Belkin 16FT USB CBL KIT W/ ADPT

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1. gb says:

   March 9, 2010 at 3:17 am

   . -This USB kit has useful adapters, plus a plain (Male-Female notice!) USB cable for connecting ports. It is useful for connecting cameras and other peripherals, when you may not have “original” cords with you, or (as in my case) when using one peripheral (or camera) at two or more separate sites. [Why do device connectors come in so many different sizes?]
   
   . -It performed as advertised.
   
   . -It WOULD be nice if they had supplied a little pouch for storing the kit, or some other means of keeping it all together (e.g., a better designed plastic package). [Part of the reason I got this is that the USB cords I have can be in only one place at a time, and it is hard to carry multiple cords with you whenever you travel; or to choose quickly the ONE that you need. As presented, this kit does NOT lend itself to travel, and I can see myself easily losing an adapter or two as time goes by....] The plastic “wrap” it comes in has a little “flap” in the back, over the compartment for the CABLE, so that you could keep the cable wrapped tightly in that compartment between uses; but it escapes me how the adapters can stay in that package once you open it up. The 4 adapters do snap in, to a little plastic tray inside the outer plastic. So, if you open the outer plastic VERY CAREFULLY, you CAN use this package to carry the kit around–but they should have thought this out much better in my opinion….
   
   . -This kit is labeled “6-in-1″ but there are only 5 pieces. The cable itself is Male-Female. [Hard to see in the product photos, there are 3 "mini" USB adapters going to a Male USB at the other end; plus one adapter going to a Female USB connector.] I guess they mean that there are 6 ways to put the parts together including just using it as a USB cable? Or, as one of the adapters can be “ganged” with any one of the other 3 to make an “additional” adapter, maybe that’s it?
   
   . -The price was reasonable, and compared to some products, well below what it would cost to buy the components separately. In short, I would RECOMMEND this item as an “emergency” stand-by. You just never know when you might want to download something from your camera, or from a device belonging to you or work or a friend….
   
   My Score: 3 / 5 Stars