SanDisk Sansa e280

usability, design, performance, price, sound

84% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

usability, price, sound, performance, design

reliability

86% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Great value for money Superb features Easy to use

Could be more compact

The best of the bunch at the moment, largely because of its tremendous value for money

Great value for money, Superb features, Easy to use

Could be more compact

The best of the bunch at the moment, largely because of its tremendous value for money

The Sansa e280 is a reliable MP3 player. It isn't as easy to use as the iPod Nano, but it doesn't suffer from the Nano's audio quality problems. For just £105, it's a surprisingly classy 8GB player.

The SanDisk Sansa e280 does many things well and, despite some gripes, we were impressed. But if the SanDisk Sansa e280 is to compete with iPod nano it needs a few design tweaks.

The overall design, features and navigation of the Sansa e280 indicate that Sandisk makes no bones about taking on the iPod Nano. The designers have succeeded admirably, and in terms of value, features and quality this is the closest we've seen to an...

Battery lasts long and is replaceable, expandable memory

Control wheel makes accessing surrounding buttons difficult

Rhapsody integration ; Card slot for extra memory

Controls are uncomfortable to use ; Disappointing audio quality

The Sansa e260R would be a great player for sampling a constantly changing blend of music from Rhapsody's $15 monthly service. However, the player's low audio quality and uncomfortable thumbwheel make it hard to recommend

Amazing audio and video quality, improved exterior casing, Rhapsody-enabled (go figure)

Buttons are slightly undersized and situated slightly too close to the scroll wheel

We still don’t like the e280R’s undersized buttons, which are situated too close to the scroll wheel for our not-so-big thumbs, but the audio and video quality is just as good as the e260’s, and the microSD card slot is superhandy. With a street price...

Memory expandable to 10GB ; One-touch recording for voice and radio ; Multiple ways of transferring files to the player

AC adaptor not supplied ; Scroll wheel not as smooth as a Nano's

The e280 is available now for the cannily crafted price of AU$379 -- one dollar cheaper than the 8GB iPod Nano. Take that, Apple.

Memory expandable to 10GB, One-touch recording for voice and radio, Multiple ways of transferring files to the player

AC adaptor not supplied, Scroll wheel not as smooth as a Nano's