If you don’t buy new cars, chances are your car’s entertainment system leaves quite a bit to be desired. Mine’s a 2007 E92 and while she looks stunning and drives like a champ, there are things missing – things like Bluetooth connectivity, for instance.

All modern cars, even crap ones, come with Bluetooth as standard. So if you’re running a 2013-and-up motor, odds are good you already have Bluetooth as standard in your motor. And that’s great.

But for those of us running older, cheaper, second-hand cars, you need a quick and simple solution for connecting your phone to your car’s stereo. And after months of trawling Amazon and using utterly rubbish products, I believe I have now found the best Bluetooth receiver around.

It’s called the HAVIT V4.1 Bluetooth Transmitter/ Receiver and it costs next to nothing – £20, to be precise. OK, so maybe not next to nothing. But trust me, once you’ve used this setup you will never look back – it’s brilliant and well worth the £20 asking price.

Issues With Third-Party Bluetooth Receivers

As I mentioned earlier, I’ve tested A LOT of crap Bluetooth receivers during the past few months. In my search for the easiest and best way for wirelessly connecting my phone to my car’s stereo, I had to step on more than a few turds, metaphorically speaking, of course.

But it was worth it. Because finding the HAVIT V4.1 Bluetooth Transmitter/ Receiver was the end result and I am well chuffed with pretty much everything about this little setup.

Problems I Encountered

The most annoying was a lot of these so-called-wireless receivers for your car require odd things like retuning your radio, or lots of fiddling around. The other thing is that most of them have TERRIBLE audio quality, as they’re steaming everything over Bluetooth.

If you want the best sound possible, you need to go through the car’s AUX-in port. This means the audio will play in the highest possible quality as apposed to sounding like a 1950’s transistor radio, which is exactly what it sounds like when you go the non-AUX route.

The HAVIT V4.1 Bluetooth Transmitter/ Receiver features the following cool features:

• AptX Low Latency Technology: Outstanding Bluetooth stereo audio quality + low audio coding delay, minimises latency and 'lip-sync' issues. (Make sure your device supports Low Latency) Decent working range (10 meters) without drop-outs, even you are in a cluttered environment.
• Bluetooth Receiver: It can add Bluetooth to a non-Bluetooth-enabled device like, wired speaker/headset, car stereo system and other audio players by the plugging the included 3.5mm audio cable, to receive the audio sources from Bluetooth-enabled device.
• Bluetooth Transmitter: It helps transmit music/ audio wirelessly from your non-Bluetooth audio sources such as TV, MP3/ iPod, CD/DVD player, PC to your Bluetooth-enabled headphones, speaker or other receiver device.
• Fast Transmission & Stable Performance: Latest Bluetooth 4.1 Technology is ideally suited to wireless audio delivery. Need lower power consumption and keep stable performance. Up to 14-hours battery life but takes only 2 hours to be fully charged.
• Multi-point Connection & Dual Stream: While using as a BT receiver(RX mode), it is enables two phones' pairing simultaneously. One transmitter connects two BT speakers or headsets/ headphones (using the same CODEC) when use as a BT transmitter(TX mode).

The big USP of this wonderful little gizmo is that its connected directly to your car’s AUX-in. So you stream audio to the device, once it’s in receiving mode, and it in turn sends it through the AUX-in and into your car’s speakers.

I had pretty low expectations ahead of testing this; I’d been disappointed by so many in the past. But the HAVIT V4.1 Bluetooth Transmitter/ Receiver worked marvellously from the get-go.

• It paired instantly with my phone. 
• It sounded great. 
• It works flawlessly. 
• The battery life is great.

The only real downside is that the HAVIT V4.1 Bluetooth Transmitter/ Receiver needs charging every 16 hours or so. You can get around this by hooking it up to a power source in your car, however, you will need to buy another accessory to do this if you car doesn’t have a USB port (mine doesn’t).

Once the phone is hooked up you’re away. You can use Google Now to get directions and then have them relayed though your car’s speakers, connect another device if you wish, say, your partner’s for instance, or just use it to stream music through. The choice is yours.

Basically, if you’ve been looking for a great Bluetooth receiver solution for your car, stop looking now, this is it. You’ve found it. And it goes by the name of the HAVIT V4.1 Bluetooth Transmitter/ Receiver.

Still not convinced? Check out ALL the reviews of the HAVIT V4.1 Bluetooth Transmitter/ Receiver on Amazon.

You don’t get 84 4.5/5 star reviews on Amazon for nothing!