Belkin F8J198BTWHT cable interface/gender adapter Lighting 2 x Lighting White

Worth every penny - I’ve bought cheaper ones, suck as Klearlock, which do not work and if they do then only briefly until the next IOS update then they stop working again. Belkin works and continues to work, perfect!

Good for watching videos with earphones while you charge your phone, you get some pop-ups here and there saying it’s not compatible with your phone. All you have to do is unplug and plug, has worked fine for me over the years.

Extremely dodgy item. Considering the price I paid for it I expected it to last. Started acting up a week and a half after I got it. Sometimes sound doesn’t go through earphones so have to constantly plug it in and out for it to work. Have to hold it in certain position to get it to work also. Not worth the money

I bought some other items like this off Amazon for my iPhone 7 Plus to charge and listen to headphones at the same time and all broke within a short period of time. If bought them as they were cheaper, but ultimately you end up buying 2 or more for the cheaper value and you could just invest in a well named product that actually works well and works well for a long time. Since I’ve had this it’s worked perfectly. There is no defects on it, no glitches where one socket works and other doesn’t for example and the wiring is perfectly intact. I highly recommend regardless of the price, it’s well worth it.

Finally I have found a splitter that works. I wanted this so I could charge my phone and listen to music with wired headphones on the train as well as charge my phone and listen to music through an Aux cable in the car. I went for some much cheaper ones at around £8 and they either wouldn’t charge or wouldn’t play music. Yes the Belkin device is 3 or 4 times more expensive but it works. Most of these cheaper adapters and cables stop working after a few weeks so I thought i would bite the bullet and pay up more for a trusted brand. Hopefully it will last a while.

Update: I have received a replacement unit from Amazon and this one has performed flawlessly for a number of weeks now. I have updated my rating accordingly. --------- My unit arrived 9 days ago and now it has completely failed. It has had very little use and was only used while sat at my desk so there was no strain on any cables. Maybe I have just been unlucky as my unit was temperamental from the start with the headphones stopping all of a sudden (or sometimes not even connecting in the first place) and having to unplug and plug back in again to get working. This only seemed to be an issue if I was charging at the same time. Really unhappy with this, even more so when you consider the cost. I should add that when it worked it was great, sound quality was spot on and the inline controls worked as expected.

As close to an official Apple lightning to dual lightning adapter as you can get - even sold by Apple themselves on their site. Works perfectly for charging and listening to music at the same time. I use this at work with a power bank to make sure my phone stays charged through the day and it works beautifully. Rated 5 stars despite the fairly high cost, because I've had two separate cheaper ones that have failed within weeks. This has worked perfectly for a few months now and shows absolutely no signs of wear or that it might fail. The connector still fits snugly even when phone is vetical. Absolutely recommended for anyone with a modern iPhone.

I tried my luck with this adapter as I was looking for something I can use for data sync/transfer as well as use my lightning ear phones. I use an ethernet cable with my iPhone, as I have no wifi in my house. The cable did not work. Not only that, I received a pop up on my phone that this accessory is not compatible with my iPhone 13 Pro Max, so buyer be warned. Another odd thing was, this item was not actually brand new. It had clearly been opened and used before, as the base of the adapter had a lot of micro scratches and no protective film (the kind we all like to peel so satisfactorily from our new tech gadgets) and there was also no documentation/warranty information in the box as you would normally expect for a product like this. I'd have returned it for this reason alone, but I wanted to be sure it will actually work with my phone first. Bit of a shame as this is not exactly a cheap adapter, and Belkin is a fairly reputable company which sells directly on Apple's website. I've returned mine now, so the search continues.