I've used my sansa clip since, 2009? It just works. It works in the rain, in my woodshop, in the basement, on a plane, everywhere. The battery takes a couple hours to charge, and lasts for weeks.
And you can load so many songs on it that the shuffle feature is just as good as a streaming service.
I've got an e260 with RockBox that I've had since new. They were (and are still) excellent mp3 players! Still use it sometimes but not as much now that I have all my mp3s on my phone. It uses the same 30-pin connector as the iPod, but it fits backwards and the connections are different.
And you can load so many songs on it that the shuffle feature is just as good as a streaming service.