Review on 🔌 StarTech.com 6-inch USB 3.0 Extension Cable (USB-A Male to USB-A Female) - USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps) Port Saver - Black (USB3EXT6INBK), 0.5 ft by Troy Rotermund

So I needed a USB 3.0 extender and it's tiring to reach for USB 3.0 on the back of my desktop. Many USB 3.0 hubs today are still unreliable and expensive, so I'd like to use a cable for now. I was a little scared after reading all the reviews that this cable can't run at USB 3.0 speeds. The only sub-par speed I can think of is poor shielding, which causes many of USB 3.0's high-bandwidth data cables to fail. But I took a chance and the cable I got works at least at USB 3.0 speeds on my Seagate drive and my Lexar Triton 3.0 drive. Cables I've seen over the past few years. To further investigate what might have gone wrong with other people's cables, I took the liberty of cutting one open to see the wires and shielding. Surprisingly, according to my scale, everything is up. I've seen thin foil wrapped horribly in the connector heads, but this one is pretty neat. Unfortunately, I don't have a device to test screen efficiency and data loss/noise levels. Tested on two ASUS motherboards with USB 3.0. An integrated Intel chipset and an Etron USB 3.0 chipset. Tested on Macbook Pro 15" Retina and Samsung Series 7 Chronos. All proven to deliver USB 3.0 data transfer rates with an extension cable attached. Maybe StarTech stepped up quality control, or maybe I just got lucky with a good cable, I'm not sure, but hopefully this will help clear some doubts for buyers like me.