Suggestions for MP3 Players?

I've been using my Cowon J3 for the past 4 years, still working like i bought it yesterday. <3

I love it, it has everything i need; excellent sound, amazing autonomy. You can also tweak it. Cowon is definitely one of the best in that category.

iPod Touch?

I'm rocking FiiO X3. Clean, crisp, neautral sound. Got the M50s too. Not my main pair, but they do make a great combo. The player does have some occasional issues with its file management system, but they're far from being major and the developer is quick about fixing them. I believe they also released a newer model recently, so you might want to look into that.

sansa clip +

Use your phone?

altmann tera :)
just kiddin,

try for ibasso dx 50 or dx 90

I have 2 Ipods, 16gb and 160gb for 4 5 years and work very nice. Apple for me, on musicplayer is the best!!

How about any cellphone? I had a few sansa mp3 players, they were pretty good, still working perfectly. The oldest one I think I have it since like 8 years or so.

I had Creative Zen. It's quite good. Unfortunately my player broke after I think 5 years from unknown reason (mabe I put to much movies on it or it was a virus, I don't know it looks like the system crash).

You basically just described the sansa clip +....btw if the memory is to small you can put Rockbox on it(Should do that anyways) and shove a micro sd up to 128gb from what I recall.

Anyone who is recommending iPods apparently missed the sound quality(5th gen was best but still was iffy because of bad jack electronics) and durability portion of your post...

I had Creative Zen Stone Plus 2GB. It's very good and useful.

I have one of these : http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SA3RGA04K-37-GoGear-Player/dp/B004SKBHB4

Really small and amazing battery life. These two were the only things i needed on a MP3 player.

I don't use it very often, and due to its great battery life you can turn it off today and after 1 month it still has enough battery.

Sound quality. Dunno, i don't pay too much attention to sound quality while I'm using it. For my tastes it was great.

Size: The thumbnail on amazon is way bigger than the real product.

Durability: A nice rubberish plastic, dropped it lots of times, no issues with it so far.

Usability: Well, it really easy to use, although the "volume up/scroll up" button feels strange when you use it.

Edit: i hate the formatting on this forum

I still use my old Sandisk Sansa e250v2, although I do have Rockbox installed on it (along side the original firmware), and I haven't found a good reason to upgrade. With your requirements I think it would be best to find an older player and checkout the Rockbox alternate firmware, works on old iPods too so you don't have to deal with iTunes and Apple's other crap.

Zune?lelelelellellel