, I hate being only a few feet from an outlet. Also, the cable itself is very thick and durable and doesn't have the problem I've had with many cables where it "falls" out of the port while charging. Thing is stuck in port. Today, after owning it for just over a month, he has. stopped working? Tried in different sockets, with different devices, and nothing else is recognized. It's not even that it loads slowly, the device just doesn't know it's connected to the network. I was tempted to buy another one because I liked everything else about it, but I'm worried about it accidentally dying again (10 days). beyond the return window of course) and I'll be spending even more money.