Printer Splitter Cable

Does exactly what it should. USB 2.0; I use it for my keyboard, instead of a KVM. Works flawless. And its fast. Why Did I Buy it? I found this to work pretty well for me! and it was <12 bucks. I have a dual laptop setup on single Monitor, and also a TV. If things like G-sync don't matter to you, or your reading this and don't know what that is...then a KVM might be right for you. However; for me, 1. I R-click on the desktop Enable/disable display as needed. The Displays then auto finds the next source. 2. And I flip the switch on THIS cable. Done. Thats it. (If I forget something or whatever, I don't have to hit the KVM button ***which will Flip all Screens and Refresh, I might loose USB Wifi and all docked devices on the KVM will switch!) Instead I can just flip the switch on this cable. For me; turns out to work better then KVM, (suppose I could VNC into the other one, given various company requirements, thats not an option). I haven't Tried this on an SSD, or something that requires Power like a WiFi Dongle. Wouldn't recommend this for a USB HDD either. But for Me it works great!

Quit working just out of Amazon's return envelope. Tried everything I could find online for a fix, but nothing worked. Seller offered no warranty past 30 days. Do not buy! You can achieve the same thing with more reliability with a USB hub. UPDATE ON THIS REVIEW 4/29/2023: First let me state my apology to Herfair. I had thrown in the towel and decided to buy a second printer when saw something I had not considered during all my attempts at resolving the issue. Without a long boring dissertation about how I had missed this in all my efforts, suffice to say that I accidently that my two computers recognized the printer under different names (just an extra word difference). Now the splitter works perfectly. And I must state that just before I was about to correct this review, Herfair contacted me through Amazon asking me to get in touch with them and they would try to resolve my problem. I had not anticipated that kind of support for a relatively low cost item out of warranty. I do endorse the product and kudos to Herfair for their support!

This switch works better than USB hubs because it's not a hub. I have a USB keyboard that already functions as a hub, so adding another "hub" to switch it between two laptops just did not work well. Connectivity issues, disconnections, problems switching between laptops. This little thing does exactly what's needed. Connects my USB keyboard (that's also a hub for a USB mouse and a USB flash drive) to two laptops, allowing easy switching with a flick of a switch. Excellent, simple product with minimal physical presence. The cords are long enough to accommodate pretty much any situation I can think of on a typical work desk.

I think the cable is built well and it does work great. I bought it so that I could attach my external drive to two different computers at the same time without having to unplug and plug up every time I needed a document from the external drive. I initially did not realize that only one can work at a time. I wanted to check the description to see if it was stated somewhere and it was. The pictures can be misleading because the images show two computers plugged into one printer. I should have scrolled all the way down and check the description better than I did. So even though it was not what I initially thought it was, it is very efficient still. The toggle switch works very fast when I switch between the two. It also came with an additional printing cable that I have not used but it’s a nice addition. I read in other comments that theirs stopped working and I have not had that issue at all yet. I have not yet had the item for a month, but so far it is working much better than expected. I hope this answers any questions someone may have.

I have 2 laptops and this cable allows me to use one printer.

This (sort of) worked for about two weeks. I was using this splitter to split a usb microphone to switch between my work computer and personal computer. I always had an issue where the microphone would randomly disconnect and reconnect repeatedly, but it would usually resolve after a few minutes. After about two weeks though, it stopped resolving. I know this was an issue with the splitter and not the microphone because it happened while using either of the PCs, and it only happened while the microphone was plugged into this splitter. It didn't happen if it was plugged directly into the PC. Seems like a hardware malfunction in the splitter.

Outstanding, I did not know if it would work, but to my surprise, it worked perfectly, exactly what I needed!! Happy

WORKS PERFECT !