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List Price: $49.95
Sale Price: $36.20

Tape recorders are quite cheap and due to the fact that they’re so affordable you don’t have to worry about it failing you after its warranty runs out. You can just replace your defective recorder with a much better model, like the TCM-400DV Pressman Standard Cassette Recorder from Sony.
List Price: $34.95
Sale Price: $55.99

If you’ve ever used a tape recorder before, you know how frustrating it is to miss a recording just because you forgot to push the button. Voice activated recorders, such as the RQ-L31 Portable Cassette Recorder, don’t have this problem, because the recording starts as soon as sound is detected, and stops when there isn’t any.
List Price: $29.95
Sale Price: $23.37

If you’re a writer you’re bound to have a lot of ideas that you mustn’t forget. However, you don’t always have a piece of paper to write them on, so a good tape recorder is required. A reliable one like the M-470 Microcassette Voice Recorder is not very expensive, yet it offers some great features that allow you to record more on a regular microcasette.
List Price: $29.99
Sale Price: $29.00

Students have a hard time staying awake during some classes, and if you’re one of them we recommend purchasing a small tape recorder like the S711 Microcassette Voice Recorder. That way you can leave it on your desk while you take a small nap, and when the class is done, you have it all on tape.
List Price: $29.99
Sale Price: $33.44

A pocket sized tape recorder is an item that you should carry with you at all times. However, not all tape recorders offer such a reliable microphone like the Pearlcorder S701 Microcassette Recorder does. It also offers dual tape speeds, so you can record up to 3 hours on a 90 minute tape.
List Price: $24.99
Sale Price: $21.53

Everybody takes notes, usually on small pieces of paper that they lose afterwards, so why not record your notes on tape? That way you know you won’t lose them, and a tape recorder like the Cassette Shoebox Voice Recorder design is very cheap. Don’t forget to buy tapes too, because you’re certainly going to need them!
List Price: $34.99
Sale Price: $28.36

If you don’t trust digital recorders too much, and you still prefer to do your recording on tapes, then the TCM-200DV Voice Recorder is one of the best tape recorders you could get. Two features stand out from the rest: the voice operated recording and the double recording time!
List Price: $24.99
Sale Price: $20.99

Tape recorders have been around for ages, and the fact that they still exist now, and people are still using them, speaks highly of their quality and ease of use. Even in this age of digital recorders some people prefer to purchase a good tape recorder, like the TCM-150 Cassette Recorder, from a well known brand.