Sports "walkman" w/ cassette

[harryhood]

My "walkman" recently died on me and I need a replacement. I would be VERY interested in any deals on a sports style personal cassette player. I plan on using it when I go running so something designed for active use is preferred.

 

Thanks.

[Brad]

Welcome to the forums, harryhood.

 

While I look for a deal, check out this Pricegrabber listing and see if any of these models catch your eye. If you have a particular model I might be able to find a better deal on it:

 

http://gottadeal.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=164

 

Do you definitly want one of the "sport" models? Because it looks like if so, Sony is pretty much the only manufacturer still making them.

[RossMAN]

Welcome to the forums harryhood :)

 

What is your budget?

 

Does Amazon.com charge sales tax in your state?

[Brad]

No tax for CT on Amazon...

 

In the past I know that Panasonic made great cassette models with their "Shockwave" line. They currently only make radio-only and CD models though. Here are some places that still carry the older Shockwave cassette models:

 

RQ-SW48V - http://shop.store.yahoo.com/discountsonline/parqshporawi.html

RQ-SW48V - http://www.millionbuy.com/panrqsw48v.html

RQ-SW99V - http://www.1-877camcorder.com/cammy/pansw99v.html

 

You might be better of looking on eBay for these particular models.

 

Otherwise you have the Sony S2 Sport models, of which I can't really find any deals on. They are all pretty much the same price whether you get one online or in a local store (Best Buy, CC, Target, etc...)

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008W2M6

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001YFYCE

 

Hopefully someone can find a better deal... Otherwise that first RQ-SW48V I linked to wouldn't be a bad deal depending on what they charge for shipping.

[RossMAN]

Hopefully someone can find a better deal... Otherwise that first RQ-SW48V I linked to wouldn't be a bad deal depending on what they charge for shipping.

Agreed.

 

Unfortunately ground shipping to CT is around $12.35 a little steep.

[harryhood]

Thanks for all the links. I'll have to dig through them.

 

It's really gotta be a "sports" style cassette player. I don't have a set budget, but I want a high quality model that will last and won't break if falls on the ground once and a while. My last sony (the yellow sports) walkman lasted for over 6 years of heavy and pretty abusive use.

 

I'm off to search the links you guys provided.