Portable USB Tape-To-MP3 Player - ION Tape 2 Go

Received one of these as a present and initially thought it was a good idea. However, the software relies on Itunes and is totally bad in that you may only do what the programmers fed into the routines. Additionally, the software attempts to take over your machine and force you down paths which sensible people never take. I dislike Itunes and really want nothing to do with them or their company. I did manage to get around that by using Creative's editing package and then found that every track has cassette motor noise audible and whilst in most music this is barely audible, in classical music with wide range & low volume passages, the noise is incredibly annoying. Device is now sat on a shelf and is unlikely to be used except in an emergency I would advise finding an alternative way to transfer your tapes.

moderator note: There are free alternatives to the software provided which allow the user to avoid using iTunes (please see the FAQs section for further details). The quality of recording the Tape to USB device produces is directly related to the quality of tape used in it.

The ION Tape 2 Go although easy to use doesn’t produce good results If you like humm with your music, and have hour upon hour to waste And not be in control …Then this is the product for you…. It is a basic - minimal product, that would be more at home in a £ shop At best a second rate walkman, that might have been sold in woollies in the 70’s Apart from it’s ability now to change tapes into MP3 it has little going for it At £40 (special offer) it’s way over priced. Having said that expecting to get old tape up to CD quality is a dream that can not be achieved at this price Best thing to do…. ..Go down to HMV with the 40 (they need the money) and buy greatest hit CD’s …. Less aggravation…

Can't agree with the happy reviewers. Seems to suffer from the same faults as the now discontinued Tape Express made by the same people. Easy to set up, but doesn't work too well after that. Attempted to convert a tape, and none of the tracks got to iTunes. Tried another, and the device wouldn't play the casette and turned itself off after about 10 seconds.

I found this product really useful for transferring all my old audio books to MP3 files to put onto my new iPod. I found this conevenient to use, and it did exactly as it said on the box with pleasing results

I found this easy to use. The software loads quickly and easily and it all connects up without fuss. I would recommend this to anyone who, like me, has a lot of old tapes to convert