I had the first gen Ipod shuffle with an Otterbox case. The 1G h20 shuffle case was crap. It was round, big, functionally inferior and very expensive. By the time you added the armband (because you couldn’t clip it to your goggle) or the swimbelt, it would cost $70+. The Otterbox wasn’t that much better. It was big and very heavy but at least it let me control the ipod (loud when sitting in the spa, quieter when swimming) and it costed less for the set.

This time around h20audio hits it just right. The gizmo’s small enough to clip onto the headband or the goggle. It comes with an armband and lets you control the ipod. The big point is it’s small enough to clip on to your goggle. Armband just doesn’t work real well for swimmers. It might work fine for old ladies doing aqua walking and aerobics. But it gets tangle quickly when you swim. I’ve also found that you need to wear a headband to keep the headphones from popping off. It makes me look very dopey. But I choose that over staring silently at the bottom of the pool through my foggy goggles.