Ahh. I never saw the one for Mini Disc players, so it seamed fairly new to me.

I tend to think the fact that the control module has to be removed before washing is going to cause a lot of people problems. I know people that have a hard time separating colors, let alone remembering to remove something from an article of clothing. On the other hand, having spent $500 on it would probably make most people more aware of such things. At least, one would hope, anyway.