This cost me $83. It was worth every penny. Well, it was a gift but still. I got home and after reading the manual which I believe was translated directly from German, I knew the same about how to use it as before. After 20 blank cds of experimentation, I finally figured out how to use it. I don't think it should take that many cds but my burner was broken and I didn't even know it. But now, the MpTrip is one of my favorite things. Its great to bring on vacation (one cd holds almost 200 songs), in a car (it doesn't skip), or to school to show of to your friends (it's cool.)

After over 150 hours of use, I have a few suggestions/comments: if you put it in a bag, turn on the hold switch or it will turn on and eat you batteries or get you in trouble in class. If you do put it in one the hold, be careful because mine get hit in hold and it took me and a few other people a little while to get it to work again. Make sure you don't drop it/leave the batteries in when you use the adapter as this has now caused my MpTrip to consume batteries at a rate of 2 per half hour. The small buttons are annoying, especially the "next" and "preview" buttons. Also, if you take it to the beach, watch out for the sand because it had to take mine apart to clean out all the sand.

All in all I recommend this for any one who likes to listen to music.

Recommended: Yes