I dropped my 30 gig ipod

Originally posted by scabmettler
Glad you got a replacement! Delicate though? Three feet onto concrete for such a small, component-packed hard drive is a pretty intense shock, IMHO. Did that $40 include medical treatment for your ensuing heart attack? lol.

oh man...at first i didn't think much of it...it really wasn't a big fall, but the heart attack nearly occurred when my ipod stopped playing altogether...i must have re-booted it 15 times.

I do feel they're delicate...they should be able to withstand some kind of drop, but from now on I'm going to be Xtra careful.

Yeah, they are kinda delicate, I do have to concede. I think you just got unlucky, because I've heard several stories of much worse drops resulting in no damage. One poor guy fell down the stairs, broke his arm, dropped the ipod down the whole stairs, and I believe he said it was fine.

I'd rather break my arm, frankly. I have health insurance, no iPod insurance. lol.

i've dropped mine waaaaaaay too many times, an it doesnt have any problems

I was rushing to an interview on Tuesday, flung my bag over my shoulder and watched in horror as my iPod (in its Apple case) sailed out of the side pocket. The pod flew about 15 feet at a height of about 6 feet, then struck the macadam car park with a resounding thump.

At this point my heart stopped.

I went to inspect the carnage, sod's law dictates that it would b100dy hit the ground on the only corner not covered by the case. It struck hard enough to cause the casing to pop open.

Heart still not beating yet, I removed it from the POS case Apple supplies and press a button... Nada (blood pressure now at the point at which it bursts those machines doctors place on your arms)

I then realised the case was slightly cracked open, I gave it a firm push, heard it snap back into place, pressed a button and after 10 seconds or so it sprang back into life as if nothing had happend.

My heart started again and the sun came out. I have a nasty scratch in the top right corner of both the Metal and Plastic, but there doesn't seem to be any other lasting damage.

I have now rechristened my pod Indestructipod. My conclusion being that they are tougher than they look.

GuyVer

Ps I still wouldn't advise testing them too hard, I think I was very very lucky.

...I dropped mine yesterday putting it in my briefcase, am still petrified that it's damaged. I turned it on, it seemed to play fine, but when I hit FF, it would not respond. Shut it off, went to another playlist, it let me FF through about a half-dozen songs. Almost afraid to try it today.

Originally posted by IronSerif
man I think I'm gonna cry listenin to all of these stories about dropped iPods...ugh.

I'm really sorry to hear about these stories :(

I'm about to use 4 different cases at the same time to protect this thing now :P

i see you've migrated to the forums. :p welcome. :)

BB claims that if your dog chews it up, the insurance is still good, however they usually make you do a song and dance about sending in for a return coupon then you have to send the unit in. CompUSA has the same insurance, but they replace it on the spot in the store no questions asked as it should be. Also remember BB will not refund cash over $100.00. They send you a check which takes two weeks.
Sorry to hear about your pod. Glad it all worked out.