Raspberry Pi Micro USB Cable with ON/Off Switch - Easy Start/Reboot !

I'll start with this : 5 stars. I've ran into this charger port a couple times, and I've broken it a couple times, too. Sneezing on it might just break the charger port the Pi Foundation uses. But I'm not reviewing the port. The broken ports were caused by one of two things : Either inserting and removing the charging pin over and over again, or, dropping the device whilst charging (which effectively ripped the charging port right out of my ASUS Android Tablet). The great thing about this cable? Plug it in, and secure the charger pin to the device, and you can use the switch as an effective power button. +1 Now, I thought this was going to be a cheap circuit breaker that just restarts the device when you push the button, giving similar results as simply unplugging/plugging the cord into the Pi. No no. This is actually a (very well working) on and off switch. +1 You push it once, and the power will not be delivered to the Pi. Push it again, and it's powered on. And if that wasn't the best part about this cord, the cord is USB, so you don't have prongs to plug into an outlet, instead you can plug it into anything you use to charge a phone, or, even better yet, a portable power bank! +1 (And none of the stepping on the prongs and bending them, or hurting your foot. +1) So overall, this product has four positive factors to it for me without any of the negative defects I've seen in my travels. Thank you to the maker, and I plan on looking through similar products by this seller.

Fantastic! It works very well and will save you tons of headache with plugging and unplugging your Raspberry Pi. Remember, that USB connector is a surface mount component. It's not "through hole" where the leads are physically soldered to the opposite side of the PCB. The physical connection to the board is literally only as good as the bond between the copper layer and the fiberglass. No more plugging and unplugging at either end of the cable. Just click the switch. It's a good switch, too. You know when you're activating it. Also, the plastic molding doesn't interfere with the Vilros case. My beefy Monoprice cable was good, but heavy enough that it would fall out with the slightest provocation. Thumbs up! It's well worth the cost for this well made cable.

Cable quality is decent and the power button is easy to press. No issues so far.

Switch broke apart on first use. Revealing shoddy soldering inside and pinched wires, Unusable, what a waste, garbage.

This cable REPLACES the one that comes in Raspberry Pi kit combinations from most sellers. They don't state that clearly in the description (maybe I missed it). I thought I was buying the shorter one available that plugs into the kit cable then into the Pi. Thing you need to have to use this is a USB power plug just like the ones for iPhone and other USB devices. I'd give it 5 stars if they clearly stated this. I'd still buy it but I'd have started searching the house for spares before it arrived. A word about powering the Pi units: I also used a powered USB port expansion hub as recommended by one kit provider. I also use HDMI output. After shutting down the op system on the Pi, I noticed the unit was not fully powered down. This traced back to both the powered USB expansion hub and the HDMI cable as well, both of which seem to supply power to the unit at some level. Recommend turning off power to the USB expansion and, if needed, unplugging the HDMI cable should you need to open the Pi and pull out the memory or other connected devices.

2023 purchase of "JBtek Raspberry Pi Micro USB Cable with ON/Off Switch - Easy Start/Reboot !" Click On and Click Off. Power is removed once the switch moves the tiniest bit with a force of about 330g. At about 585g, the switch depresses fully and clicks loudly. In the off state, the switch springs back to nearly its full height when you're done pressing. Switch travel is about the thickness of two quarters. Don't hold me to the gram here--I'm manually balancing a large stack of quarters in an ashtray on top of the tiny button to estimate the force. The point is, this isn't a micro-reed switch that you're going to turn off by accident. Power is only restored once the switch clicks and is released a bit. I'm not sure this matters, but it might tell you engineers out there what kind of design is in play. There's a very positive feel to the small button centered in the plastic switch housing. The click is happy, like a good mechanical keyboard. It's not a "remote" switch--there's only 8" between the push button and the tip of the USB that goes into your Pi or other USB appliance. I wanted less wear-and-tear on the receiving microUSB socket since I usually insert the cable in the wrong direction.

I ordered these to support my Maker projects usin Raspberry Pi, Pico W, BBC Micro bit: Elecfreaks Pico Ed;; Elecfreaks Ring bit, Robotic cars and Amateur Radio Digital Communications I have ordered another set of these cables to enable multiple projects at the same time. These have exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend them

I plugged this into my wireless charger for my phone. Call me paranoid, but I don't like it to sit there charging forever, or re-charging all over again at 98% just because I picked up the phone for a few minutes. So if I simply want to use my wireless charging stand as a stand for a while, I just press the button and turn off the wireless charging. Then when I think it needs charging again, I turn it on. EDIT: I'll still give this 5 stars because it would be terrific for a Raspberry. Nice and sturdy, good cable length. But I noticed the fan on my wireless charger never turns on with this switch. I ended up getting a male-to-female USB chord with a switch, and with that plugged into my USB to micro USB chord, it does enable the fan.

Works well. Cord is long enough and switch is well located. Fits my need.