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Customer Review
Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2024
UPDATE: seller reached out and refunded the purchase. I feel that's great customer service, even if the device itself needs more work.
Original review:
So I've used this thing for a few weeks. It solves the problem in a pinch, but you can't use it as a permanent solution.
First of all, I get interference eventually on any frequency I try. If the weather is different, I get some static. If I drive for 50km, I get some static. This issue is made worse by a dumb design choice: there's one knob that controls both the volume and the frequency.
I NEVER need to use the volume—I can adjust it on my phone or my car—yet, volume is the primary function of the knob. To change the frequency—which I need to do frequently—I have to press down on the knob for a few seconds, then turn it, then adjust my radio, and then press down on the knob again because the knob mode turns back to volume nearly right away.
To compound the issue, both my car radio and this device seem to occasional start to skip one notch in the frequencies, so I get the device rolling on even frequencies and the car rolling on odd ones.
So imagine doing all of this twiddling while speeding down the highway, to get rid of static. It's a nightmare.
To add insult to injury, the device doesn't fit as is into neither of the two cigarette holes I have. The wide top of the device gets in the way. I had to get an extension thing.
For the price, I still feel I got good value, but I dislike using this device.
Original review:
So I've used this thing for a few weeks. It solves the problem in a pinch, but you can't use it as a permanent solution.
First of all, I get interference eventually on any frequency I try. If the weather is different, I get some static. If I drive for 50km, I get some static. This issue is made worse by a dumb design choice: there's one knob that controls both the volume and the frequency.
I NEVER need to use the volume—I can adjust it on my phone or my car—yet, volume is the primary function of the knob. To change the frequency—which I need to do frequently—I have to press down on the knob for a few seconds, then turn it, then adjust my radio, and then press down on the knob again because the knob mode turns back to volume nearly right away.
To compound the issue, both my car radio and this device seem to occasional start to skip one notch in the frequencies, so I get the device rolling on even frequencies and the car rolling on odd ones.
So imagine doing all of this twiddling while speeding down the highway, to get rid of static. It's a nightmare.
To add insult to injury, the device doesn't fit as is into neither of the two cigarette holes I have. The wide top of the device gets in the way. I had to get an extension thing.
For the price, I still feel I got good value, but I dislike using this device.
