Amazon Basics External Gold Plated Connectors Reviews Summary

Compatibility and Functionality

Pros:

• "This cord works perfectly for connecting your computer directly to your printer or any other device with the USB-A/USB-B connections."
• "Works well from the moment I plugged in. I would recommend it."
• "It works. you dont have to spend alot of money to get the cord that positive grid charges an insane amount for."
• "This cable worked fine; no problems. ‘Can’t really speak to durability or “sturdiness”."
• "The Length of this cable is great for my purpose!"
• "I needed USB 2.0 A to B cables. The price and the length was just what I wanted."
• "The cable did what I needed it to do. In my case I needed to connect a BladeRF SDR to my computer, and it works."
• "I ordered this to get quickly for a small print project. The cord arrived on time, but didn’t even work. I used different computers and printers to test the issue, it was the cord."

Cons:

• "This cable would only work sporadically, or not at all sometimes. I assumed it was defective and returned it."
• "Attempted to plug this into my Yamaha P45 and instantly had the power surge warning show up on my computer."
• "Arrived with the 5v and gnd connections shorted together; discovered when plugging it in to hubs would cause them to power cycle."
• "Purchased 2 of these cables to connect to printers in a new building which does not have a wifi network established yet. When plugged into a printer and then a pc, the usb port it is plugged into gets a power surge and is dead until the pc restarts."
• "This review is for Amazon Basics USB 2.0 Printer Cable - A-Male to B-Male Cord - 6 Feet (1.8 Meters), Black.My HP OfficeJet 4650 started giving trouble after several years of trouble-free use."
• "I'm not sure if it is just because the cable is too long or if it is lacking some sort of functionality, but I bought this cable so I could move my midi keyboard further away from my computer and it doesn't work."
• "Neither my home PC or my work PC recognize this device. I get pop up "USB device not recognized" on both machines."
• "I bought this cord for the printer in my dorm as the university’s WiFi didn’t support wireless printing from a personal device. The cord works well for offline printing and the length is extremely nice."

Build Quality and Design

Pros:

• "Honestly, its probably even a little better than the positive grid one too."
• "The length does help if i had my laptop at a distance from the amp which is great so I dont have any complaints really."
• "USB cable is well designed, manufactured from heavier shielded cable, and works find between Synology NAS and a CyberPower UPS."
• "This is a no bells or whistles, work type printer cord, and that's not a bad thing."
• "I use this cable daily at work, uncoiling it, wrapping it up twice a day 5 days a week for several months and it works great."
• "The low price is great value is somewhat offset by the crazy slow delivery - 1 month with Prime."
• "I have a research aircraft with dozens of computers. One of them is tucked quite far from the terminal with a quadmux KVM. This cable worked."
• "Better than average cable, inexpensive, well made, provides plenty of power, and is a great workable length."

Cons:

• "The Amazon logo is located on the underside of the plug, so you don't see the design once it is connected to the computer."
• "The Amazon Basic logo bulges a bit, and I had to remove it (very carefully) with a razor blade so that it would fit into the USB Type A port on my Ableton Push 2."
• "I'm not really sure what the deal is with these cables. The first one didn't work, I requested a replacement, the second one didn't work."
• "This was great. Much longer than the other one I had. It is sturdier that the one I have, and much nicer. Did a great job for installing printers. And did not realize when I bought the last 2 printers that this cord was not included, and now I have a nice one to have on-hand."