I had one of these for probably a year or so, and it was generally pretty great. Unless you were in a big city with lots of radio traffic (like Chicago, for example), it worked well 95% of the time. I used to drive around a lot, and I loved getting to have a huge mix of my iPod music in the car with me at all times. Sadly, one day, the transmitter just stopped working with a little pop noise, like a fuse blew. I was VERY sad, because I was so enamored with listening to my iPod all the time. So, I bought another one (FYI--at the time, they were around $70 at Best Buy, so it was a big investment). Would you know, it died within 2-3 months in the exact same way.Monster will not be swindling me out of more money any time soon, no matter how badly I want my iPod music again!