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Of course you can't *power* devices through an extension cable and hub so I don't connect my Western Digital My Passport Essential through it.Note that the product states that using USB extension cables past a certain length may result is problems using your peripherals that aren't designed to be used with very long cables so you use according to your own risks, but as I said before I haven't had any problems. I use this cable in conjunction with a Belkin USB 2.0 4-Port Ultra Mini Hub and all my USB peripherals work (mouse, self-powered external Seagate hard drive, HP printer) as expected.
This Belkin product helps efficiently utilize space in my small home office. Lesser quality extension cables (if you can find 'em) at brick and mortar retailers are ridiculously overpriced. Be sure you've chosen the proper footage for your application.On a final note, the price is exceptional.
With enough length to snake around the back of a 3-foot wide bookcase and across a desk, the 10-foot cable allowed an easy move. Never a glitch or interruption.To reiterate some of the other reviewers' point: This is an EXTENSION cable, akin to an extension cord. Since I'm functionally illiterate in computer tech, it took a while to find the cable 'extension cord' I needed to relocate my Canon MF 4150 printer.
Unlike an extension cord, however, length matters. In my non-tech opinion, this extension cable is just perfect. There's even room for relocating further from the PC.
Nice.The connection was easily made and performance is seamless.
No issues with communication even over the 10 feet. The cable is a quality cable at a great price.
The shield material doesn't matter, though, since that's not even electrically connected to anything.Now, for this cable to actually work, you'll quite likely need some kind of powered hub that can handle the extra impedance. I intended to get a shorter cable, something more like 6" but I wasn't really paying attention when I went and bought this one. It works for this, kinda, but read on for more information.The cable is mostly unexceptional. The iphone did, however, accept it when I plugged it in to the little AC adapter thingy.I didn't do any extensive testing with it, and it really does sorta work for what I needed it for, but this is just a warning: use a powered hub.
The drive was never accessible to the operating system. The iphone just gave an error about how it couldn't charge from that device or something like that. The DVD drive would just spin up a bit, then die and reset, over and over again. and my iphone.
The cable itself seems a bit thin, but then USB is only 4 conductors. I tried it with an external DVD drive (Though that may have worked if I used the external power supply). I wanted to buy it so I could use it for my iphone because the charger cable is so ridiculously short. My computer's onboard USB could not.
The connector shields were tin with gold pins. It's grey and has a plastic jacket. The ends are sorta thick and durable feeling, so I guess that's a plus.
No complaints. Length to spare. My cable that came with my poot'r was too short. This one worked out just great.
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