Not the most commonly required cable but when you need one you need one.It works - can't say much more than that.For my needs, I would have preferred a shorter cable (1' or 3'), but couldn't find any in the shorter lengths, much less for such a reasonable price. Down the road, if I ever find a short cable of this type, I'll just stick a gender-changer on this one and turn it into a regular USB extension (and even with the cost of the gender changer, it will still be an inexpensively priced cable!)