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Broke TWICE for no reason
I received the iHome IH5B as a Christmas gift in 2007 and it broke TWICE since January 25th, 2008 for no reason. The speakers stopped working probably as a result of some kind of interference. I confirmed this with SDI Technologies (the people who provide service for iHome products) who said the exposed iPod docking station leaves the device vulnerable to outside interferenes with other wireless devices. I had to send in the unit for servicing on my OWN dime the first time and I refuse to send it in a second time. This product is a piece of junk and would NEVER buy an iHome product for anyone based on the extremely poor performance of this product and poor customer service from SDI Techologies. Don't waste your money! I bought myself an ihome a year ago. After about 2 months of normal use, it didn't work with my 5th generation ipod anymore. It will still charge it, but will not play any music from it. The radio and the alarm clock still function properly, but I could have bought a $10 alarm clock that had those capabilities. Please don't waste your money on this product. Can anyone sleep with this back lit clock? Does anybody remember the Seinfeld episode when Kramer couldn't sleep for the Kenny Rogers Roasted chicken sign out his window? The backlit clock design reminds me of this episode. The sound is great on this but my wife don't think the ipod set up is worth the really bad alarm clock design. Great clock radio I purchased this last year with the iPod Nanos for my teenage daughters. They use it everyday and often move it from the bedroom to the bathroom to play music during showers. We have had zero problems with it and we have used several different iPod devices and all have worked flawlessly. Good, with flaws I've had it for two years, and I'm quite happy with the sound that it can produce. (It pumped out the tunes for a good new year's eve dance party two years ago.) However, the screen never gets very dark, so it can really seem to light up the entire bedroom when you wake up in the night and your eyes are used to the dark. Also, the click-wheel on the right is starting to break. So, overall, "good" value, but not great. | |
