Using the Zoom H1 as a portable emergency recorder: a quick review

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If you’ve read some of my previous posts regarding portable handheld recorders, you’ll be aware that I’ve use many over the years including others from the Zoom range (H2 H4 and H5) as well as higher-end recorders such as the Sony PCM D100 (great review here) which is my current go to portable. But even the Sony device can be a little bulky for those situations where you just don’t want to have to carry it around. For me this is most weekends when I am out and about with my family, visiting the beach, shopping, going for a walk or out for a meal. These times are when I am not working and spending time relaxing, but it’s also often the time in the past when I’ve kicked myself when a low flying helicopter flies right overhead, or I happen to come across the squeakiest door on the planet. These are the times when I say to myself “I wish I had my recorder on me”. Last week I was walking back from the beach when a huge machine was operating by the side of the road (road works) and I was able to walk right up to it, […]