Olympus VN-900

Pros: Size, clarity, simplicity, price, features

Cons: time limit, no external case

The Bottom Line: Clarity, quality, portability and simplicity for under $60.00!

Review: Why a voice recorder in the first place? Well, for those of you who already know why you want or need one, please skip to the next paragraph. A voice recorder is great for more reasons than I can mention here, but to highlight a few: shopping lists;...

Pros: battery life. user friendly.

Cons: none

Review: The Olympus VN 900 is very useful and user friendly. The battery life is long. I have never accidentally erased something. I have tried many others and this is definitely the best for the ...

Pros: Its incredibly small size and light weight

Cons: For eighty bucks, the sound should be a little better

Review: Most writers, I've figured out after many a case of writer's block, don't have their best ideas when they're sitting in front of the computer waiting for inspiration to strike. How nice it would be if life were that easy! Instead, they come up with an...

Pros: Full 90 minutes of recording, easy use with no frills, or full frill capabilities too.

Cons: Use of all capabilities will require frequent use of manual, so don't lose it!

The Bottom Line: This is a great, super small, convenient, Digital Voice Recorder which can be used easily with no frills or with full functions: voice activation, alarms, 4 mailboxes and more.

Review: I received the Olympus VN-900 Digital Voice Recorder for Christmas 2002.

Size: 1 1/2 inches wide, 3 3/4 inches long, very tiny!

Ease of Use: To use without reading the manual it is pretty straight forward if all you want to do is...

Pros: Cheap, Four Files Folders, Ease of use, small size, light weight, Olympus name

Cons: No Back light, Poor Lp Playback sound quality, limiting length of overall recording time

The Bottom Line: A great recorder that i would recommend over a taped recorder for it sound quality as long as you did not need to record for more then 30 minutes.

Review: I purchased For 12.00 on Ebay. Was looking for something to Record while traveling in car without spending a lot of cash. First thing to do is check out your directions, I know none of us really do that, but it will definitely help you adjust the ...

Pros: Lightweight, simple to use, acceptable sound quality.

Cons: Battery cover comes off when dropped.

The Bottom Line: Good value - Adequate peformance - Compact and relativly simple to use.

Review: If you are looking for an 'aide de memoir', this machine fits the bill.

As a means of recording a rare bird's song, you may find the sound quality somewhat lacking, but if you are, like me, looking for a simple means of recording a passing...

Pros: Easy to use. Light weight. Inexpensive.

Cons: Inflexible folder structure. Light duty construction.

The Bottom Line: If you need to record thoughts on the run and aren't too rough on your equipment, it's a good buy.

Review: This was an impulse buy at Costco. I'm a gadget hound, but these things need to work. Bottom line, I was pleasantly surprised. It operates and sounds very much like a mini/micro cassette corder (one hand operation is easily). Only it weighs a third of...

Pros: Compact size, light weight.

Cons: Short recording times, very poor sound quality on long play which limits usefulness.

Review: I bought this voice recorder to replace a bulky tape voice recorder. The machine is compact and fits easily into a shirt pocket. It is light in weight yet has a solid feel and fits neatly into the palm of the hand. All the controls are on the front ...