Had my Creative Zen Touch even longer - I think I purchased it about 8+ years ago. Still going strong, although now and again it gets a bit confused and shuts itself down and the battery life which used to be 24 hours has dropped a bit these days. But my God it has taken a bashing over the years - it's travelled everywhere with me in all weathers, been dropped many times on hard surfaces including concrete and is looking very battle-scarred. It has been played and played millions of times and it holds a massive amount of music and files - even now I have about a third of the memory still available. I used to get some scathing comments about its size when I first got it - mainly from the airhead iPod-brigade with their tinny little players. But I would recommend the Creative Zen Touch to anyone who wants a robust, durable player with great sound quality that is easy to set up and use. If I have any grumble at all, as with so many players the original headphones were a bit sorry on the quality front, but once I plugged in a decent pair - wow ! Hoping it continues on for a while yet, but would certainly replace it with same model. 5 stars from me.