What's a good small bluetooth DAP for running?

[Slaveofthewave]

I want to pick up running again but I lost my 'running rig' which was an agptek player (sound quality not good!) and some old xiaomi piston 2 iems.

Definitely a good excuse for an upgrade since my birthday is coming up. I wat to go wireless this time! (not with smartphone)
As TWS earbuds I found reviews on scarbir.com and best for sports Fiil T1X was mentioned. In that review they pointed to the newer T1XS as even better. So Im thinking about that one, since it's the same price!

Now for an DAP I am clueless. Budget around 50-60 $. Preferably I want it to be able to play FLAC too, and to have folder browsing. Lightweight and very small is very inportant obviously. I like to run light trough the forest and definitely without a phone! Soundquality must be reasonable and should be mainly fun. The agptek that I had only had acceptable bass when Jazz EQ setting was enabled on which techno stuff sounded best. I'm not a bass head!

Sandisk clip sports plus seems the only decent thing I can find around that price point (Shanling m0 definitely too expensive for example)
Or am I missing something?

 

[harry501501]

To be honest at the price you're looking at you might be best buying second hand on eBay. You'll get decent ones from FIIO, Shanling and Hidizs pop up quite often. Same with AGPTEK

 

[Slaveofthewave]

yeah I guess I could better go for a shanling m0 or fiio m5 after all to be more hapy with in the end.
I found shanling m0 for 79 on sale
and M5 for 69 on sale

still figuring out which is best, but it seems like both are eqally good, just little small differences

 

[Deferenz]

I considered getting the Shanling M0 for my wife as she does a lot of running. If your budget can stretch to it then I think the M0 would fit the bill.

 

[Slaveofthewave]

I ordered a shanling m0 on sale (79£). I figured I will bemore happy with it than with the sandisk sports plus and with a device that I will use for years thats definitely worth it!

 

[Slaveofthewave]

Tried it for the first time yesterday and it's perfect, very lightweight, and soundquality is good.
The small touch screen works surprisingly well and the menu structure is easy to navigate.

used it with a corded IEM, since my fiil t1 pro havent arrived yet