Iomega Hipzip 31311 40 MB MP3 Player

Pros: small, expandable memory
Cons: never worked right, disks were hard to find, sound wasn't good

Typically, I am an impulsive shopper. However, when I set out to buy an MP3 player, I actually tried to do a little research. I read a few Epinions on various models, and hit Best Buy’s computer department with an idea of models that I didn’t ...

Pros: Amazing sound, great idea, small, batteries...lots of things...
Cons: Noisy, hard to get used to, firmware makes me want to cry

I bought the RCA Lyra Digital Audio Player awhile ago. I soon realized that unless I wanted to listen to music at 64 kilobytes per second (NOT great quality), 32 megabytes was not enough. So I headed out and found myself a 64 megabyte card to add to my...

Pros: Lightweight, portable, stylish, cheap media, great sound, versatile. New low price!
Cons: The factory headphones aren't great.

I chose the Iomega HipZip because I trust the Iomega name. I have been purchasing Iomega products since the Zip drive first came out. This product has continued my pleasure with Iomega.

Installing the drive on the computer is as easy as...

Pros: Inexpensive & expandable media, WMA compatible, great sound, battery life
Cons: Unexplained freeze-ups, non-replaceable battery, larger than some players

The Hipzip (HZ) represents my first MP3 player purchase. Quite honestly, the only reason I purchased this player instead of a competitor was the fact that I know someone who works for Iomega, and I knew that I would get some free media—the click! or...

Pros: Easy to access buttons, good quality construction, cheap media! (Yay! =)
Cons: Headphones suck, but most stock headphones do... A little expensive..

Okay, so I am an amateur nature photographer. Sometimes to get to some of the more interesting spots, you wind up doing quite a bit of walking. So I figured I'd pick up an MP3 player because:

A. Its easier to make your own mixes that...

Pros: Low cost click-disks. Rechargeable. Rugged looks.
Cons: Big. Earphones are yukky!

I have been nibbling at the edges for months now for an MP3 player. I have been downloading files, crunching CD's and playing around with MP3's for a few years, but never got serious about a player until recently.

I evaluated and angsted over...

Pros: A whole LOT of built-in features, fast USB connection, built-in software and drivers allow for fast installation, lots of free extras, excellent hardware capabilites
Cons: It'll cost you an arm and a leg

Mp3 player or minidisc? Both types of digital audio players have their strengths and weaknesses. Mp3 players are small, light, and incredibly versatile with USB capabilities and direct file transfers, but are limited to the amount of memory they have....

Pros: Comes with 2 40MB disks. Serves as a zip disk and an MP3 player. Has a backlit display. Has a 12 hours long Lithium Ion battery. Comes with an AC adapter. Great music output. Has USB drivers built into firmware. Comes with protective case.
Cons: Lousy earphones by comparison. A little too bulky. Case does not fit snuggly.

You can never have the best when it comes to technology. The simple reason being that the shelf life of gadgets like MP3 players and other computer peripherals is so short. When I realized that I needed a portable music device for the long trips back...

Pros: Lots of music for the price, great battery, and usable for more than music.
Cons: New Archos and Treo players might be better values; no car adapter available yet

I wanted to get an MP3 player in time for my vacation -- my wife and I went to northern California for two weeks in December -- so I could take some of my large (500+ CDs) music collection with me, especially on the plane. Players like the Diamond Rio...

Pros: Small, fun to tinker with, extra disks are cheap, ease of use.
Cons: VERY buggy, both hardware and software wise. Will break very quickly (within a month).

I wrote this huge review for this little toy, because I was so pleased with it. It was working wonderfully...then it broke. If you recall a children's book called "Matilda", the father is a used car salesman who would sell cars that would work just...

Pros: Cheap disks, also a hard drive, lots of extras, lots of fun!!
Cons: The Headphones suck, and it may be a little big, but nothing major

I've had an old Rio 300 for a long time. That's the old-school one with 32 MB of memory. I wanted more space so I tried to expand it, but I didn't think it was worth it to buy a $100+ SmartMedia card. So I looked around for a new player but I couldn't...

Pros: No CDs=No skipping
Cons: Moving parts=easy to break

The Intro:

Before I got the Iomega Hipzip Digital Audio Player 40MB, I had been looking for a good, portable MP3 player for a long time, without success. A CD-MP3 player I bought was just terrible, it skipped on any light jostle, so I returned...

Pros: Uses little inexpensive disks to expand music storage.
Cons: Large size. Small amount of music fits on each disk.

Purchasing an Iomega HipZip makes sense if you're the type of consumer who enjoys owning new technology but doesn't care if it still emulates in some fashion the old technology it's trying to replace. Think of the HipZip as a marriage between MP3...

Pros: Great Quality, easy to use, easy to add more storage, built-in battery
Cons: Noisy, hard to charge battery

I looked far and wide for an MP3 player that would suit all of my needs, and I had quite a few of them. I wanted a player that could hold a lot of high-quality music, a player that didn't "eat" up batteries, a player that was relatively inexpensive, and...

Pros: functions as both an mp3 player and a zip drive
Cons: non-replaceable battery, small (memory) disk size

The Iomega HipZip is a great little mp3 player. I'll start with the pros:

1. The HipZip can function as both an mp3 player and a zip drive. This comes in very handy when I am transfering files too and from my computers at home and work, and...

Pros: Great sound, Great concept.
Cons: Headphones.

You have to admire the people at Iomega. They have a product called a Click drive which nobody wants. Originally it was supposed to be for photographers who were on vacation and used up the storage on their memory cards. The idea was to download your...

Pros: Ability to use inexpensive Clik disks, good sound quality
Cons: Headphones, Quick Start Guide Installation Procedure

I've had my Iomega HipZip MP3 player for about a week now and I believe my money was well spent. I bought this MP3 player because of the ability to use Clik disks. Clik disks are inexpensive and you won't run out of space if you have enough of them....

Pros: Removable media. Good sound quality. Can play songs loud!
Cons: Questionable quality. Buggy firmware. Packaged headphones are pathetic.

I love the ability to take my music anywhere nowadays. I started with the Walkman, then moved up to a Discman, started toying with MiniDisc players, and then now MP3 players. I love the fact that with MP3 players, you can transfer songs very quickly...

Pros: Cheap media cost, rugged design, easy drag and drop usage
Cons: Expensive, no FM radio

I felt it was time to get with the MP3 trend for my next portable music device. Most of the MP3s on the market are differentiated along the following lines:

Fixed Media: These feature non-removable media(the recording area-either semiconductor...

Pros: Made for working out this design is perfect. Expandable at $10 a cartridge
Cons: Tough to know if this is going to be an acceptable medium in the future

The first line of mp3 players were plagued by their inability to expand as consumers wanted to be able to store more than an hour of music. They tried making large mp3 players that could hold 150 CD's, but they were too big and bulky.

Then...

Pros: Unlimited storage, dual purpose, great battery life and sound quality
Cons: Expensive, buggy

Portable music has made major advancements over years. First came vinyl records, which were very large and not very portable at all. Next we had 8 tracks, which I am too young to even remember, but I hear they were in and out of style in the blink of an...

Pros: Moving text! Expanded options, great disks
Cons: biggish, delayed reaction time.

I had been thinking about getting any MP3 player alot because I have about 200megs worth of mp3’s on my hard drive. So, when Christmas time came, I went shopping! I looked at a lot of mp3 players, and not so many were Mac compatible but the Iomega HipZip...

Pros: Inexpensive, expandable memory
Cons: Some features are not obvious; a little pricey

I had researched portable MP3 players quite extensively and the Iomega HipZip seemed to me like the best option, especially in terms of expandability. The Clik discs are wonderful for storing at least 8-10 songs. Adding and deleting songs are very...

Pros: Versatility, sound quality, battery life and portability.
Cons: Included headphones

I recently became hooked on MP3 players. First, I bought the otherworldly Casio Wrist Audio WMP-1V. Everybody who sees it loves it, it sounds great, but it is not easy to upload MP3s to it and 32 Mb of memory was barely enough to hold a single CD....

Pros: Upgradeable, durable, rechargeable battery, USB, loud and clear sound
Cons: Headphones that come with it

This is an excellent player, the best available in my opinion. I looked around and read every review around and settled on this player.

It has a lithium rechargable battery, which means no costs to buy batteries (Savings #1). It does not have...

Pros: lithium battery, storage, expandability, price ect.
Cons: none

This is an excellent player, the best available in my opinion. I looked around and read every review around and settled on this player.

It has a lithium rechargable battery, which means no costs to buy batteries (Savings #1). It does not have...

Pros: Combination mp3 player/disk drive, inexpensive media, multi format playback, comes with 80mb and carrying case, excellent upload speed, built in rechargeable battery
Cons: none i can think of

This product is truly a top notch product in the field in which it resides. I have dabbled with various mp3 players with less than satisfying results, until i decided to purchase this beauty. The Hip Zip is the greatest thing to happen to mp3's since...

Pros: Versatile can store music or files
Cons: Mechanical parts

I started out looking for various MP3 players on the market. Some
were small (Sony stick), some were bulky (CD player size), some just
looked plain ugly. There are USB versions, Parallel versions, and I saw
one that had both USB and...

Pros: Small, Big Screen, PocketZip expandability
Cons: Slight pause in between songs, vibrates when accessing data.

My whole MP3 player fascination started when the Rio300 came out. I immediately got one. However, this MP3 player broke numerous times, and I had to keep shipping it back to the manufacturer, and so fourth. Over time, I realized I needed a more durable,...

Pros: Terrific sound quality, Uses inexpensive Click discs, Supports WMA
Cons: Awful headphones, Very limited storage capacity

Ah, the joys of portable MP3 players! Hours and hours of music compressed for your listening pleasure and available for your morning jog, your work-out at the gym, your stroll with baby, your cross-country jaunt in the SUV. Well, there has been an...

Pros: Doubles as a storage drive, doesn't skip, great sound quality
Cons: A bit pricey for initial investment

The HipZip MP3 player from Iomega is the best player/drive out there. Not only does it play MP3s, it also doubles as a mini-storage drive, so you can store and replay presentations, save files, etc. It can be hooked up to any computer or laptop and be...

Pros: great display. cool case. good battery. good value.
Cons: small disk size. slightly large player.

Like most people shopping for a portable digital player, I read many reviews, and shopped around quite a bit. I had decided on several things that I wanted in a player before I would purchase one:

* plug and play - I want to be able to simply...

Pros: Cheap Storage, Good Sound, Doubles as drive
Cons: Whirrs loudly, larger than competition, latest bios causes freezes, mp3s must be perfect.

* Doubles as a drive
* Cheap media
* Relatively large when compared to other mp3 players
* Loud whirring noise on use
* Rugged
* Decent earphones

This versatile little mp3 player doubles as a drive. I've used it for...

Pros: Small, lightweight, cheap expandable memory, great sound, can be used as a portable drive.
Cons: Sizable initial investment, poor headphones

This is a great product. I've spent a good couple of weeks (which is a lot for an impulse buyer like me) searching stores, epinions, the web, etc. looking for just the right MP3 player. I wanted just the right one. Lots of memory or at least...

Pros: Small, cool design, great sound quality
Cons: ?????

The Iomega Hip-Zip is the perfect gift for the music lover on your Christmas list. All you have to do is upload your favorite MP3 songs to the Hip-Zip's 40MB disk and you're ready to jam. It's small enough to fit just about anywhere and I challenge you...

Pros: Excellent sound quality and very versatile.
Cons: Somewhat expensive when compared with other portables.

Iomega HipZip Digital Audio Player

Le Hip C’est Chic.

During my recent visit in Montreal my business partner and long time friend Richard had just purchased a new toy and was quite willing to share it.

So for the two and...

Pros: Small, light, easy to operate
Cons: Cumbersome to upgrade, customer service spotty

I received the HipZip for my birthday prior to a series of plane and car trips.

During most of these journeys, it behaved admirally. It really takes a beating well and is logically set up. I like its display, too.

My favorite...

Pros: Small, affordable, good sound, ease of use
Cons: Headphone Jack may get loose

This product is excellent! I bought this product to listen to when I work-out and it's been great. Each day I make a new playlist in Music Match (which is painless) and then I download the list to the hipzip. The whole transfer process for 9 songs is...

Pros: Great looking, sounding, and performing; upgradeable firmware; cheap disks, acts as Zip Drive
Cons: Larger than some other MP3 players, limited per disk storage, don't bother with included headphones

The iomega HipZip is an excellent MP3 player that offers the most bang for the buck.

It's a very good-looking device that comes with a neat body glove Neoprene holster/belt clip. It's comfortable to hold and use the controls. It includes two...

Pros: Affordable expandable memory, easy to operate, long battery life.
Cons: Bit on the bulky side, crappy headphones.

I first read about this product on Amazon.com a few months ago. I was intrigued by the fact that you can use it as a portable drive as well as an MP3 player. I was looking for a replacement for the Sony MusicClip MP3 player I had bought an suffered with...

Pros: Expansive, inexpensive, great sound quality, very tough, rechargeable battery, portable hard drive!
Cons: A little bulky, supplied headphones are sub-par, and can potentially skip

The pros of this Mp3 player are numerous. Firstly, it is relatively inexpensive to buy/operate. The 40-mb Clik! disks are far cheaper than other removable media, so your collection can be much more expansive than one stored on CF cards, a much more...

Pros: It's sleek and looks nice.
Cons: Bulky. Awful support from a terrible company. Zero manufacturing quality. Disks only 40MB.

I purchased the IOMEGA Hipzip quite some time ago, because I thought the idea was sound and since it was IOMEGA it would be a high quality product with excellent support. Boy, was I mistaken. First of all, the player's functionality is severely ...

Pros: Recent price drop, cheap replaceable media, long battery life, excellent sound, multipurpose
Cons: Mechanical parts

I'd thought the HipZip was out of my range, but the recent price drop was a nice surprise. Given a choice between the HipZip and another high-end player whose 64MB sticks cost more than the player itself, I chose the HipZip. I have not regretted it....

Pros: Menu Structure, Sound Quality, Unlimited Space
Cons: HUGE SIZE, noisy hard drive sounds, Click disks

I have purchased the Iomega Hipzip about 3 years back, when it was first released, until now it's working better than ever, but the money that i payed for it isn't really worth it anymore, i mean there are better mp3 players out there right now, and ...

Pros: small, high quality, good features, memory!
Cons: cost, headphones

When I decided I wanted to buy a portable music device, I was doughtful on what to buy. CD player, MD player, or MP3? I did some research and ruled out some posibilities. With a CD player, you have to carry around all sorts of CDs. Even if there is...

Pros: innovative, easy connectivity, slick looking
Cons: space still a bit limited, hums a bit

There is almost too much good stuff to say about this product (HipZip) to fit it into a review, it needs an article. I tried out the SonicBlue DiamondRio last week, which was my first experience with an mp3 player...I was not at all impressed. After...

Pros: unlimited storage; doubles as removable drive; great MAC support
Cons: headphones poor; no bookmarks

best thing since the diskman as long as napster remains free. Key inovation is the small removable disks (like floppies) that hold 40 MB of data and cost about 8 bux in ten packs. i bought ten of them and i just recycle them. i may retire some of them...

Pros: Nice MP3 with storage capabilities
Cons: No radio capability

Though not a sleek looking as creative nomad series, iomega has ventured out from the conventional storage business and took a big step into the MP3 arena.

So what is so special with this MP3? HipZip uses "PocketZip" also known...

Pros: Inexpensive media, small, good sound, easy to use
Cons: Slightly heavy, player makes noise while reading Clik! disks

I bought my HipZip because of its innovative concept. The 40MB PocketZip disks were only $10 a piece, a fraction of the price of memory cards. I could carry around 5 of them with 200MB of music compared to the 64MB of other players. I found the HipZip's...

Pros: great sound, easy to set up
Cons: battery is tricky to charge, headphones are junk

I bought this item as an open box buy at circuit city for $100. When i got it, it took me about 5 minutes from start to finish to get the software loaded on my computer and transferring music. The sound is great. The same if not better than many higher...

Pros: Great technology for Now
Cons: Included headphones are awful...get your own pair.

I decided to ask for the Iomega HipZip for Christmas this year and so far it's just perfect for my needs. I was a little skeptical at first because of the tiny Click disks. I just kept thinking these little things won't last a day in my clumsy hands. The...

Pros: inexpesive media/rechargable battery
Cons: large as compaired to other mp3 player/ strange sounds

I bought the HipZip new for about $250 at the nerds.net about 4 months ago. I also bought 10 40MB disks for $100. I really like how the HipZip shows up as a drive on your computer and putting songs onto it is as easy as dragging and dropping them into...

Pros: Versatile, Agile, Mobile
Cons: Must remember to recharge!

When I began shopping for a MP3 player, I sound found one thing out: memory is king. With too little memory, you're either forced to shrink your songs, resulting in poorer quality, or you're unable to put more than a handful of songs into memory....

Pros: name
Cons: You be the judge...

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It will SHOCK you !!!

http://forums.iomega.com/eshare/server?action=190&PAGE=0&BOARD=22&BEXPAND


I WISH IOMEGA COULD ATLEAST FIX THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS FIRST ATLEAST -...

Pros: Good interface. Easy to read screen. "Unlimited" storage.
Cons: Bigger than some players. 1 disc may be too small for some.

I bought the Iomega HipZip after trying out the Rio 800. I read a lot of reviews and thought the Rio was going to be the one. Unfortunately the unit I got was faulty. I returned it and picked up the HipZip on sale at Best Buy ($120 after a $50 rebate and...

Pros: nice size, cheap media, cool looks
Cons: headphones

I recived an Iomega HipZip mp3 player and I really like it. I was looking at them for a while before i decided that i wanted this one. There were a good many reasons why i wanted the HipZip and they are that the memory was cheap, I trust the people over...

Pros: Cheap media in Clik zip discs
Cons: Bugs? INFESTED! Won't hold a charge after a month.

That's what my mom always said, and this MP3 player proves her right. I loved it at first, but soon it began to show its true colors.

The discs are inexpensive, but very hard to find - although you can sure order them from iomega!
...

Pros: Good volume,durable size,ease of use, options for use other than Music, disc cost
Cons: Installation was a real pain!!!! Especially if you've UPGRADED your system from Windows 98*

i did my comparisons..especially after finding this being offered for $149.99. The fact that it could be used for downloading other formats was a prime selling point. I like the look and feel, smaller, not a necessary factor in my life: especially since...

Pros: Compact and easy to carry.
Cons: none

The Iomega HipZip MP3 player is a great buy. Instead of the built in memory it has interchangeable 40mb disks. These are great because you can just make a new mix or just delete the songs off the disk itself. This saves time when you want your songs...

Pros: Cheap media, good sound quality, built in battery, can be used as a drive
Cons: a slight whir sound when loading, poor headphones

After looking at all of the reviews, I finally decided on the Hipzip. The reasons I chose it is because: It wasn't very expensive, and the media was very cheap. Once I finally got it in the mail (I bought it on eBay) I opened the box, bought a new pair...

Pros: storage, efectiveness, durability
Cons: price

This player rocks! i dont even notice the ocasional whir. The batterybattery life is excellent, it lasts me a little over 10hours on a single charge. Due to the 8mb internal buffer this thing will never skip! Each 40mb pocket zip(clik!) disk is about 10...

I have had great experiences with other Iomega products, but would never recommend this particular product. It would repeatedly lock up, and the only way to get it unlocked is to connect it back to a computer via the USB, and this only worked for a while. Now it won't unlock ever, and it's out of warranty. Iomega won't touch it, and neither should anyone else!

Good mp3 player, good sound quality and portability and easily downloads mp3's with USB cable. Can also be used as a portable disk drive. However, the disk media are expensive and must be extracted and inserted into the unit. The rechargeable battery in my unit began to fail within 9 months and it can not be replaced by user. The internal disk drive on this unit also failed within 9 months. could not insert or extract disks.

I bought this product on the strength of the Iomega name, but they BLEW it with this one! I had nothing but trouble with it from the start. The battery would not hold a charge, it cannot be replaced by the user; the unit would seize and could not read disks; the untit would power down in the middle of playing and not come back on; Iomega wants $100 just to look at it...weak support for an even weaker product. Buyer beware - save yourself the trouble and choose another player!