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revolutionconcepts Frontside 180


Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 453 City: Winter Park
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Posted: May 30, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: ipod hitting the water at 22mph?? |
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ok ipods use a spinning disk correct? So wouldn't it ruin an ipod if you ride with it embraces heavy impacts from falls? I would think a flash memory type device would be better....like the liquid force thing that is out...has anyone used it or heard
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Nekkie Backside 180


Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1746 City: Tahiti baby!
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Posted: May 30, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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revolutionconcepts, I got an H2O housing for my nanoa and never had a problem with it. no bugs what so ever after hard falls
I love riding with the tunes ^^ _________________
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DRAGON88 Dragoon

Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1020 City: Portland
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Posted: May 30, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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Depends, some iPods such as the Nano and Shuffle are flashed based so they would not really have a problem with impact. Another thing to consider is that an iPod's HDD is not always spinning it only spins when it needs to. So say you have a playlist of 3 hours, every 25-45 minutes (depending on generation of iPod.) the iPod's HDD will spool up for about 30 seconds to write the requested files (songs.) onto the memory. (buffer)
Theoretically flash memory is better for high impact things, but HDD's are really not venerable unless they are spinning. So if you fall when the iPod is buffering and take a really really hard impact on something, then yes, there is a possibility of damaging the HDD. I'm not really sure that water at 22-25 mph would really be all that hard on the device, as your body would probably be taking most of the impact. IE dissipating the energy. _________________ The aforementioned postings and musings are the opinions of myself in their entirety and are not the opinions of wakeskating.com |
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Dered Frontside 180


Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 439 City: Calgary
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Posted: May 30, 2006 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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revolutionconcepts, I sell Ipods and DRAGON88 put it perfectly. BUT if you are looking at using it for skateboarding as well as other board sports where there might be impact, like DRAGON88 said the Nano is a flash player so its super durable... physically. A 30GB or 60GB deffinatly has a risk of damage, but even then, its pretty durable. I know I have a 30GB and I have dropped it while I was skateboarding and shizzle. shes fine for now, but like I said the "risk" is a little higher. _________________ No Falls - No Balls |
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urinal mint Backside 180


Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 1990
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Posted: May 30, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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if you ask me i think it's ridiculous to wear an expensive ipod while on the water. flash would be idea if you HAVE to have it.
"but HDD's are really not venerable unless they are spinning."
umm..don't know if you've ever opened a harddrive but everything is VERY close together. if the readers/heads touch the plates it could damage it. spinning or no spinning you're really gambling your money by taking a harddrive on the water. |
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Dered Frontside 180


Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 439 City: Calgary
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Posted: May 30, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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urinal mint, thats what I was saying... Your best bet is to go with a flash player... aka Ipod Nano... and thats only like 179$ canadian for a 1GB... You deffinatly would not use 240 songs in one sesh so that would be plently of capacity... _________________ No Falls - No Balls |
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shane Frontside 180


Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 493 City: Lost
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Posted: May 30, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Nekkie, did you get your nano housing off of H2O Audio's online store? They are out of stock now, and I want to listen to Milosh on my next session!  _________________ Get ya' hair did. |
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DRAGON88 Dragoon

Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1020 City: Portland
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Posted: May 30, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Urnial Mint, yes, actually I have. I've also read stories of people taking out HDD's and throwing them down stairs, kicking them etc. Then when they plugged them in they still worked fine.
Although the tolerances are really tight in a HDD they are still pretty durable. If you're going to be literally abusing a storage medium then yes compact flash memory is the way to go.
Especially given the nature of most waterproof cases I would not be very concerned with hurting the HDD. The case would probably take the grunt of the impact anyways, and it would take one hell of an impact to damage a non spinning HDD, especially considering most modern drives actually "stop" the disk when it's not in use... _________________ The aforementioned postings and musings are the opinions of myself in their entirety and are not the opinions of wakeskating.com |
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urinal mint Backside 180


Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 1990
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Posted: May 30, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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if you ask me, i'd rather play with a paper shredder and 3 $100 bills, at least it would be more amusing. |
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DRAGON88 Dragoon

Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1020 City: Portland
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Posted: May 30, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Neat!
Have fun with that. _________________ The aforementioned postings and musings are the opinions of myself in their entirety and are not the opinions of wakeskating.com |
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Nekkie Backside 180


Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1746 City: Tahiti baby!
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Posted: May 30, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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shane, got it at the greenhouse ride shop
and I really dont fear for my nano while skating... _________________
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scott a "a" is for angel

Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126
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Posted: May 30, 2006 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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if youre just gonna be using the music while you ride, you'd be better off getting the LF player. it comes with waterproof earphones which sound half decent and also a strap to keep it on your arm. its not a necessity, but its kinda cool. if you get an ipod i would get a flash unit because there's no moving parts. i know of people whose 20g ipods have been damaged from just running. and then after buying the ipod, you'd have to get a waterproof case for it. that'll setup will run you significantly more money than the LF player, but you can store more songs on it and you'd be "cool" walking around with your white headphones. sweet ass. _________________ facebook.com/TheLiquidPlayground
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nottoldyet Frontside 180


Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 257 City: orlando
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Posted: May 31, 2006 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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anyone know about oregon scientific 1 gig player waterproof. looking at getting one of ebay thier like $150 _________________ Choose your own path before it is chosen for you
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Steven M 2 Legit 2 Quit

Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 3638 City: Menlo Park/ Bay Area
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Posted: May 31, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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I have the 256mb Oregon Scientific and it works great. Ear buds fall out on hard falls, but stay in for everything else... _________________ Scuba Steve's Wakeskate Film Libray |
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Posted: May 31, 2006 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Nekkie, you can get them for nano's? |
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revolutionconcepts Frontside 180


Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 453 City: Winter Park
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Posted: Jun 02, 2006 12:10 am Post subject: |
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yea im going to stick to flash memory...my ipod is kinda messed up just from jogging...i could only imagine a summer of hard falls...i just wondered if alot of people have had any problems with the h20case thingy....im sure time will tell _________________ ::REVOLUTION CONCEPTS::
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