I read the reviews and took a shot on this and happy I did. This is a no-frills MP3 player - you charge it up, load songs, hook it to a speaker or headphone and listen to music. No WiFi, no Bluetooth, no overly complex product with features you don't need or require you to login and have your activity monitored. PROs: * Small and lightweight - I thought I was shipped an empty box until I opened it. * Sliding power button - probably one of its best features - no, not the sliding button with a spring you have to hold for x seconds to power up or down, this my friends is a simple power switch. Slide it one way, its ON, slide the other way, its off. No waiting for power-ups, shut downs, etc. In the middle of song and you have to shut it off? - just flip the switch and you're done. * Has internal memory! - I didn't read the description in detail, so maybe I missed this, but I hooked it up to my computer to charge, fully prepared to rip open the 32GB micro SD card I bought with it to load songs and viola, the MP3 player has its own flash drive. I apologize, I don't recall the size the size, but I loaded well over 4GB of MP3s without and issue and they played fine. * Battery seems good and long, I connected it to a passive speaker and it played for well over six hours without issue. Pretty sure it will go much longer, but I haven't tested it extensively. * Simply a great device if you just want a simple MP3 player without worrying about running your phone's battery down, buying a Bluetooth speaker, or forgetting to grab your phone that you connected to a wired speaker. CONs: *It's small, lightweight and made of plastic (not bad things), so while it's tempting to throw in your pocket, I'd worry about snapping it in half. It's not flimsy per se, but I wouldn't risk dropping it or putting it somewhere it might get tossed around or compressed. * My only complaint (hence the four star rating) is there is no shuffle option - at least not that I've been able to find. As others have stated, there doesn't seem to be a good way to choose songs. Personally, I don't need to pick a specific song, I just want to listen to music in a random order. So far it appears to either play in the order songs were loaded in or alphabetic order - haven't paid really looked into which. I know many modern cars with USB ports for playing MP3s go the former route. There is software you can download to select the play order for such devices, but the problem is still the same for me - the player will always play the songs in the same order. I assumed this was the case when I bought it, I was just hoping it wasn't. All-in-all, it's still a great player at a reasonable price. Updated 10-12-18 Found the shuffle play! Maybe this is in the manual I haven't read, but if you're playing a song and press the M button, the player will show some additional menu items. Among them is shuffle. Select it then scroll to YES (no seems to be the default). Press the center button then you're golden. Really love this player now. Read more
I bought the RUIZU MP3 player for my son’s after‑school workouts and it turned out to be the ideal solution for anyone who wants to enjoy music without the temptation of a smartphone nearby. The 64 GB of onboard storage holds thousands of songs, so there’s never a need to constantly sync or worry about space. Bluetooth 5.3 connects instantly to wireless headphones and stays stable even during vigorous runs, while the built‑in FM tuner provides a quick way to catch the news or a favorite station without turning on a phone. The interface is deliberately simple—large icons, a clear backlit display, and a single‑press play/pause button make it easy for kids and for anyone who doesn’t want to fumble through menus. Battery life is impressive, delivering up to 20 hours of continuous playback, which means a full week of workouts or a weekend road trip without hunting for a charger. One feature that truly sets this player apart for me is the “night‑mode” alarm. You can load soothing tracks or a gentle FM broadcast and set the device to wake you up, all while keeping your phone out of the bedroom. It’s a great way to avoid falling asleep next to a buzzing smartphone and still have quality audio at hand. The sturdy clip on the back lets the player attach securely to a belt or backpack, and the splash‑resistant case survives accidental drops and light rain—perfect for sports practice or outdoor adventures. Overall, the RUIZU 64 GB MP3 player delivers high‑capacity storage, reliable Bluetooth performance, and a distraction‑free listening experience in a compact, kid‑friendly package. Highly recommend for anyone who wants music, radio, and an alarm without the constant pull of a cell phone. Read more
Part of my review is influenced by a previous MP3 player made by a different company. That one was barely adequate, and cost more than this Ruizu. My primary use is for podcasts, lectures, sermons, articles that I rendered to MP3 through text-to-speech, audio books, and so on. If it had all the features I would *like* to have, it would be too expensive for me to purchase. Even so, I have more than I expected, and better than that other player. Like my unlamented previous player, there are certain features and procedures that the user simply needs to learn how to use. Sometimes we just have to push buttons and click around until we find out how something works. Don't worry, there are two resets: one to erase all MP3s, and the other to take it back to factory settings. Since I am not a teenaged girl, I have to operate the Ruizu with my adult male fingers. This can be difficult at times, and I have to set it down for more precise operation. The sound quality is good, which is expected. The equalizer function works, although some of the classifications do not seem to make much difference. Still, I can find a good setting; sometimes a spoken word file has been poorly recorded, and a different equalizer setting is a great improvement. The shuffle function seems to work only in a specific folder and not throughout the device, which is something I greatly prefer; I don't want to be rocking out to DeGarmo and Key and then find myself listening to a Greg Bahnsen lecture, for instance. You can set a maximum volume level, which is useful when playing an old recording and then having a newer one come on that is recorded "hotter" and louder. When plugged into the computer, you can add and delete folders, but they cannot be reordered. I do not *want* the Music, Picture, Video, and Books folders appearing above my own Podcasts folder, but I just click down a few times. The Ruizu has a clock which keeps reasonably good time. There is also an alarm that can be set, but I found no use for it. There is a sleep timer, but I do not know the purpose. (I hope it is not literal, people have had serious problems listening to an MP3 player when it's charging.) I have no use for the pictures function, nor the video. On this tiny screen? Also they must be in the proper format before uploading. The ebook reader fooled me because I thought it would take a document uploaded in TXT format and do a text-to-speech reading, but it only shows you words on the small screen. But I did not buy this player for those things, and it does what I need. There is a "screen lock" function. At first, I thought it was odd. Then I had the player in the front pocket of my pants and the fabric pressure changed what I was listening to, so that feature can be very useful. The instruction manual is almost worthless. If someone has had other players or familiarity with electronic equipment, they can sometimes learn more by tinkering with the player. The fast forward and rewind functions are weird. Yes, they work, but the time is not a steady stream, but in bursts, It appears that if you are moving forward or backward for any amount of time, you advance through minutes and not seconds. The instructions do not say. Another quirk that the user must become familiar. My main grievance is the "bookmarks" function. It is *very* inconsistent, often not working AT ALL, and other times it works again. If there is a trick to switching that function on and off, I have not found it. I followed the instructions (such as they are) to no avail. The bookmark is helpful when I'm in a 3-hour podcast and want to mark a location for later reference or just something that I can return to if my large shaky fingers send my Chris Plante podcast to the beginning and I wanted to listen from the 2-1/2 hour mark. The battery is very good. Because my last player was fussy, I charge the Ruizu every night, having made it run about 6-7 hours each work day. I forgot to charge it one day, but it did not matter for the battery life, and I got through the next work day without any problem with the player running down on me. So, there are some drawbacks that bother me but may not matter to other people. I plays MP3s, I can find them, good battery life, some features I did not expect that are beneficial. I have been using this player for 7 weeks and made it work five (sometimes six) days a week. It has been reliable. Read more
