GOgroove FlexSMART X2 Bluetooth FM Transmitter

As the title says, this device is an awesome temporary fix to your system! I've had mine for around a year-ish, and I've had no problems at all with the manufacturing (still working like new!). I'll try and give a thorough review and then a TL;DR near the bottom. And also, I am by no means a tech junkie, I'm just an ordinary person who loves music and hates commercials! The size: 5/5. The GOgroove is a good size. It's not too small OR too big, and the connecting bendy thing in the middle does bend, so it can take an array of shapes. For example, my cigarette lighter is in a very awkward place in my car, but bending the GOgroove a bit to the side made it fit very well. Also, with the size, the buttons are nice and large enough to be easily pressed without your hand slipping and pressing another. Which leads me to it's design! The design: 5/5. As you can see, the GOgroove is incredibly simple. There are 7 buttons in all: the phone call accept button, the end call button, previous song button, next song button, seek channel button, and the on/off button. That's it, and that's all you'll need! The interface is awesome, as I said before, it's designed in a really good way so that you can easily press buttons without hitting the wrong thing, and it's also safe to drive and push the buttons because you will develop your spatial memory pretty quick! And it's simple, back button goes to previous song, forward button goes to next song, and the top button pauses/plays. Also, whatever FM station you have the transmitter set to will display in red on the GOgroove, in case you forget to save your channel or something. Sound quality: 2/5. Now here's where it gets tricky, and a bit disappointing. You gotta realize that an FM transmitter is just that, an FM transmitter; if you have a shoddy connection then that's what you'll have: shoddy music. Unfortunately for me, I did have a shoddy connection, no matter which station I found. Granted, I did have plenty dead stations that worked good, but that's all it was, GOOD, not well or amazing. The FM transmitter took care of commercials (I hate them! So when they came on I'd just play my music to avoid commercials) but it doesn't do much for sound, in fact, there were many songs that I had to skip because the quality was just so terrible for songs with a lot of bass. Rather this is the same for everyone, I have no idea. But for my connection, at least, it was pretty bad--some songs played very well but ones with bass sounded so awful that I'd just skip them, dead station or not. Durability: 5/5. As stated above, I'd had this thing for nearly a year and it works like the day it arrived in the mail! No matter how cold it gets, or how hot it gets, the thing is still working. And it's very strong too; that skinny cord thing in the middle is stronger than you'd believe! It will definitely hold whatever wonky shape you put it in. Also, the Bluetooth connects automatically with whatever music thing you synched it with. I'd say 9/10 times it would connect as it should, but once in a while you will have to turn it on and off for it to connect. Not that big a deal though, it starts up fast, so in seconds it will be on and off again and will connect. Accessories: 5/5. I will say that this is a simple device and it actually doesn't come with many accouchements, but I believe there is a built in mic, and from I hear from my friends and family, works very well! They can hear my clearly and I can hear them over FM as well, although I had to turn up the volume very loud to hear their voice (for some reason, phone calls are much quieter than the music you're playing). Honestly, that's not much of a big deal though. Also! There is a USB port so you can charge your phone or ipod or what-have-yous. Overall score and last comments: Definitely a 5/5, even with the below-average sound quality, and I will get to that in just a minute. First off, yes, I loved this thing! It was extremely helpful and definitely worth the money. I kept mine on at all times (when you turn off the car the Gogroove will turn off as well, of course, but when you start up your car it will turn on automatically, and automatically sync with whatever device you've connected to in the past, and the connection happens pretty fast too!) And if you're curious about the 5/5 rating, despite the sound issues, it's because this is a great TEMPORARY fix to a crappy radio. I've gone through countless FM transmitter devices, and they've all been just a step better than the last. Granted, this is the best one I've ever had, hence the 5/5 stars, trust me, it's a great device. That said, I do suggest you plan on buying a new radio in the future (with Bluetooth or at least an AUX port so you never have to mess with the FM transmitters again!). The GOgroove is, again, a quick fix, so that you can charge your phone and listen to your music, but you won't get that sweet CD quality sound with this, you will get the bare minimum. The GOgroove has helped me survive a year by allowing me to avoid commercials, and I don't regret the purchase at all (in fact, I'm giving it to someone because I bought a new radio myself!) So yes, still consider getting the full shabam and use this as something temporary to carry you there. TL;DR Awesome device! Great look, it's small, and very easy to use! Sound quality depends on the stability of your own signal pickup, for me, it was pretty bad. But still a worthy buy, and I'll definitely recommend. It will carry you a long way! But in the end, buy a new radio, this is a quick fix, not a new radio!