For me, the main benefit of Sansa players is FM radio. So I have a choice between radio and mp3 player. It's comfotable since I can first listen to new music, then download it. First of all, I'd like to notice that I use my player for music listening mostly (no game playing or Internet access). Besides, I can't say that I have thousands of favorite songs. So basicly, when I had the question of buying a mp3 player my requirements to it were: not big size, big enough screen which is easy to navigate and the music storage that can be increased. I've checked several brands and their prices. Finally I decided to buy mine at http://go.shopsansa.com/. Now I own it about a month. The player is rather small but the screen is big to see everything clearly. Moreover, the screen is durable, I have no scratches on it though i'm not so delicate. It's easy to hold in my big hand, a tiny thing will be not a good choice for me. The meny is comfortable to navigate, i had no issues with it. I was surprised by the good sound of my player. I like various music, but all genres of it were reproduced precisely. Great advantage for is that there is no need to use iTunes with this mp3 player. Before Sansa I had iPod with iTunes. The software - iTunes were not comfortable for me, i couldn't organize my music the way i like. When i got Sansa I was so happy that I didn't need any special soft.