Put your favorite tunes at your fingertips when you get behind the wheel with this FM transmitter that allows you to play music from your iPod or iPhone through your car stereo system.
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I drive 5 hours from Cincinnati to Lansing, MI about once a month and nothing makes the drive seem longer than sucky music. So I bought this hoping that it would work and make my long drive more enjoyable. A lot of the reviews weren't good on this product, but I thought I'd try it for myself. And I LOVE it! On a 5 hour drive, I have to change the frequency because of static only 3 times. And changing the frequency can't be simpler. SO easy. And I love that when you turn off your car, it turns your ipod off too! Nothing's worse than getting back to your car and seeing that your ipod was on the whole time draining the battery.
My only problem with it is my car only has one cigarette lighter. And on such a long drive, I need my GPS too…which ALSO needs to be plugged into the cigarette lighter. (I felt so dumb once I realized this) So that was a little awkward, but it’s doable because most of the time I knew where I was going and didn’t need the GPS so I only turned it on once or twice. The rest of the time I was jammin on my IPOD with NO static!
I’ve used it a few times during my normal commute around Cinci, but my drive is never over 10 minutes so I usually don’t bother with it. The times I have used it I have not had any static problems. I’m not sure why other people gave it such bad reviews because I find this product to be simple, affordable, and works great!
What's great about it: Great for long distance trips, easy to work, decent price
What's not so great: Has static zones, but easily fixed by changing frequency.