The Mini Mice My Dalmatian MP3 Player is very compact and lightweight, and easy to use ***IF *** you've used an MP3 player before. The instructions are appalling, having apparently been translated from another language by a non-English speaker (or a computer). For example: 'When unit is in off condition, to press this button, the player will be in power on with LEDs lighting and then enter into Music Idle mode with Orange LED lighting as well.'
Even allowing for the English, they don't tell you how to connect to a computer or put your music onto the player, and I think if this was your first experience of MP3 files and players, it could be very confusing and frustrating. However, if you're comfortable with MP3s, you probably won't read the instructions anyway and will find it easy enough.
The headphones supplied aren't very good, very tinny sound. We replaced them with a better set, and the sound quality is fine. It comes with one AAA battery, which lasted the car journey from Bedfordshire to Cornwall and back.
There is no display, only a couple of coloured LEDs, which tell you when the player is on, etc. This means you can't see the names etc. of the track you're playing. The controls are easy to use even for a young child, and the USB 2 connector slides out of the player when you want to connect it to your computer, and back in to protect it afterwards - so no cap to lose!
There are apparently different equaliser settings for speech, pop, classical, etc., but with no display, it's not easy to tell which setting you're on. The player has a 'repeat one' and 'shuffle repeat' mode, if you can decipher the instructions telling you how to set them.
The capacity is only 128Mb, where you can get MP3 players with 2 or even 4 times this capacity for a similar price (at the time of writing), and with track displays etc. If you're only using it to listen to a couple of albums on a journey, it's quite adequate.
I'd say this player is only suitable for a child who cares more about the cute case than the memory, only if you are already comfortable putting files onto MP3 players, and if you have (or buy) reasonable headphones.