136GB Digital Voice Recorder with Playback,9000 Hours Audio Recording Device,Voice Activated Recorder with Noise Reduction,A-B Repeat,Mp3 Player & Password for Lectures Meeting/Classes/Interviews,Pink

Hefty, Fairly Easy to use, Line-In Works Great!
This recorder FEELS great. It’s heavy enough to feel stout, but not so much that it would bother you.The menus could be laid out better, but aren’t that hard to figure out.I bought this for a strange reason. I am a ham radio operator who is CONSTANTLY listening to the police scanner. Everyone I know texts me, asking if I know what’s going on when they see police activity.Long story short, after hearing traffic a few times that I wish I could play back, I decided that I needed to start recording the police traffic in my area so I could listen to incidents after the fact.I have this recorder connected to the line out on my ham radio, using the mic jack on the recorder. It’s split, with the output going to an external speaker as well. When you start a recording with something plugged into the mic jack, it asks if it is “line in” or “microphone”. Using the “line in” option, without an attenuator, and at about 80% volume, it records perfectly clear. It CAN take line level input, up to a point. The speaker is perfectly loud for my needs at this level. An attenuator would make up for the last 20% of the volume on the speaker if I needed it.I don’t trust the no name SD card it came with, so I upgraded to a Samsung 512 GB card. I have it set to save off recordings in hour long increments (MP3, max bitrate). It’s averaging about 85 MB per hour. So about 200 days on a card that size.At that rate, I’ll just dump or wipe the recordings every 6 months, and offload anything interesting that happens.I wish it had a loop record option, so I didn’t have to remember to do that, but you can format the card from the menus, so it doesn’t get any easier to reset when it gets full.It’s also nice that the file names for the recordings are automatically named with the date and time they are started. (You can set it to constantly record and save off recordings at certain length intervals).When downloading the files, they show up as a USB storage device, so no confusion there!For $33.00, this is perfect for what I needed it for. Hopefully it doesn’t burn up from 24/7 use. I will update this review if it does.Menus and manual are chinglish, but they aren’t super confusing.UPDATE: This device, even when plugged into a charger, will not record 24/7. I’m not sure how long it stays on, but I went to check on this after several weeks, and it had powered off. I still think this is a great device, however it does not work for the application I outlined above for 24/7 audio recording.UPDATE 2: I had a 512 GB SD card in the device, and was recording in 60 minute intervals. When the number of files in the directory reached 200, it said it had reached the file limit.After switching to a longer recording length, it said my storage was full at about 100 GB.This seems like a great bargain for a good device, but for my use, it has too many shortcomings.

Big Improvement Over What I’ve Been Using For Many Years
I’m a Utilization Freak that will use something until it falls apart after the mold falls off from it. But very glad I decided to come up to the 21st Century by upgrading to this unit.It has a Super-Nice selection of setting options, can’t imagine any additional settings that could be added to make this unit better. Happy I found this to replace what I’ve been using, which was good quality but very outdated. This is quite compact and about the same size as what I’ve been using with tons more options to choose from.Playback is very good with many settings to adjust the playback to suit one’s needs, such as a seven level Gain Control, as well as several levels of Bitrate that can be adjusted to your needs.A touchscreen would have been good but the Buttons on this unit are very good and easy to use. I prefer a PDF User Manual but the printed manual included is quite nice, good print size and very comprehensive instructions.Love the way this unit uses both Wav and MP3 files, that can easily be transferred to my computer, unlike my previous unit that still works but can no longer transfer files, unless you are using old Windows 7.Also like the quality I get with the internal microphone as well as my variety of microphones, such as over-the-ear headset mics, lapel mics and so on. Love the gain control that can be adjusted for using different microphones.From the looks of this unit it will last forever, but I would suggest getting the insurance for it, primarily because it does not have touch screen. The buttons are fine, but if you’re like me you make a lot of short audio clips, which will use the record switch a lot (a mechanical moving part, which tend to wear out).

Impressed by it quality and easy if use
Love this. Ease of use. It is so useful for various applications. The mic that comes with it is great. Battery life is amazing and lasts over month of being in my bag and used not very often. When using daily the. Artery also lasts a long time. Charging is fast. Love how durable it feels and has a good weight to it yet is still compact and discreet. Sound quality is good when there isn’t too much distance from the recorder.