“I hate Micro-USB with a passion, but given I have to live with it, this little cable makes my life a thousand times easier. Not much to say, but the button is super clicky and as a bonus, it has a little light that comes on when the switch is on.”
“Positive action, much better than pulling the plug every time you want to switch off. The female shroud could be a bit deeper, leaves some of the metal showing.”
“Proving really useful after only a few days during which I needed to repeatedly turn 2 RPIe3s on & off whilst sorting new images and trying out a new display.
The switches obviously don't provide a proper shutdown before 'pulling the plug' but do save wear & tear on the USB socket and, for me, are more convenient than scrabbling behind a TV stand to get to the mains switch.
Knocked off 1 star as the female end is a little too shallow so the male connector stays lightly exposed-shouldn't be an issue but still.”
“This is such a good idea. For my most recent order I was getting things to set up a PiHole ad blocker for a friend, but I hadn't seen this product before. In the end I ordered one for each of us so I could also add a convenient on/off switch to my own PiHole setup. I know it's another expense, but for me it really adds to the convenience if you can't connect to your Pi and want a quick and easy way to reboot.
The only slight downside is for me it adds a third bright light to my Pi setup, but of course it's useful to be able to see when the switch is set to on or off.”
