SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ MP3 Player

I’m not sure what the deal is with kids and technology, but my little seven year old daughter has been asking for a MP3 player probably close to a year now. I still think she is kinda young for one, but my husband and I agreed to get her one for Christmas this year anyway.  I was super excited to hear that I was going to get the SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ for review just in time!  We’ve had to be super secretive while using the Fuze+ so she doesn’t see it.

SanDisk Sansa Fuze+

As soon as we received it in the mail, my husband was super jealous of the VH1 Classic slotRadio card that came with it that features hundreds of rock and pop artists from the 70s, 80s and 90s including U2, Elton John, Whitney Houston, David Bowie and Bon Jovi just to name a few.  I don’t think my daughter will be too excited about it because she’d rather be listening to Taylor Swift and Big Time Rush. Each SanDisk slotRadio card includes up to 1,000 songs featuring artists from the Billboard charts. The songs are preloaded onto a teeny tiny card with playlists that include hundreds of artists. Simply insert a slotRadio card into the Fuze+ and enjoy good music in an instant.

One of the reasons I wasn’t in a hurry to buy her a MP3 player is because I didn’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on one.  The Sansa Fuze+ is an affordable solution for entertainment on the go.  While I don’t think the Fuze+ was designed and marketed for children, I think it will be great for my young daughter.  It features a large LCD screen, a built-in microphone, and a recordable FM radio with 40 preset stations. And like I mentioned earlier, you can also use slotRadio cards, which come loaded with up to 1,000 songs in genres ranging from Christmas to country to oldies.

As you can see from the images, the Fuze+ has a simple, sleek design, and it’s very user friendly.  We have the 4GB player and it can hold about 1,000 songs. Since this is for my seven year old daughter, it will work perfectly.  If you need an endless supply of music available at your fingertips, I’d suggest going with the 16GB Fuze+. You can add a blank microSD card to expand your music library or like mentioned above, get an optional slotRadio card for an instant library of songs.  Unlike other popular MP3 players, it does have a digital FM tuner and even has recording capabilities.

The touchpad makes this pocket-sized MP3 player super simple to navigate with menus that are organized by music, video, photo, radio, podcast, voice recording, slotRadio and settings.

We are pleased with our experience with the Fuze+ and hope that on Christmas morning that our daughter will be just as pleased.

Buy:

You can purchase the SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ 4 GB MP3 Player for a suggested retail price of $79.99, but right now you can get it for about $60 on Amazon.com.

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of SanDisk and received the SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ and VH1 slotRadio Card to facilitate my review.