Which is the toughest
gadget?
Recently, I put my son’s Sony MP3
player in with the washing (it was in
his jeans’ pocket). We feared the
worst, but once dry, it worked fine.
Should careless washers favour Sony
portable electronics, or are other
makes equally resilient?
- My son dropped his iPod Nano down
the toilet. In a state of panic at the loss of
this gift from his mother (me), he rushed
to the nearest Apple store and bought a
new one. His less hasty wife dried out the
dunked one and now enjoys its
unimpaired use. So it wasn’t all music
down the drain.
June Andrews, Chard, Somerset
- I put my Sendo mobile phone through
an overnight wash cycle. After 48 hours in
the airing cupboard, it switched back on
fine, fully charged and ready to make
calls — although it took a couple of weeks
for the texting facility to return to normal.
Helen Cooper, Brightlingsea, Essex
- My girlfriend has inadvertently put her
Creative Zen Nano Plus MP3 player in the
cotton wash cycle. It has not only
emerged unscathed, but it was playing
when discovered. I would have liked to
report it was playing ‘Water’ by PJ Harvey
or maybe ‘I’m Gonna Wash that Man
Right Outta My Hair’ by Peggy Lee, but
neither track was on it.
Jamie Wilding, London SW4
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