A stepped spring contact comprising: a first portion having a plurality of windings; and a second portion having a plurality of windings; characterised in that the spring contact further comprises: a transition portion, the transition portion being between the first and second portion, the transition portion having a winding that makes electrical contact with a pad on a printed circuit board, a diameter of the winding in the transition portion being greater than a diameter of the plurality of windings in the second portion at their widest point, wherein; windings in the first portion vary in pitch; and the first portion includes a tip having one or more close-spaced windings, a first active winding portion having one or more wide-spaced windings, a second active winding portion having one or more wide-spaced windings, and a third active winding portion having one or more wide-spaced windings, and wherein the tip is adjacent to the first active winding portion and the second active winding portion is between the first active winding portion and the third active winding portion and wherein: a pitch of windings contained in the first active winding portion differ from pitches of windings in other sections of the first portion; and a pitch of the windings of the second active winding portion is less than a pitch of the windings of the first active winding portion and a pitch of the windings of the third active winding portion. a first portion having a plurality of windings; and a second portion having a plurality of windings; characterised in that the spring contact further comprises: a transition portion, the transition portion being between the first and second portion, the transition portion having a winding that makes electrical contact with a pad on a printed circuit board, a diameter of the winding in the transition portion being greater than a diameter of the plurality of windings in the second portion at their widest point, wherein; windings in the first portion vary in pitch; and the first portion includes a tip having one or more close-spaced windings, a first active winding portion having one or more wide-spaced windings, a second active winding portion having one or more wide-spaced windings, and a third active winding portion having one or more wide-spaced windings, and wherein the tip is adjacent to the first active winding portion and the second active winding portion is between the first active winding portion and the third active winding portion and a transition portion, the transition portion being between the first and second portion, the transition portion having a winding that makes electrical contact with a pad on a printed circuit board, a diameter of the winding in the transition portion being greater than a diameter of the plurality of windings in the second portion at their widest point, wherein; windings in the first portion vary in pitch; and the first portion includes a tip having one or more close-spaced windings, a first active winding portion having one or more wide-spaced windings, a second active winding portion having one or more wide-spaced windings, and a third active winding portion having one or more wide-spaced windings, and wherein the tip is adjacent to the first active winding portion and the second active winding portion is between the first active winding portion and the third active winding portion and wherein: a pitch of windings contained in the first active winding portion differ from pitches of windings in other sections of the first portion; and a pitch of the windings of the second active winding portion is less than a pitch of the windings of the first active winding portion and a pitch of the windings of the third active winding portion.