Review on 💡 Raspberry Pi On-Off Power Switch Cable - LoveRPi (Female to Male) by Greg Bellman

I'm using this for my RetroPie build with Raspberry Pi 3. It works great. My problem was that even after turning off the Pi via the RetroPie menu item, the hardware was still on with the light glowing. I could have just ignored it, but then the second problem popped up, how to re-enable it. Either way, you'll end up inserting and removing plugs into the chipboard itself (which can eventually loosen or break the plug on the board) or from the power plug (which lies awkwardly on the floor at the table). It's just bullshit. The on/off button is important to me. If you're looking for a problem, you solve it by shorting microswitches and/or soldering something to the board. Not for me. There are also expensive things you can buy ($25-30) and install with glowing LEDs and such. Some still need to be soldered. You turn on the Pi by pressing the button on the cable. You turn off the Pi via the OSD menu to turn it off. When the software finishes, you can press the button on the cable again to turn off the light on the hardware. It installs between the Pi and your current outlet. A few additional interchangeable button covers are included, but they're purely decorative, they don't glow. Next to the colorful button is a tiny LED that actually lights up. Please note that some people in their reviews complain that this extra cable doesn't get enough power for the Pi. Sellers indicate that the cable consumes part of the available electricity and advise to take care of a quality power supply. I don't know, but I have no problem getting enough power to run RetroPie. I'm using a CanaKit 5V 2.5A Raspberry Pi 3 (UL Listed) power supply/adapter/charger that I bought from Revain.