Parts Express 2.5 mm Stereo Female to 3.5 mm Stereo Male Plug Adapter

This adapter works really well and has a true balance in each ear piece. But, because my iPhone SE has a protective outer case with a small opening for the SE's headphone jack, the case interfered with the adapter's metal hub preventing the adapter from fully seating in the SE's headphone socket. To overcome this, I reduced the diameter of the adapter's metal hub which is immediately adjacent to the adapter's black plastic housing, to match the diameter of the adapter's 2.5 mm jack, or plug. When finished, the adapter fully seated in the SE's headphone socket and works perfectly. I did not want to open up the case's access opening for the headphone jack which would have weakened the case, so my personal best bet was to very carefully, and patiently, while wearing OSHA approved safety glasses, grind the adapter's metal hub down to the same 2.5 mm diameter as the plug itself, taking my time to avoid heating and softening the adapter's plastic shell. Once the diameters matched I was able to use my lightweight Panasonic headphones with it's 2.5 mm plug, in my iPhone SE's 3.5 mm socket. Perfect. Headphones with a standard 3.5 mm jack will not need an adapter.

Ordered 2 of these parts -- However, received 3.5 mm female to a 2.5 mm male adapters. That is the opposite as described. Plastic bag enclosing each part was labeled "2.5 mm female to 3.5 mm male", but the part inside was not as described. This indicates a problem with the quality management either from the manufacturer or distributor, since no one checked to see the part in the bag was as described on the bag. Received 2 identical parts -- both the wrong part in bags which said they were the right part.Updated review -- I was contacted by seller, who apologized for the issue with the parts, and offered to replace it at their cost. Very good on their part -- hence I've raised my rating on this. However I've already ordered replacement parts elsewhere. As of this time, I have no problems with the seller, and I commend them for their service. I'd give them 5 for service, but still the part was not as described and ordered. Hence, the 3 in rating. I will order from this seller again -- their service philosophy and approach has moved them to the top of my list. Hopefully, I'll be giving them 5 stars on future orders.

This is exactly the item I was looking for. I had some ear buds that I wanted to use to listen to my Walkman, but the plug was a 2.5mm and the Walkman takes a 3.5mm. This adapter worked great, until the ear bud wire broke just above its plug. As another reviewer noted, using this adapter makes the plug stick out farther, and this caused the wire to bend back-&-forth a lot in my shirt pocket. No fault of the adapter plug mind you, simply a result of constant motion as I walked. So, I would suggest using this for stationary devices, not for anything that will subject your earbud or headphone wire to bend a lot.

Good item to have with all the new equipment

I bought this adapter to use with a coiled extension cord so I could use a headset with my desk phone. Unfortunately all the coiled extension cords have 3.5mm connectors on them and portable headsets have 2.5mm plugs to connect to the 2.5mm jacks found on all phones. I found a right angle adapter on Amazon to go into the phone (2.5 mm stereo Male to 3.5 mm Stereo Female) and use these to allow me to plug my headset into the other end of the extension cord. The fit is tight so there is no added noise that might result from movement of the plug into the adapter. Works great and enables me to use an extension cord with my phone so I don't keep pulling the phone off my desk when I move too much. The cord being coiled keeps it off the floor so it doesn't get caught in the wheels of my office chair.

The look of the product and size are fine. The problem I had is the functionality. I had to unplug and reinsert the adapter each time I made a phone call for my phone to recognize the head set was plugged in. The person I was speaking to on the phone complained that they could not hear me properly when using the headset with the adapter. Also the head set that I plugged into the adapter had a feature where I depress the call button and it would activate my voice dialing; that feature no longer worked with this adapter. I know it's the adapter because I've used different types of adapters with this head set (ones with short cords) and the voice dialing feature worked. The product will work but not the way you expect.

I wish I had read the reviews since the product implies that this is a headphone adapter for cellphones - IT IS NOT A CELLPHONE HEADPHONE ADAPTER. The male plug is 3.5mm and you need 2.5mm. I called the company and they said they said I received "what I ordered" which is technically correct - I think. I had a conversation with "technical support" and we engaged in word parsing around "stereo jack" and "stereo plug adapter" which was a conversation I couldn't keep up with - I said I thought I was getting an adapter to connect my cell phone with headphones, etc. They refused to send me the item I needed.Luckily I ordered another one from eforce on Amazon and they sent an adapter that works as they promised. This shouldn't be difficult. I noticed the same problem with the other reviewers.DO NOT ORDER THIS ITEM UNLESS YOU NEED A 3.5MM MALE PLUG AND A 2.5MM FEMALE. And even the, I would be wary of dealing with these folks. This item should not appear as a cellphone accessory on Amazon.A refund is useless since most of the cost is shipping and handling.If you are not tech savvy enough for this seller or are unsure of what to get, go to Radio Shack.

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