The Diver is a fully waterproof MP3 player with waterproof sports headphones and LCD display. The Diver will play MP3 & WMA format files and has a built-in FM radio. Furthermore, the device can track your swimming stroke and will work as a pedometer when you are back on dry land.

At first glance the Diver is a neat piece of kit, it is very light weighing only 21grams and features a curved clip which allows you to attach the player to your swimming cap or goggles. It has a big responsive button with raised symbols on though these aren’t quite distinct enough to distinguish without looking (tricky when attached to goggles).

The sound quality you get from the Diver headphones is quite impressive for the price tag and they're 7 different equalizer options to ensure you get the best sound yet and you can find the shuffle option by going to music mode, pressing the M button, selecting repeat and then shuffle. The music itself is easy to play, simply drag and drop- no extra software needed. The pedometer is very accurate but I found the swim stroke function such a hassle to set up, you need to put in far too much detail for an accurate record (if you are relying on this function I would recommend looking elsewhere). However, my biggest gripe with the entire device is menu navigation. Although it appears simple enough to use I kept finding myself forgetting which button meant “enter” and which meant “back” and continuously getting lost in the endless menus. There are lots of different symbols on the LCD representing lots of different options, it feels like Diver have brought out their LCD version and feel the need to fill the screen with needless stuff. Another issue was the headphones, there were no instructions on which way you need to fit them other than the picture on the box. Once they are in they are comfortable although they could be a little more streamlined as they popped out a couple of times after pushing off from the wall.

The Diver left me sort of baffled, I loved the sound quality but hated trying to get the headphones on, I liked the pedometer but didn’t like the stroke tracker, I appreciated the simplicity of loading the songs but found the menus frustrating, but I think the impressive battery life (5-6 hours) and low cost just about tip the scales in favour of the Driver. RRP $59.95

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4 out of 5

Pros

Waterproof up to 10ft

Easy to load up music

30hours of music (4GB)

Good sound quality

Long battery life (5-6 hours)

Accurate pedometer

Lightweight

Low cost

Cons

Too many menus-not intuitive

Fiddle headphones

Setting up stroke tracker is complicated

Slow to turn on (9 seconds)

Buttons get in the way when you clip it on goggles

Headphones come out during wall push offs