Griffin Technology ITRIP FM TRANSMITTER FOR NEW (4013-2trip) Keyboard

Pros: Allows use of iPod over factory car stereo, much better than CD changer for variety.
Cons: Difficulty tuning while driving, often fuzzy reception, slowly drains the iPod's battery.

----- Why an iTrip? ----- Not long after I purchased my 20gb iPod I started searching for a way to use it while driving in my car. I couldn’t see a reason to fish around looking for CDs when I had all my favorite music loaded on my iPod. ...

Pros: relatively, none.
Cons: can't keep the frequency. over-the-air quality of the music is dreadful.

Howdy. I've had an iPod (2G - as in, "2nd Generation") for some time and wanted to play my iPod music in my vehicle. I don't have a solution. I tried Netalog's piece of junk adapter "TransPod" (wrote a review on this as well - save yourself and ...

Pros: Elegant companion to iPod, no extra batteries, easy to use.
Cons: Quality of sound is average. Not sure if there are negative long term health hazards.

Let me get this out of the way. Wonder why iTrip is under the Keyboard category. I would never have looked for it had I traversed my way through the category hierarchy. Search engine is really critical for navigating the Epinions site. Ok, lets focus ...

Pros: Incredibly cool and potentially useful
Cons: 60 second shut off problematic, FCC-mandated pathetically limited range

An iTrip sets up a very inexpensive, exceedingly local radio station without the annoying brain-dead banter of the DJs or the commercials. It's a station that always plays exactly what you want to hear. You can play the music anywhere and everywhere in ...

Pros: Convenient, very cool looking, Great sound if you can find a "free" station
Cons: Not reliable in metropolitan areas

WHAT IT DOES The iTrip was the first accessory that I purchased for my iPod. It sends the audio via FM signal from the iPod to any FM radio within a few feet. This is ideal to be used in the car so that you can listen to your iPod on the car ...

Pros: Designed for iPod Relatively inexpensive Works decently
Cons: FM Limitations

I just bought an iPod so that I could have something to listen to while I work. I spend 6-7 hours everyday on a refuse collection route, and music makes it a bit more enjoyable. However, the other place that I wanted to use it (as it stores my entire CD ...

Pros: Style, small size, integration with iPod
Cons: Blocks the iPod hold button, audio quality variable.

I bought the iTrip as a companion for my new 40gb iPod. My hope was that this device would eliminate the need for a wired connection to my car and home stereos. In a perfect world, the iTrip would allow me to listen to my music collection in all my autos ...

Pros: Flexible station choice, no extra power required, nice design
Cons: Won't sound as good as an aux in or cassette adapter.

This is better than other similar device that I've tried, but still can be lacking. I tried the iRock first, which was very frustrating - only four stations to choose from and an odd design which makes it easy to accidentally turn off; meanwhile it's ...

Pros: Size, easy power source, potential for many convenient uses.
Cons: Weak signal, poor sound quality, and clumsy/problematic set-up and operation.

I love my iPod and figured, Wow, that iTrip thing sounds like a great product. I ordered one right when I bought my iPod and, after the manufacturer was so backlogged that they couldn't send me one in a months' time, I bought one on eBay. Big mistake. ...

Pros: Cool look, supports all iPods, Easy to use, No battery
Cons: Not the best sound, easy to lose, drains iPod battery

The iTrip is an accessory for the iPod. It came out just a few months ago along with the release of the mini iPod. The idea of the iTrip is fantastic. The iTrip FM transmitter for the iPod can play your music through any FM radio in your car, at a party, ...

Pros: Does what it's supposed to do
Cons: The technology is limited.

If you have a cassette deck in your car, you don't need the iTrip, just get one of those cassette adapters and you are all set. But if you don't have a cassette deck in your car, the iTrip does what it's supposed to do fairly well. In the majority of ...

Pros: Small sleek design. Allows for thousands more songs (depending on ipod) than CD changers.
Cons: Covers the hold button.

I love the itrip! I read most of the reviews before I purchased it and a lot of them were more on the negative side but I was dying to listen to my ipod in the car so I decided to spend the $30 on it and take my chances with it. So far it's worked great! ...

Pros: Convenience, compact, good looks, good FM sound, works with 4th Gen
Cons: covers hold button, shuffle problem with stations still on iPod

This product seems to get many unwarranted negative reviews particularly about it's sound quality. I went ahead and purchased one along with my 4th Gen iPod anyway. I have to say that the sound quality is better than what I expected. It's not as good ...

Pros: Good concept
Cons: Doesn't work, poor frequency, switches frequency while songs shuffle, doesn't fit with iSkins.

I bought my iPod in October. The main place I listen to music is my car, and since I don't have a tape deck in it, I went the iTrip route. It took a little over a month to arrive (they evidentely aren't making them as quickly as people are ordering ...

Pros: sleek design, authentic Mac look
Cons: bad frequency range, distorted quality and sound

I didn't look for anything spectacular to let my iPod music play in my vehicle, so I thought this iTrip would suffice. I spent $30 for it at Comp USA, and boy was I disappointed. From the get go, I seem to have trouble installing the iTrip on my iPod. ...

Pros: Uses iPod internal power Can tune all FM frequencies No dangling cords
Cons: Changing frequencies not as simple as it could be. Output power is a bit weak

I've had my iPod since May 2003 and I love the thing. I needed a way to play it in the car though. I tried cassette adapters and I hated wrestling with the extra cord. I tried the Belkin FM adapter which was decent, but could only send on 4 frequencies ...

Pros: looks good, can use with any fm receiver, selection of fm stations
Cons: audio quality very poor, uses ipod's power

It is easy to be tempted to buy the itrip because it does look great, however it perfoms poorly. It does have an extensive choice of FM stations for transmitting. It uses your ipod's power. Obviously it does not charge your ipod as the monster iCarPlay does. It does enable you to use the ipod with any fm receiver and does not restrict you to your car. The problem is it doesn't work. OK it does work it just sounds like your listening to a bad fm station with a lot of static. I have since purchased monster's iCarPlay which, although it is not perfect, it provides much better fm transmittal and charges you ipod at the same time.

Pros: .....
Cons: sound is terrible, hard to search for stations unless you are stopped

Honestly my iPod is one of the better things I have bought in a long time. I love it and have no problems at all with it. iTrip on the other hand sucks. It has terrible sound quality. As far as I'm concerned that makes it useless. And if you want to try to change stations while driving to get a better signal.....enjoy getting in a car accident. I ended up finding a tape adapter from my old discman and it works flawlessly. Use a tape adapter (if you can) and call it a day.

Pros: Small, self contained, simple to use
Cons: Sound quality, but only for picky people

Like the title says, it works. Wasn't sure if it would from some negative reviews around the web.

Simple to set up, simple to use.

Sound quality? It's OK, nothing great. But those like me with no tape deck or line in jack (not to mention a factory CD player that won't play most burned CDs), think thing is great. I'd much rather sacrifice a bit of sound quality for convenience and ease of use.

I've used other mini FM transmitters, and the features on the iTrip are great - uses the iPod battery, and has a digital tuner (small song files you install via iTunes). The old one I used has a tiny tuner wheel, had to be plugged into the cig lighter, pain in the neck.

Looks cool too!

Pros: Looks cool.
Cons: Doesn't work unless you don't travel more than 10miles

If you live anywhere other than Podunk Indiana, you will get a lot of static from radio frequencies. Where I live in NJ, 20m west of NYC, I don't find much 'empty' radio frequencies, which if not the case, you will find it interupts the Ipod music and causes high levels of static. I've nearly crashed meddling with this unit while driving. It should be banned more than cell phone use !

Pros: Connects to iPod directly, no dangling wires. Powered by the iPod, no batteries to replace.
Cons: Blocks hold button. Adding stations can get annoying(shows up as a song in shuffle mode)

I bought my ipod back in August of '04. I tried another type of FM transmitter made by Belkin, pure crap. I decided to spring for the iTrip since a friend of my recommended it. I was a bit weary after reading reviews of fuzzy reception in metropolitan areas. So far, adding additional stations seems unnecessary, I'm getting pretty decent reception with the preset station. I'm surprised of how much clearer this transmitter sounds compared the the other one I owned. I also love how iTrip connected directly to the iPod. No dangily wires or batteries to replace. On the previous transmitter I owned, I had issues with remembering to turn off the device.

Pros: Very small. Self-Powered (no cables). Looks nice. Infinite radio station selection (good for urban areas).
Cons: Bad Reception (at least in a VW Golf/GTI...) Slow Responding E-mail Tech Support.

I loved all the features of this device -- except one -- lousy transmission/reception in my car. I don't know how it is that a few others here "love" their iTrips. No matter where I put my iTrip in my car, and no matter how many different "clear/free" radio stations I try, I get some degree of constant or intermintent static. Maybe this product works better in a rural area (I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is jam-packed with FM airwaves...), or maybe it works better with certain brands of car radios (mine is a stock 2004 VW GTI "Monsoon" radio with the whip antenna mounted on the rear roof). When I physically hold the iPod in my hand, transmission/reception is better -- as soon as I let go of it, static becomes much worse. Reception is also better when I have the unit pluged into power through the cigarette lighter power adapter (purchased separately). I plan to try the Monster iCarPlay device -- I've heard better reviews on that product.