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Will wearing the 2nd generation in the sauna damage it

My 1st generation would over heat and shut down....will the 2nd do the same in the heat?Dont want to damage it with trial and error

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antonio estrello, absolutely yes. the humidity in the sauna will collect inside your iPod and will lead to corrosion and failure. So, I recommend that you do not take your iPod inside.

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Well, according to the leaflets supplied with every iPod, the iPod is designed to work at a temperature between 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C), and list as a nonoperating temperature -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C). Also, the same source tells you that it can run with an humidity between 5% and 95% noncondensing.

That is, you could carry around an iPod Shuffle in a hot summer day, or while sking if you keep it tucked in a pocket (I'm not entirely sure I will use the wrist strap of my 6g while sking).

But leaving it in a closed car, on the dashboard, in a hot day would mean killing it: the temperature was enough to deform a plastic card of mine, so it's way hotter than the 45°C listed as a "risky" temperature.

Furthermore, as you could feel on the skin, the water droplets in a sauna are prone to condensing.

Thus, your Shuffle I fear would be as likely to overheat as your 1g.

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antonio estrello will be eternally grateful.
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