The Sandisk Sansa Clip comes in a variety of bright sporty colours.

The device is fitted with a spring-loaded clip which provides a surprisingly powerful grip.

It is extremely lightweight and has tremendous ease of use.

Other selling points are FM Radio, and Audible compatibility.

There is a black 1 GB edition which retails at around £25.00.

Better value is the 2 GB edition which offers a variety of colours and retails starting at around £30.00.

Features all the basics that you would expect with a 2 GB device in terms of file management and navigation.

For longer recordings it is possible to pause the player and switch off, and the player will remember your position when you switch on again.

Audible books compatibility allows the player to be used with the Audible file format with all the extra advantages that come with those.

The are no significant negatives, but the following points are worth noting:

 

- Battery is recharged via USB, can have a life of 15 hours but in reality this is unlikely to be achieved

- Has a functional but rudimentary screen display

-The highest volume level may be insufficient to allow you to listen to an audiobook in a very noise background environment

 

All in all the benefits greatly outweigh the disadvantages.