Do i-pod shuffles launder well?

[Bobby Mhor]

NOW you tell me!!! Arghhhh...

Now its full of Cream MP3s

 

[byegad]

IF you drown a mobile device the first rule on retrieving it from the toilet pan, washer, slurry pit, river or ocean is don't try to power it up. Wipe off as much as you can with dry cloth and place the device into a sealed container with uncooked rice, best not to shake it up or bury it in the rice, on top is fine. Leave in a warm but not hot place, like a living room, for several days, then remove, clean and try to power up.

This may, just, save the unit, but if it doesn't at least you've had a few days to use up your foul language for the year!

 

[Brandane]

IF you drown a mobile device the first rule on retrieving it from the toilet pan, washer, slurry pit, river or ocean is don't try to power it up. Wipe off as much as you can with dry cloth and place the device into a sealed container with uncooked rice, best not to shake it up or bury it in the rice, on top is fine. Leave in a warm but not hot place, like a living room, for several days, then remove, clean and try to power up.

This may, just, save the unit, but if it doesn't at least you've had a few days to use up your foul language for the year!

^ ^ ^ This is what I have done. Presently buried in a plastic container full of dry rice, and I didn't try to switch it on. I will leave it there for a week or so (got other MP3s as an alternative anyway, but I particularly like the wee shuffle) and then see if it works. If not, I'll be £40 down for a replacement . I have lost about 4 blue tooth earpieces for phones in a similar manner over the last year; I tend to leave them in my work trousers .

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I have lost about 4 blue tooth earpieces for phones in a similar manner over the last year; I tend to leave them in my work trousers .

Maybe in future check pockets before putting clothes in the wash?
I washed the back door key once: could have broken the machine!

 

[Brandane]

Success! After 5 days buried in rice, the I-pod shuffle seems non the worse for it's ordeal. The earphones haven't fared quite so well. Oddly, they do still work but at a much reduced volume. Thanks for the suggestion @Bobby Mhor and @Milkfloat .

 

[Profpointy]

Success! After 5 days buried in rice, the I-pod shuffle seems non the worse for it's ordeal. The earphones haven't fared quite so well. Oddly, they do still work but at a much reduced volume. Thanks for the suggestion @Bobby Mhor and @Milkfloat .

wow ! I would have bet against that. Fresh water, yes, but soap and hot water - well ...

 

[Brandane]

wow ! I would have bet against that. Fresh water, yes, but soap and hot water - well ...

It might well be a temporary revival! Time will tell, but after a similar experience with a blue tooth earpiece, it worked for a few weeks and then died completely.

 

[Milkfloat]

Fingers crossed it stays working for you. I think the ipod headphones have paper cones - so that could be the problem.

 

[GM]

I once left a mobile in the wash, it came out wringing!

 

[Saluki]

Dab it dry and put it in a bowl of rice for a week and maybe leave the rice and the shuffle in the airing cupboard too.
I washed my iPod Touch on a cool wash and after a fortnight in the airing cupboard, it was just fine. I played it today, in fact.

Good luck

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Success! After 5 days buried in rice, the I-pod shuffle seems non the worse for it's ordeal. The earphones haven't fared quite so well. Oddly, they do still work but at a much reduced volume. Thanks for the suggestion @Bobby Mhor and @Milkfloat .

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[byegad]

[QUOTE 3741017, member: 259"]Would you take the battery out ( I know the shuffle doesn't have a removable one, bit for other things that do?)[/QUOTE]
Sorry for the late reply, but yes if possible.