It's doing Its thing. The durability was on point. I was taken notes for class and uploaded them with ease on my notebook.

Love this. Very sturdy for my toddler who loves his tapes and music. Love the speaker, great sound quality

I got the bigger black version and it's a pretty decent device. Sometimes theres a catch when you put a tape in that you have to watch for. If you play the tape when the tape is caught up like that it might pull the tape out a little bit. You'll know it's caught if the lid on top of the tape is propped up a bit. It is very easy to see it's not in right so you just have to be mindful and a little careful. Otherwise, it's a good device. I enjoy it and my students get a kick out of seeing cassette tapes.

I read reviews for several CONVERTERS and decided on this one in spite of the very confusing reviews. Later I realized that on this site, you have choices of teal, pink, etc., but they are for PLAYING AND RECORDING cassettes, they WILL NOT CONVERT cassettes to MP3s. Be careful what you order.

I read reviews mentioning the uncalibrated speed making it sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks and how to calibrate the speed from the little hole in the back, how it chewed up the tapes, how it burned through batteries, etc. You can disregard all those horror stories as not pertaining to the CONVERTER.

I specifically wanted a device that had a speaker, as I did not want to have to wear earbuds to monitor how it was going. It does have automatic shut-off at the end of the tape, but if you have a tape that isn't recorded all the way to the end, you will be converting noise, so with a speaker, you can stop the converting manually.

I have now recorded more than 70 sides and only had one get chewed and I think it was my fault for not making sure the tape was tight. Thankfully it was about the 3rd one so from then on, I put every side into my good old Sony machine and rewound to make sure the tape was tight, then put it into the converting machine. Also, I recommend using a USB power cable (the jack is not for the USB-C type) to an electrical source for a steady power supply.

When I play the converted MP3s, they sound exactly like the original cassettes. I did several tests in the beginning: took the flash drive out of the device and inserted it into my computer to make sure they were converting correctly; the files are sequentially named (TAP0001MP3, 0002, ...) and I renamed them and made sure the renaming didn't corrupt them; I began converting them at the highest volume, adjusting the volume during playback on my computer, but that was too distracting for me to work on other things while it's doing its thing, so I tried lowering the volume way down, and the volume made no difference when it came to playback of the converted file.

So, having said all that, here are my instructions for trouble-free conversions --

Have the USB power plugged in, and the flash drive inserted.
Set the button on the side/edge to "Tape".
Insert the tightly re-wound cassette and close the door firmly.
Press the Play button on the side/edge of the device.
Then quickly press the Record button on the front surface of the device; the light will begin flashing.
If you need to stop it manually, press the Stop button on the side/edge.

This has been a long review, but maybe either you'll accept what I've written and dive in, or it will prompt you to double-check some things for yourself.

One last thing - of course you can simply play pre-recorded cassettes or record on blank cassettes -- the buttons on the edge/side are for use as a regular cassette player/recorder. The 6 buttons on the front are for the converting process. The Play button on the side/edge does double duty.

Loved product but wish is was the color I ordered it in. Ordered teal but got black big difference.