Reviews for Lightning to 30-pin Adapter

I guess I am one of the few who forgo purchasing cases and go naked with apple care +

If you would like to take your case off your phone every time you want to use it, than this will prob work for you... did not work for me though. I wish I would have had a change to read all these other reviews before... I am returning this and getting the adapter with the cord.

This doesn't work if you use a fairly protective case. This is useless. It’s also a little chunky and fat. Why don't they make these cables and adapters in black? I took this back to the Apple store and was able to get 2x USB to Lightning cables (in stock) for 9 bucks more. Not bad. I just wish the cables were black.

The adaptor does exactly what it is designed to do and works just fine. Unfortunately most case manufacturers are designing the cases for the width of the thin lightening plug and not the width of this adaptor. Buy a second lightening cord - it is cheaper anyway!

Since I use a lot of items that I like to plug my IPhone in the only way to go is to get a Slider case. This way when you need the bottom of the phone just take the bottom half off. The case I'm using now also will let me connect even with the case on. I got the case at Best Buy. The brand is Incase.

You have to have a case with a single opening across the bottom so that the connector goes all the way in, not the cases with the 3 individual openings. I brought my connector with me and tested it before I purchased my case. There are not nearly as many choices for this typle of case but I found 3 styles that worked.

Suggest you make sure this works for your connection needs before you drop $30 on it.
OK - first, the design is terrible; I bought a very small protective case (the Speck CandyShell Grip - a great case BTW) for the IPhone 5; it has a large opening for the connector but the lightning pin isn't long enough to fit all the way into the phone. Just a bad design from Apple.
But more troubling is that cords / connections / accessories that work with our other ipods and iphones (v4) don't all work the same with this connector attached to an iPhone 5. Chargers don't charge the iphone 5...connectivity to my car's iPhone connector (Nissan Maxima) doesn't work the same as the iPhone 4 and iPods (now it won't charge the iPhone 5, music controls don't work properly, etc.). Using this connector for the iPhone 5 connecting to a Bose Soundstation results in a very wobbly connection - it lost connection to the Bose frequently, sound cut out, and the left speaker never worked (this Bose still works great with all other ipods, ipod touches and iphone 4's (and they are also running ios 6). I tested this connected to my Pioneer Receiver (which has an iPod connection builtin) - this seemed to work perfect. Still have to test the car connection for our Honda Pilot and Honda Fit.

Overall - Caveat Emptor!!!!!!

Excellent fit, easy to use, small, light weight. A bit expensive, but, that is apple.

I have a car charger for my iPad 3 which obviously uses 30 pins and with this adapter I could charge my iPhone 5 without having to have additional coil. Awesome!!