off. This is important when listening to an audiobook! Have not found anything I do not like about it. I recommend this MP3 player!!

Kathie

I bought this because it was affordable and I needed something quick. My last MP3 player was an older model of Sansa and I loved it. This one I'm not as impressed with. The biggest annoyance is the inability to organize your music. No more creating folders and playing what I wanted, when I wanted. The e130 organizes them how it wants to - and ignores any folders you may have set up. It sounds good and works well - although I've noticed the buttons are a little sluggish.
If I were able to organize my music I would have given this a much higher rating. But that little oversight takes this from "a great MP3 player" to "a constant battle" and I definitely won't buy another one.

I purchased this MP3 because I wanted to be able to flip between SD cards to have books, meditatiion sounds & music on different cards. The only thing I don't like about this player is the fact it puts all the different music directories together and sorts the music by Genre, Title, Music type, etc. This also is a very neat feature if you use it. It has a great set of ear buds with several different size plastic caps. All in all, a great buy for the money.

I love this player. It's small, runs on one AAA battery which gives me 10-12 hours of listening. It's very easy to transfer MP3s to - it hooks up to a USB port. It also has an FM radio. And unlike the Ipod - it has an off button!

My SanDisk didn't come with headphones or USB cable. My USB camera cable hooked it up to the computer and I still have my white Ipod headphones.

It's a small but versitile MP3 player with great sound. I like it a who lot better than my Ipod mini.

This is the second Sandisk I purchased from this seller. I may purchase a third as a back up. I like the extended memory of this Sandisk.

Good seller, fast service great communications

You can't ask for a better player. Expandable, inexpensive, and easy to use; with the best quality sound I've heard from an MP3 ever! I use my E130 in the car alot, and it's wonderful how versatile it is. Seriously, the preset EQ settings are perfect. The other E130 I bought belongs to my friend, and he is quite impressed as well. You can sort through your music without stopping the current track!!
Both are running on recharchable Ni-MH AAA's. So when a battery runs low it's a simple cell change, and you're set for another 20+some hours! I love it!:D

Can't do any of that with our nano clones... And battery life was terrible, lol.
What a difference!

I'm a pretty simple guy and I don't need a lot of bells and whistles (if I want to see a movie I'll go to a theater and if I want to send email I'll use my home computer, etc.). So, these relative inexpensive Sansa MP3 players are perfect for me.

SanDisk has GREAT customer service and support if you have questions but the player itself is extremely easy to use and provides every bit of the music quality you'd expect in a more expensive unit.

I love the little SD memory cards. I put different genres on different cards and simply plug them in when I want to listen to something different (I use a SanDisk Card Reader on my computer). I've got Elvis' whole collection on one, Christmas music on another, and so on.

For the price, you really can't go wrong. This one I bought used on eBay was ideal at a terrific value price.

If you are looking for cheap reliable alternative with lot sof functionality - backed by a great brand - Sandisk Sansa e100 series.. particularly e130 and e140 are for you.

Goods:
- Great sound, amazing SRS WOW effect..almost feels like you have a very high quality surround sound all for you.
- Cheap - you can easily find them in mid $30s to $40s.
- Add 2 gig SD card and you can have all the music you want.
- Ton of extra options like armband for if you wanna take it jogging, sync software, neat clear case to protect from scratches, nice fitting earphones.

Bads of the player:
- No folders/lists which you can use to organize your music readily. You have to rely on the sort by album, artist etc. that the player has everytime you want to look for something.
- Does not sound as great with car audio when when i used a high quality car adapter.
- Not many plug in speakers available where you can just plug it in and listen to your music when you are not feeling like sticking ear buds up your ears.
- Use a high speed SD card and this baby will crash like you have never seen anything. It only works with standard SD cards.

Overall, great value for money if you don;t mind some sacrifices.

I LIKE THE SANDISK SANSA E130. THE LIGHTED DISPLAY MAKES IT EASY TO SEE WHICH SONGS ARE PLAYING. THE EXPANDABLE MEMORY GIVES YOU AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF MUSIC THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD. YOU CAN LABEL YOUR FAVORITES. FOR THE PRICE IT'S A GREAT BUY. FROM A MANUFACTURER YOU CAN TRUST.

i loved this item,it fits alot of songs.its great for anyone!!i bought it because ipods arent for everyone.this is affordable.i recommend this mp3 player over any other mp2 player any day of the week.

My 13 year old daughter received this last November. She loves it. Or shall I say loved it. Last month she was washing dishes and leaned into the countertop with the MP3 player in her front pocket. The screen cracked. It was difficult to get help about it through Sandisc, we gave up on it. Generic emails that send you to someone else, to someone else, to someone else. And the link to their customer service is invalid. She loved this player so much, and it was so easy to use, sounded excellent and has great features. So,in her Easter basket will be a new MP3 player. Same exact one, and also a good protector case. I recommend it for this price range.

great holds about 75-100 songs works extremely well definate must works lke a 2nd gen ipod great softwere

I like the ability to use a SD drive to play my MP3 files. One of the things that I find wrong with using this MP3 Player is that the thumb control appears to have a tendency to jump, giving you weird results. Overall, I would have to say that this is a very handy device.

Purchased this for my 7 year old who's previous player (not a SanDisk) had quit working. Wanted something easy for her to use that would hold enough music to take her through trips around town and vacation road trips. This player is SO easy to use! Simple to add files to, and easy enough for her to use that she had it figured out within one trip. Sound quality is actually pretty good, and battery life is surprisingly long. I would recommend this player for someone who wants something basic and easy to use.

Item is about half the size of a flip phone, takes memory cards up to 8GB.. seeing that's the biggest I had to test with, the 512 is plenty to hold enough for a workout and the expansion is perfect for backup and long trips. I have the RCA one with the multiple colors and it's much smaller, but this one is thinner and not as bulky so that's a plus as well.