Lindy 15m USB 3.0 Active Extension Cable, Black

I've used Lindy products for years and they have never let me down. This extension is very heavy duty, don't expect to stick it in your back pocket and lightning fast.I use it to run a USB3 hub out in the garden connected to my Astrophotography gear while I sit in the warm. It has transformed the hobby for me.

I used these to move my PC to the other side of my room, 5 meters away (but 10+ when putting the lead around the wall and a doorframe).Seems to work fine, even with demanding gaming going on.The 15m version is very solid cable with a bulky connector (with electronics in it?) at mid-length, so beware if you want to hide it, you will need large cable management (I'm using 38mm x 25mm trunking, which takes it, and several other cables, without a problem)

I'm using this to connect my PC to my Valve Index situated 10m away. The Valve Index cameras only work when a true USB3 link is established, which posed a problem with the previous extension I was using (which was very old). This 10m cable was successful as solving this problem as it seems to provide a true USB3 connection.The cable features a power connector but I didn't have to use it. I suspect it's not necessary for the signal to come through and is only useful if you have a power-hungry device at the other end, due to the voltage drop across the cable.In the end I am very satisfied with this cable. It's not cheap though.

I bought the 15m cable for an observatorybinstallation. It works well. My only criticism perhaps being the price tag hence not a full 5 star rating. Good piece of kit though and good service from the seller.

I bought this to enable me to extend my Anker AH240 USB 3.0. hub away from my laptop. Having had disappointing results with a shorter 5m lead (returned and refund provided by Amazon) I tested this lead thoroughly with my laptop to each of the ports on the hub (one at a time) and achieved data transfers at USB 3.0. speeds from each port.Given that this lead is twice the length of the first one I bought I am very impressed that it offers much better performance when coupled to my hub.

Bit more expensive than other cables of the same length I have purchased before but on other powered usb cables I was getting a lot of dropped connections on my astrophotography equipment. I have not had one drop out so far. The cable is a bit more flexible than the others. Very pleased so far.

This allows fast transfer to and from my desktop at a distance ... can't hear my desktop ... but I have attached a usb 3.0 hub ... a civilised setup :)

Firstly, the cable itself looks well made, though it does run quite warm (the two inline amp/repeater sections), warmer than previous USB 2.0 repeater cables I have. Greater current draw I guess.However, I am having real problems getting this to work with any attached USB 3.0 devices. As such, those devices keep connecting and disconnecting randomly to the point they are unusable. At first I thought that this might be a case of the repeater cable itself taking too much power, such that the attached devices could no longer run stable. I invested in a 5v power supply to plug into the cables DC jack to see if this helped.No luck, attached USB 3.0 devices will still not stay connected.Example, a USB power external drive runs happily on 10m of passive USB 3.0 cable. The same drive will not stay connected on this repeater cable, even with the extra 5v supply plugged into the repeater cables jack ?A USB 3.0 hub attached to the end of this repeater cable also fails to connect properly (5v boost or not)Settings in Windows 7 power management and the Device Manager have been set to ensure USB ports power management is switched completely off. The motherboard USB drivers are up to date so am now left wondering whether or not there is something in the design of these repeater cables themselves that is the problem ?