Cables To Go 28270 USB 2.0 Mobile Office Retractable Cable Kit

by Cables To Go

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WU2FAQ
• Item model number: 28270
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 5, 2007

Product Description

When you're on the road the last thing you want is to be missing the cable that you need. That's why the USB 2.0 Mobile Office Cable Kit is the ideal solution for anyone that is always on the go. It's compact for convenient packing, yet contains the connectors and cables needed to get the job done. It includes everything needed to make RJ45 network connections, RJ11 phone connections, and any USB or FireWire 1394a configuration. Besides the cables, it also includes a stereo headset with microphone, a 4-port USB 2.0 hub, and a mini optical mouse.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cables Galore, November 16, 2009

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Nuknuk (Springfield, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cables To Go 28270 USB 2.0 Mobile Office Retractable Cable Kit (Personal Computers)

You get tons of cables and accessories in this kit. It is housed in a nice zippered carrying case that opens like a book. Each accessory is fitted its own niche, customized hole in sturdy black foam. Looks impressive except the foam is too hard and too tight fitting that removing any of the accessory proved to be too challenging. You will need to be careful or you might accidentally break some of the more delicate items such as the earphones and the mouse.

The quality of these kit are on the flimsy side. The mouse is too small even for a laptop. Its button wheel functions and works as good as my regular mouse, but the clicks are unpleasantly loud. The earphones has a microphone but the wires are just too thin. Actually, the smallest gauge I have seen used on a pair of earphones by far. Some of the cables has a retractable cord spool, I like those as it minimize the clutter. Considering the number of accessories that you get with this kit, for an average consumer, it is more likely that you will only use less than half of this kit.

Kit includes:

- 3ft stereo retractable earphone and microphone
- 3.5ft retractable USB A/Male to USB A/Female cable
- 4ft retractable USB A/Male to USB A/Male cable
- 3ft retractable FireWire 1394a 6-Pin/Male to 6-Pin/Male cable
- 3ft RJ11 retractable cable
- USB A/Male to USB A/Male connector
- USB A/Male to USB B/Male connector
- USB A/Male to USB 4-Pin Mini B/Male connector
- USB A/Male to USB 5-Pin Mini B/Male connector
- FireWire 6-Pin/Female to 4-Pin/Male connector
- 2x RJ45 to USB A/Female connectors
- 2x RJ11 to USB A/Female connectors
- RJ45 crossover connector
- 4-port USB hub
- Mini retractable USB optical mouse

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive and handy, August 4, 2008

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Old Man Bob "Toetag" (The great ole USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cables To Go 28270 USB 2.0 Mobile Office Retractable Cable Kit (Personal Computers)

I am quite happy with this little gem. All items seem of good quality and are securely nested in specific places that are cut to the size and shape of each item. Very professional appearance. The quality seems very good and the zippered case is an added plus.

Many of the cables have retractable cable holders eliminating excessive lengths of cords hanging off the table when using my notebook in a non desk environment like a coffe shop or hotel room. A friend in IT at work saw mine and had to know where I got it from. Amazon followed through with great shipping on time and as promised.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent addition to your travel kit, September 18, 2008

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Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cables To Go 28270 USB 2.0 Mobile Office Retractable Cable Kit (Personal Computers)

True story: I was a passenger in a car on a lengthy expressway trip zipping along at . . . well, it wasn't 55. I was trying to work on a deadline project using my laptop and absolutely, positively needed to get online to fetch some information from the web. No problem thought I: I'll use my cell phone as a modem. I reached into my travel bag for my cell phone's USB cable and - yep, I had left it at home. (Bluetooth wasn't working.)

For a moment I sort of panicked, thinking we would have to take time to connect at a truck stop. Then I remembered this handy little kit was tucked away in my bag.

A few seconds later, I had put the needed cable together and was online.

There are many kits like this on the market. I suspect that there are only one, two or a very few companies that make the fittings and they assemble the kits to the specificationas of their customers like Cables To Go, Belkin and others.

This Cables To Go kit is more fully featured than any other I've seen so far. It not only has every relatively common USB connector, it also has 6-pin and 4-pin Firewire connectors, an RJ-11 (telephone jack) cable, another for RJ-45 (CAT5 network), a mouse suitable for short-term use, a 4-port USB hub and a surpisingly useful RJ-45 crossover cable (which can come in very handy when you need to move massive amounts of data from one computer to another).

Overall, this is a great value. It is not something that you're likely to use every day, but, let's say, when you're zipping down the highway and absolutely, positively need to hook up with your cell phone to get online and realize you forgot your specialty cable, you'll appreciate having this kit on hand.

Jerry