Adaptor

Adaptor is a generic utility product, and that is also its problem: the name tells you almost nothing beyond the idea of joining one thing to another. By our assessment, it sits in the broad world of connectors and converters, the sort of item people reach for when plugs, ports, or fittings do not match. That makes it useful in a narrow, practical way, but it also means the real choice lies in the exact shape and standard, which the name does not reveal. In use, this kind of thing is usually boring in the best sense: it either lets the job happen or it stays in the drawer. Adaptor is therefore only as good as the fit it was made for, and there is not enough public substance here to pretend it is more than a plain adapter piece.