Maybe you have a friend who likes to take his iPod kayaking. Or maybe your sister likes wakeboarding while listening to Devo. In either case, you should introduce them to Otter's line of waterproof boxes made especially for iPods. I may be revealing too much about myself here, but I used to work at a boat shop, and we stocked some pretty questionable waterproof cases for portable music players. OtterBox doesn't fall into that category. Besides being as rugged as an underwater lumberjack, these guys actually have a watertight, interactive Click Wheel membrane, which means you don't need to expose your electronics to the elements to kick out the jams.

OtterBoxes for the second-generation iPod nano are on sale now, starting at $35. Of course, fancy underwater headphones are going to cost you a little bit more. — Elliot Black

OtterBox, via Let's Go Digital