Voice Recorder for Lectures (8GB Mini)

I have used several of these small recorders over the years for college lectures and then in business, none had everything I wanted until this one.Looks just like a usb drive. Very easy to use, on/off slide switch on end. Also easy to enable time stamp on recordings, one time set up - one click.Great sensitivity and sound quality. 13 hour battery life., about 36 hours of recording time (8Gigs). 2.5 hours to charge from 25%. Discreet colored lights available to show battery life left and also storage left.Came in nice small foam lined metal box, classy all the way around. I have also ordered from this company before and their customer service is second to none.

I wasn't expecting it to be so small, but don't let that fool you, it picks up every sound! I use it in my lecture classes and I don't sit near the front so i was worried about it not picking up on what the teacher was saying but playing it back, it got her every word perfectly! Really easy to organize the recordings when you connect it to your computer too.

The recorder was challenging for my 10 year old son to use and it did not have a play back feature. You would have to insert the device into the computer for a playback. I thought this would work for him, however, it did not. The customer service was excellent and they accepted the return with no issues and refunded the entire amount.

For the two units I've tried I would not say the "crystal clear recordings" and "Premium Sound Quality" listed in the item description are to be expected - certainly not for this form factor. I wasn't able to achieve a recording that wasn't at least moderately muffled. Recordings are stored as 16000 Hz WAV files with no options available to change it. Would be neat to be able to change these settings with a software utility. Also, it would be good for them to not just include the year, month, day and recording number but also the hour, minute and second in the recording file name.It is an engineering challenge to pack a good microphone into such a small space without getting at least some interference in the form of noise - in that respect this recorder does an OK job. It does not utilize a noise gate and does not support voice-activated recordings. The unit is very simple to operate with the built-in On/Off switch and status button for battery and remaining storage indicators. No LED lights are on during the recording so it looks like a plain old USB stick.This 8GB USB stick with a microphone should be good enough for moderate to loud audio sources, preferably as close to the unit as possible (as with all microphones). Just don't expect to gain this up in your audio editor and get crystal clear audio without any interfering noise.The team at RoMech were very responsive via email when I wrote to them - props to them for that.

Okay now it wont record. I turn it on, its fully charged, but now its flashing a blue light for like 20 seconds then shutting off and i click the button to check the battery and nothing lights up. Then i reset it and nothing... i use this for lectures daily and am very frustrated that it broke after only three months of use

I was a little skeptical when I initially received this voice recorder, but I was pleasantly surprised. The microphone is great.I kept the voice recorder in my purse, and it picked up conversations from at least 10 feet away. I easily transferred my recordings to my computer for playback, which was crystal clear. The recorder charged quickly and I recorded for 12 hours without needing to recharge. I highly recommend this voice recorder.

Unfortunately, unless you are right on top of what you want to record you aren't going to hear it. There is a lot of background noise and just a few ft. away everything becomes inaudible. The size is very nice and the flash drive charge and download feature is nice, but that's really all.

It’s been totally worth it to buy this, and perfect value for money. It works great, you do need windows to set up the date which is inconvenient for Ubuntu users but other than that I am super happy.I guess it’s limited if you want super advanced technology, but this just does exactly what I expected it to. Clear audio and super easy to use and transfer audios.