“A nicely made product despatched rapidly as normal for The Pi Hut. I saw this browsing the shop and realised how useful it would be to save unplugging the USB cable.”
“I ordered 5 of these - for my Pi Farm - from the always-reliable PiHut. These are entirely reasonable push-button (push-on/push-off) switches suitable for activating and de-activating your Pi...
However, be warned, these do not appear to work with the official Raspberry Pi Power Supply / Plug/Transforer (the white one). I tried all 5 of my switches and none of them worked... but I also have a mains-powered 10-way USB hub... and they all worked perfectly when connecting through that. No idea why this would be the case - although the USB-C specification provides for 4 of the connections - A4, A9, B4 and B9 - to carry the +5Volt rail... so it's possible that the neither the adapter nor the switches connect all 4 pins - and that somewhere in the middle the 5V gets dropped. Shame, as otherwise perfect.”
“Great little device, as its shipped or as ive done disassembled and fitted i to a custom rack-mounted Pi holder. The power led is a very useful feature too, well worth the price.”
“Saves all the plugging in/out and the led is a handy indicator. Works ok with 'official' Pi 4 power supply and Pi 4B. Could not get it to work with other 5v adaptors.”
“Does the trick, makes it easy to turn off my Pi 4 in a pinch without having to reach behind a cabinet to power it off at the switch. Simple, effective and it just works.”
