damage from sweat

I am on my second 6th Generation Nano. The first was ruined by sweat (after only the second or third time running in hot Florida weather). They gave me a refurbished one...which failed after just one run in the heat. There was no rain. It was clipped to my waistband...because it has a built in clip and is supposedly made for running! When I brought the first one to the Apple store, they said they were not aware of this issue (hard to believe) and advised I wear it farther away from my body (AGAIN...IT HAS A CLIP FOR WEARING ON CLOTHING AND IS SUPPOSED TO BE CREATED FOR THIS ACTIVITY) I asked if there was a product available to protect against this problem and they were not aware of one (Watchbands for it are available in the store, but I do not want it on my wrist). I believe this to be a common problem (my wife and I had the same problem with the Shuffle...which also had a clip for clothing), but Apple employees (Genius...hmm?) claim to be oblivious to it!!!!!! Any solutions or similar experiences?

iPod nano, Sweat damage with Nano 6th Gen

Posted on Jun 15, 2011 5:43 AM

Apr 9, 2015 12:58 PM in response to Frank Malloy

How I wish I had read all these posts before I put the Nano generation 7 on my birthday/Xmas list. The sun has been shine for the last 3 days, went for short 5 K runs and by day 3 the Nano is dead!!!! (it wasn't evan warm - Im in Ireland) I have contacted the Support line, but by reading all your comments I can see that it was serious waste of money and I might as well bury the bloody thing.

The whole reason I was enticed into this was the Nike Running combo.....how on earth can you say "no accessories required" and then after 3 runs it just dies. This is just not on from a multi-billion dollar company, when you purchase something that is deemed as quality you expect just that.

I am also tarnishing NIke with the same brush, they are both supposed to be trusted companies.