Zoom H1essential Review / Test: 32-bit Floating Recorder

greetings earthlings and welcome back to podcastage today I am back with a review of a portable recorder this is the zoom h1e if you do want to check this out it costs about $100 like always links in the description full disclosure I did buy this with my own money all of my recording settings will be listed in the description as well as the dodo and now let's talk about what comes in the Box first off you at the recorder it does not come with batteries and you'll get a tiny bit of documentation then as far as the build quality I would say this is fine it has an all plastic construction and the buttons feel a little bit mushy to push they aren't the greatest on the back you have/ qu in threading to put this on a tripod you also have the battery compartment which side you have a 3.5 mm headphone or line out put a volume control and the power and hold slider on the right hand side you have a micro SD card slot the menu button a USBC port to connect this to your computer your phone or a power bank a 3.5mm mic or line input and then on the front you have this great screen you have a stereo or mono button you have a low cut button to engage an 80 160 or 240 HZ High Pass fil filter you have a marker button to place a marker in your recording a trash button a stop button a play button a back and forward button a record button which is pretty self-explanatory and when you are recording you have a record light and like most things nowadays if you care this is made in China then as far as the specs I'm not going to read them to you because that would be boring but I will have them up on screen I'll also have them listed in the description as well as provide a link to zoom's website so a 9-year-old Zoom H1 the H1 is recording 16bit 44.1 khz the h1e is 32bit float 48 khz l on the H1 is 55% h1e has no level I will be switching back and forth between them