Admittedly I bought this in an attempt to get around the ridiculous ipod volume cap (Which it doesn't) but you really get what you paid for here. The good points are that it overrides the lock so you don't have to worry about things in your bag pressing the buttons, but that's about where it ceases to be any good. The remote seriously deteriorates the sound quality and that i'm afraid is a deal - breaker. I'd recommend buyers look into something a bit more than £1.98