inputs.text: pretty good - delivered within 2 days ive used 5 times far usually riding bicycle works advertised appears well made solid good range adjustment subtlety volume buttons small poorly marked time expect get accustomed like earphones much stay place even moving aroundupdate 4 months laterits still going strong like lot mostly use riding bicycle sound quality reliability good restarts cd position last turned even take cd put back inthe main drawback size definitely big bulky not like mp3 player carrybelt fits make work size tradeoff worthwhile listen \\the great courses\\ go lot cds short time easier managing cds directly rather ripping cd transferring files phonemp3 playerthe buttons arent great small hard read one riding bike intermittent traffic im always wanting increase decrease volume necessary pain take thing tweak volume riding bike started putting volume pretty high taking ear buds ears letting hang right next ears effectively lowers volume going ears ambient traffic noise gets loud push ear buds back ears much easier pressing volume buttonsby way really like radio fm cd player one program presets radioive used around 2 hours per week change batteries 34 months qty 2 aa batteries one tricky thing thinkits possible leave radio put wouldnt know could drain battery days