How cute. Look at you, struggling with that chintzy Radio Shack cassette adapter like it’s 1993, to play your little Discman or your MP3 player through your car stereo. It may seem like an innocuous convenience, but that plastic rectangular adapter, with its tres gauche resemblance to the loathsome, discredited cassettes of yore, keeps you tethered to the Dark Ages.

But the real joke is on those of you with car CD players in lieu of tape players. Nobody makes an adapter that can rescue you from a purgatory of MP3-less cruising and melted plastic discs. We honestly don’t know how you people find the strength to carry on.

For less than half what you’d pay for a tape adapter, today you can score two of these Arkon SF100 Wireless FM Transmitters, letting you send audio from a portable MP3 player, CD, or boombox to a nearby FM radio. No cassette player required – whatever shape the slot on the front of your stereo is, your car will soon be swinging to the sweet sounds of your choosing.

Why two? Because your household is probably one of the 60% that own two or more cars. And don’t be afraid to leave them in those cars all the time: unlike those foxy iPod accessories, the Arkon SF100 is so ugly and unappealing that even the hardest-up crackhead won’t mistake it for something of value.

Back to top