Product Description

The ultra-comfortable Sport Armband is hand-washable and water-resistant. It gives you full protection and easy-navigation access to your iPod, while minimizing bulk on your arm.

Product Details

• Brand: Belkin
• Model: F8Z377-KG
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: 1.38" h x 4.02" w x 5.24" l, .10 pounds

Features

• Key pocket
• Clear screen protector allows easy navigation
• Adjustable VELCRO closure fits many arm sizes
• Slim, lightweight, and stretchable neoprene material
• Reflective material for use in the dark

Customer Reviews

Well-made, attractive, but I can't use it
I purchased this from J&R (good service, quick shipping, all good) hoping to wear it while working out. On the good side, the sleeve is well-made and attractive, and it fits the iPod Nano 4G well. You can get to the lock button on the top. But two things keep me from using it every day. First, I'm just not comfortable with the band around my arm when lifting weights. The strap isn't quite long enough for me to get a comfortable fit. But the biggest challenge for me is operating the controls through the clear plastic cover. Even with the sleeve unstrapped and the case held in my hand, sitting down and concentrating, I'm unable to navigate the menus one click at a time through the clear cover. In numerous tries, I haven't been successful selecting what I want from the menus while the iPod was in this case. I've thought about cutting a hole in the center, but the case isn't all that comfortable for me anyway. Try operating your iPod with a clear sheet of overhead projector film in front of the click wheel. If you can do it, then you will probably be successful with this case. I've ended up just putting my iPod in my pocket.

Not meant for real exercise. Not water resistant. Silly, in general.
Alright. I live in Grenada where I go to medical school. It is hot and humid here, but I refuse to give up my favorite sport: running. I had a friend bring this armband down when he came to visit me, along with a new 4th generation iPod nano. My previous iPod was ruined when I was caught in a downpour and my former armband failed.

Every product description describes this armband as "water resistant". Really? It can't even keep my sweat out of the compartment. The first time I used it, my new iPod was swimming in my own effluent (read: sweat).

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The ends of this armband are completely open (no flaps or anything to keep water out) and the open portion is held directly against the skin, which seems to guide sweat from your arm directly into the iPod compartment. I'd return it, but there is no way for me to get another one on this island. I've resorted to a system using ziplock bags and rubber bands to keep my own sweat from ruining my iPod. I dread the day that I get caught in one of our rain storms.

TAKE HOME MESSAGE: In terms of "water resistant" armbands, this is the worst one I've ever had. Look elsewhere.

I have other gripes about this armband, but I'm tired and I have work to do. I'm sure there are good armbands out there, but this isn't one of them.

UPDATE Feb. 10, 2009

This armband was unable to protect my ipod from my own sweat. My iPod is dead; thanks Belkin. This is AFTER using plastic bags and rubber bands to supplement the arm band's own "water resistance". I now realize that not only does sweat/water enter through the top and bottom of the iPod compartment, but also is wicked through the armband itself.

ALSO, the click wheel (specifically, the wheel part) barely works with this armband.

I recommend you pick up an armband from Marware. The "Marware Sportsuit Convertible for nano 4G" actually holds the ipod away from your skin and the band is not contiguous with the ipod compartment. It might not look as nice as the Belkin armband, but it isn't a piece of crap, either.

Nice looking, but impossible to use
I had to buy this item since my previous armband (and Ipod!) were stolen. The design is attractive and modern, but the plastic used in its fabrication makes it impossible to operate the click wheel on the Ipod. No matter how hard I tried, I had to push really hard to press the button and when I wanted to slide from one song to another, the plastic either did not work or it gave me an inaccurate response.
Belkin should take this product out of circulation, the 3rd generation model was WAY BETTER. I must say though that Amazon gave me outstanding customer service to solve my problem with this device and offered me a refund.