MicroSD cards sit flush in the card slot, unlike the older Sansa models. If the Fuze+ had a similar wheel or Clip+ type button pad I probably wouldn't have bought it. I was open to the concept of touchpad control as my old Fuze v2 died when its button wheel died and my Clip+ always made a click when a button was pressed. I like that there is a physical volume control and a single power/screenlock button. Text looks crisp and colours look very good. The screen is 2.4 inch 240x320 but looks nice and can easily go bright enough to be useful outdoors. It's hard to say anything about build or component quality except that the front and back of the plastic casing are glued or attached very neatly. I had read the Sansa Original Firmware is very bad but don't mind much as it won't be getting used, however for the purpose of review I'll devote a couple of paragraphs to it.
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The Fuze+ new is badly overpriced imo but refurbs are super cheap, cheaper even than Clip Zip refurbs. The Clip+ and Fuze v2 I owned had some noise issues and the Fuze+ uses different hardware and has a nice big screen which is great for album art and metadata so a change of hardware appealed to me. I chose the Fuze+ because I prefer to run Rockbox.
The Clip+ had taken a two and a half year battering including numerous drops and even immersion in sea water so I can't complain. I bought the Fuze+ to replace my Clip+ which died on me last week. It was supplied in plain package with only a USB cable and arrived with the battery at about 40% charge and all settings at default. It has an "R" stamped on the back to show its refurb status. I paid £20.98 (US $32.51) including delivery for a manufacturer refurbished 8GB Sansa Fuze+.
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