Creative ZEN Micro 5 GB > Reviews (71)

The Creative Zen Micro is a pretty cool MP3 player for the price (£140ish at the moment)
Its a nice size (just over 3" tall and 2" wide!!), very easy to use, and looks good!

It has:
5GB of memory (about 1250 mp3s at 128 kbs)
Radio, address book and microphone. Unfortunately, the radio is not very clear without being in a place with a good signal, which is not many places with the zen.

When I recieved the zen, I was very pleased with the player. The software is fairly good and easy to use. The blue backlight is ultra cool and it pulses when it is charging or syncing with the PC. It has a very good sound quality, more defined than the other Creative MP3 players, The vertical touchpad is great, but takes getting used to. However, you have to put up with a battery life of 2.5 hours max, not the promised 12 hours at the Creative website, which is shambolic. The week I recieved it, the left earphone cord came away from the main cord, which shows that they were very poorly made, with little quality control, although after e-mailing Creative they said that they would replace them free of charge. About a month after I recieved it, the headphone jack became wobbly and the sound was only coming out of one ear...then the other, every single time the headphones near the jack were touched. Eventually the sound cut out and I had to get a replacement player. This new player lasted about two months before the same problems affected it and rendered it useless.

Overall the Zen Micro is nice to look at, and will house the average persons cd collection with ease. But the poor construction of the product means that potential buyers should think long and hard before parting with their cash. In my opinion, you should save up a little more and buy the iPod mini (or the iPod photo, like I did!).