3.5mm Male to Male Retractable Cable

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002HQWLM0
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• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (130 customer reviews)

Product Description

This retractable 3.5mm stereo male to male cable has been built for durability and clean signal transfer. For use with, but not limited to, DVD players, laptops, CD players, MP3 players, iPods, PCs, projectors, theater receivers, car radios, and so much more!

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value for the price, April 13, 2010

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CyberHez - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 3.5mm Male to Male Retractable Cable (Electronics)

Even including the price of shipping, this thing still cost about 10% of what it'd have cost at a local electronics shop, so it already has that going for it. Add to it that it's got gold contacts (a bonus which I wasn't expecting) and that it's retractable (I hate dangly wires in my car!), and playing tunes through my cell phone or MP3 player, the sound is clear and no distortion is detectable. Of course, I don't crank my sound system to ear-bleed levels, either, but for my purposes (and I've only had it for a day) it just plain works great. I hope to update in a few weeks after I've given it a little more of a workout.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a good idea, but product has quality issues..., October 31, 2010

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trebe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3.5mm Male to Male Retractable Cable (Electronics)

This seems like a practical device, as with a retractable cord, you can adjust the length to what you need. With two 1/8 inch male pins, it is ideal for connecting an MP3 player to a car's stereo system. Basically, the wiring from the two pins winds around a spool in the middle. You pull each pin to unwind the length of cord you want, and when you stop pulling, the spool is supposed to lock in place.

It's a pretty cool idea, but the product doesn't always work as designed. I bought three of these gadgets on eBay, from a seller in Hong Kong, for about a dollar each. One works fine, another locks in place most of the time, and one does not lock at all when the cord is pulled out. I can't say what the actual failure rate of the product may be, and you may have better luck, but in my case it was at least 33%.

The cord unreels to a maximum of about two feet in length, the jacks have gold colored pins, the wiring appears to be of decent quality, and sound quality is fine. When it works as it is supposed to, this is a pretty handy device, however because of questionable quality issues, it only rates three stars.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars iPod Aux Cable, January 21, 2010

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C. Lomeli "C.Lomeli" (California) - See all my reviews

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Just as described, far cheaper than buying in the store. It's nothing fancy but it gets the job done and that's all we needed it for! Very happy with the shipping time, and over all we have no complaints! Would buy again!