Personally, I have a Fuze 4GB. I bought it purely for music while I work out and it's a simple lightweight little thing, so if I were looking for a new one, I'd go with another Sansa, but that's just me.
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Unfortunately, that's the bad luck of any electronic, there's going to be bad Apples... wait that's a horrible pun.