Adapter 7 Pole to 4 Pole with Flex-Coil Wire and Nite-Glow (TM)

Video Transcript for Hopkins 7 Pole to 4 Pole Flex-Coil Wire Adapter Review

Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today we're gonna be checking out the Hopkins Nite-Glow trailer wiring adapter and this will allow you to go from a seven-way to a four-way flat type connector. What this is gonna do is really straightforward. You know, you'll plug this end to the seven-way on your vehicle and then be able to hook up your four-way flat type trailer connector. And it's gonna provide you with the basic functions. So you'll get your taillights, your turn signals as well as your brake lights.

When it comes to picking out a trailer wiring adapter you know there's a ton of them out there some are similar to this or you know there's some that don't give you any extra wiring. Some that are real short. I feel like this one will work for just about any situation but I feel like this would really be good for those of you that tow a lot of different types of trailers. You're not really sure what to expect or if maybe the wiring on your trailer is really short, you don't have a whole lot to work with and you'd rather not have to rewire this end or if the seven way on your vehicle is kind of in a funky location. So it seems like what's really popular are the forerunners here and there's seven way connector is all the way over here.

It's kind of buried towards the driver's side of our vehicle. And even on my trailer here the wiring on the trailer has some pretty good length but it's still not even close to being able to plug in. So by having your, you know, your adapter here you're gonna be able to plug that in give you that extra length. If you we're to stretch this out completely it'll be about three foot. So more than enough for just about any scenario.

And then you're gonna be able to easily plug in there and a lot of times it'll almost be too long in some instances. And if it is not a big deal we'll just kind of coil our trailer wiring up a little bit, get this plugged in. Being that this is coiled, it's gonna keep it up off the ground, but we make those turns, it'll stretch out and give you that length you need without coming disconnected. This connector does have what's called the Nite-Glow. So on each end, a little tricky to see on the underside just cause it's so buried underneath the vehicle.

But whenever you have your lights on you're gonna have a red light that illuminates and it works out all right for a diagnostic type tool. Let's say if your trailer lights are having some issues you know, you could at least eliminate the possibility of it being on the vehicle side. Potentially, you know, you got power to here, you know you can look from here back if that makes sense. And it's just a quick visual too, you know, you see it's not disconnected or anything like that. And it will make it a little bit easier to see at night, not have to think too much about it when you go to get it disconnected there. As far as the construction quality of these I'll be honest with you, I'm usually not super crazy about Hopkins wiring, but I've done several variations of this style of adaptor today that's made by Hopkins. And I'll tell you what, I'm actually pretty impressed. Everything feels well built. The yellow portion of the cable here has a good thick coating. You know, it's firm but it's still gonna be able to stretch out easily and easy to kind of, you know work it around and everything. I do like the connector ends. These aren't that like super cheap, brittle plastic. These are almost a hard rubber if that makes sense. So I don't see these cracking or getting brittle or anything like that over time and I particularly like how everything's sealed up in here. So the wire goes in, everything's sealed in that connector should really help with corrosion. I like how they extended this red portion out a little bit and help kind of support the wire connection inside there. A lot of times on other ones where this isn't present this wire ends up getting pulled around, moved back and forth just from putting miles on it and that usually causes an issue with connectivity and that holds true for both sides of it. Even the side where you go to plug into your four-way it's real, it's very thick, kind of has some texture there, easy to hold it in your hand and plug it in. So overall, as far as the construction quality goes you know, definitely no complaints on that end. So other than that, at the end of the day really not a whole lot to it. You know, it's a pretty simple part but can be a great solution for a lot of you out there that are looking to be able to hook their four-way trailer connector end up to their vehicle seven-way. And that'll finish up our look at of the Hopkins Nite-Glow trailer wiring adaptor.