Twelve South AirFly SE Bluetooth 5.0 Transmitter for TV/Airplane to Wireless Headphones – Wireless Adapter for AirPods, Airplane, Car, Gym, Home, Use With Any 3.5 mm Audio Jack

We do quite a few long haul flights for our holidays, and grew tired of the headphones given out by cabin crew; they're uncomfortable and you cannot hear the move/music over the general cabin noise. I wanted a way I can use my Apple AirPods Max to use on a flight. Step forward the Twelve South TS-2259. What an amazing little gadget! It works a treat, pairing is simple (best to test it at home before boarding the plane). You'll need to buy an adaptor that fits the dual 3.5mm plug on the plane, but that's it. I charged the device ahead of a recent 17 hour flight to Japan and it lasted for the whole journey. When researching these gadgets, I noticed people saying there was a lag between seeing people speak on the screen and hearing the sound. If this gadget has a lag, I didn't notice. I really can't praise it enough, it's small, holds a charge, is simple to use and even comes with it's own little carry case. One of the best things I have bought for a flight; allowing me to use my headphone's noise cancelling feature for 17 hours is the best ever!

I was looking to make life a bit easier for my 85 year old father-in-law, who says he is too old to start learning about streaming and downloading music. I bought this on the advice of a young lad in my local Currys who said this was the best and simplest solution. It enables any bit of old audio equipment with a 3.5mm jack plug to be converted to bluetooth for use with wireless headphones, you can even play your old vinyl out the back of your turntable. Its so easy to use and its rechargeable so no messing about with batteries. The look on my father-in-laws face was priceless when he realised how far he could wander off with his wireless headphones, it was like he had discovered a new miracle. Superb item and relatively inexpensive. Its smaller than a Babybel cheese, comes with a USB charging cable and its own little velvet travel pouch with a usb charging cable.

First time using this, it worked well in economy where there was one headphone outlet to plug into, however when flying premium economy back, the headphone outlet was x2 so you would need to buy an adapter to make this work. Ref sound quality, there was a little bit of lag between the screen and the sound but the quality was good. I used Jabra elite ear buds.

I travelled from the UK to America with United and wasn’t sure if the in flight entertainment screens would be Bluetooth enabled or not. I always prefer to use my own headphones as they are vastly superior to the earbuds that airlines provide. I read conflicting reports on the availability of Bluetooth on United planes, so to hedge my bets I bought an AirFly. I’m very glad I did because when ny holiday finally rolled around, it turned out that neither of my United flights had Bluetooth. But thanks to the AirFly, all I had to do was plug it in and my headphones worked perfectly with the IFE. Connecting was simple, the sound quality was crystal clear, volume was nice and loud, and the battery lasted for the duration of my 11 hour flight and beyond. The AirFly isn’t cheap and I debated whether or not to buy it due to that, but I’m so glad I did because it solves the problem it’s designed to solve perfectly. Also it’s a one-time purchase that guarantees Bluetooth connectivity for every flight you take from now on, so when you consider it as a long term investment it’s really worth the price overall. The majority of planes still don’t have Bluetooth connectivity so it’s something I will use for a while to come.

Great product. Works well with Bluetooth headphones. Connects to flight monitor with ease connection

Great design. Often on sale in Apple Store for a lot more than here. Very useful on long flights. Primarily because you listen / watch a film with your own Ear pods / headphones without getting tangled up in the poor quality cheapest offering from the airline. Connects instantly once the initial set up has been made. If you fly more than once a year…. Worth it.

I wanted to use this with a digital piano and Bluetooth headphones. Unfortunately the latency was so great as to make it completely unusable for this purpose.

The device is compact and lightweight and holds its charge well. The only problem is that it just does t really deliver when it comes to watching in-flight movies while travelling. I have tried this with Apple AirPod Pro and Bose QC Ultra and the delay in audio sync is noticeable. It’s not completely unwatchable but it’s enough to spoil the movie or show. For those reasons I can’t rate it any higher than a 3star. Great little device but does not work as expected.

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Due to the delay added in the audio path the video and audio get out of sync. This makes it very annoying to watch any movies in flight.

quick set up, works great

Used it recently on 2 long haul flights, there is some time a glitch that the sound does not come through but a quick restart of device fixes it. I found this to be very convenient to use and it does not compromise the sound quality

Très pratique pour utiliser mes écouteurs ou mon casque Bluetooth dans l’avion. La connexion est stable et l’appareil fonctionne comme prévu, rien à redire sur l’efficacité. Par contre, pour un usage ponctuel (on ne prend pas l’avion tous les jours), le prix est un peu élevé, j’ai eu la chance de l’acheter pendant une réduction. Malgré ça, je ne regrette pas : c’est un vrai confort en voyage.