It's reassuring to receive a brand-name cable at a reduced price and (surprise!) in a faux-suitcase (with plastic handle). The bulk of the "suitcase" is made of thin cardboard, easily torn and therefore no longer a handy-dandy, versatile "traveling kit" answering to your various "connectivity issues" -- moreover, owners of recently acquired Apple equipment will require at least one additional cable. (After seeing the final episode of "Mad Men," I'll concede that some of life's greater connectivity challenges might best be addressed by finding some friends, sitting in a circle, and humming "OM" together. I tried it alone, and it works--both as a conceptual trigger and a perceptual healer bridging the space separating us from one another and our authentic, "gadget-free" selves).
In the world of materialistic gadgetry, the equivalent of "OM" is wireless technology, such as Bluetooth and Apple's Air Play (it never ceases to amaze me that I can activate my printer and run off pages of text "long distance," with a mere click of my iPod). But nothing is as dependable as a hard-wired connection--providing that it's a dependable cable to begin with. These shorties from Griffin are effective both at charging and synching, and you have a choice of three different connectors: 1. the "dock connector" is useful for older iPods and iPhones; 2. the "micro" connector is required for Kindles (readers and Fire tablets) as well as storage batteries and most Android devices; 3. the "mini" connector is seeing increasingly less use as people opt for phone cameras instead of a Canon, Nikon, Olympus, etc. digital camera. But for those of us who still use dedicated cameras and who retain a suspicion of the dependability of the wireless connectivity most new models offer, the mini connector is needed for "dumping" the contents of your camera into a computer's software program.
There is no Lightning connector in this collection, which will reduce its usefulness to owners of Apple equipment of the past 3 years. On the other hand, for $6 or $7 it may be easy to rationalize purchase of this set for only 2 of the connectors.
(As others have mentioned, the extra short cables can be annoying. Say you're charging a phone and trying to use it at the same time--actually, don't say it. Practice it. It's not that easy, balancing a phone and portable charging battery in one hand, being extra careful not to jostle them and dislodge the connection. You may decide that spending more on 4 cables, each 3 feet in length, is the more prudent, practical choice.)
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A good value even if you can use only 2 (better if your gadgets require all 3--but don't forget the Lightning connector!)
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Long term Review - Pricey but Excellent!
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