Cable Matters Active USB Extension Cable 16.4 ft / 5m (USB 3.0 Extension Cable Male to Female) with Signal Booster for Hard Drive, Webcam and More...

Excelente producto, ayuda con la prdida, realmente funciona. Lleg muy rpido.

I have tested both a MonoPrice and this CableMatters active USB - the Monoprice one works - but has static on the audio in the RIFT headset - the CableMatters cable does NOT work at all with the RIFT Headset. I can see a power cable adapter cable poking out of the device side of the extension cable - but that pretty much defeats the purpose of having an extension cable! A separate power cable plugs in at the device side - meaning two cables - if the power one is long enough.. if this had been designed on the COMPUTER side to provide additional power then this would have made sense that you plug everything (USB + Power) on one end and ALL you need to plug in the receiving end is the cable... but as the design goes the additional power is at the device side COMPUTER--------->USB_Extendor -----------------------------------------> Device Power Socket ------------------------------------------------------------------> USB Extendor Device side plug. I would not recommend this for the RIFT! I tried it in all the rear USB3 plugs, both front two plugs, also into 2 different powered USB hubs - and none of them worked - the Oculus Rift stays BLACK. As soon as I plugged in direct or through the lesser Mnoprice cable - everything worked again. This cable is definitely not worth the purchase for a RIFT extension cable!!

Great cable. My laptop only has 1 USB 3.0 port, so I use these cables to lessen, or eliminate, signal degradation to my USB instruments from my powered USB 3.0 hub. Things are working well and all of my connected devices are immediately recognized. CAVEAT: I originally wanted to use one of these active Cable Matters SuperSpeed USB 3.0 cables to extend the reach of my laptop USB 3.0 port. BAD IDEA. When I tried it, my laptop could not get a solid fix on the powered hub. It repeatedly kept dropping and finding the powered hub. That was really annoying, so I just used a longer, plain USB 3.0 cable to connect from my laptop to my hub, then I used the Cable Matters SuperSpeed USB 3.0 active cables to connect from the hub to my external devices. Works great. Problem solved. Hope this helps.

The instructions on the box says, "USB Specifications limit the length of passive USB cables to a maximum of 5 meters. This active cable features a built in chipset which boosts the USB signal... up to 10 meters. By connecting an additional 10 meter active extension cable, you can extend your USB device up to 20 meters." This built in passive cable chipset does not seem to need any active external power source to successfully boost the signal the small amount needed for my application to work perfectly at a 10 meter distance without any external power source requirement. The chipset is physically located in a plastic "torpedo" located on the cable at the 5 meter mark and this plastic torpedo on the cable can be seen by looking very carefully at the product's photo. As you can probably imagine, I am very happy that the chipset provides enough passive boost for my application to work perfectly at 10 meters without my needing any external power. For users that need to connect a "high consumption" device, there is an optional external power input included near the female end of the cable but I haven't needed to use this feature yet. The cable seems quite heavy duty and durable and it definitely does not have a "flimsy feel" to it. The whole setup works fantastic for me so far without any significant signal loss and I am very happy and pleased with it. If I ever experience any future problems with my particular use of the cable, I intend to return here and update this review. Thanks.

If you get a good one, it works well - impressive speed over such a long cable. Even with a 10-15ft passive extension on the device end. Built solidly, it has good "heft". BUT, USB 3.0 itself seems to be very finicky about many things, so different combinations produce different results. What I mean is that a given cable may work on one Motherboard port at the highest speed, but on another port on the same motherboard, it may fall back all the way to USB 2.0 speeds, or somewhere in-between. Details at end. NET: 2 of these 10m active cables BEHAVED DIFFERENTLY, when tested on *EVERY* USB 3.0 port that I have, including 2 Motherboard headers (with adapters). While BOTH could go at the highest speed on some ports, on other ports, one cable would fall back to slower speeds. I tested with & without power, with 3 different adapters for the motherboard headers (one adapter had one bad port which never got above USB 2.0 speeds: TEST TEST TEST!), and 2 different passive extension cables added to both ends - a lot of combinations. MOST interestingly, the ports on the back of the motherboard were worse than using the Motherboard headers! CONCLUSION: Works well, but MAKE SURE YOU TEST *YOUR* setup! RESULTS Gigabyte Z170 Gaming Motherboard, Windows 10 x64, as of ~Nov 28, 2015 (ie latest drivers, etc. as of that date). Device was a USB 3.0 flash drive (128GB PNY), which tops out on reads at about 160Mbps. So these results are based on a max of 160Mbps. Notes: "10'" "15'" = 10 or 15 foot PASSIVE USB 3.0 extension cable "@XXX" = @Mbps (i.e. @160 means it read at 160 Mbps) "Active + 15' " = Active cable with 15' passive cable added to the Device end (not Host end) "pwr" means a power adapter was used on the active extension. If not included, it means the behavior was the same with & without the power adapter. (the active cable draws power for its amp from the USB power supplied by the host. The adapter should only be needed to support power-hungry devices like a hard drive, hub, etc.) YMMV, even with the same motherboard, active, and passive cables - hence my tests and this review. And yes, some of the tests don't make sense! TEST TEST TEST!!! TESTS Inner USB Header Top bracket Direct @160 10' ext. @160 15' @1.0 Active @35 Bottom bracket Direct @160 10' @160 15' @160 Active @160 Active + 15' @160 Active + 15' + 10' @160 Outer USB Header Top bracket 10' ext. OK , 15' FAIL, 15' + 10' @35 Active @35 Bottom bracket 10' ext. OK , 15' OK, 15' + 10' @35 Active @160 Active + 15' Sometimes SLOW Active + 10' @160 Active + 15' + 10' @160 3' Hub + Active + 15' + 10' up&down 10' + Active NO 3' Hub + 10' + Active NO Active + 15' + 10' + 3' Hub NO Active (pwr) + 15' + 10' + 3' Hub up&d Active + 15' + 3' Hub @160 Active + 15' + 3' Hub + 10' @160 MOTHERBOARD Left Top: Active @35 10&15' passive only @180 Left Bottom: Active @35 10&15' passive only @180 Center Bottom: Active @35 10&15' passive only @180 Center Top: Active @35 10&15' passive only @180 Right Top: Active @35 10&15 passive only @180 Active + Pwr @80 Right Bottom: Active @35 10&15 passive only @180 Active + Pwr @160 Active #2 + Pwr @160