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Flip Video USB Cables by Flip Video
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Digital Photo Product DetailsManufacturer: Flip Video Audio: English (Original Language) Model: AUC1CP2 Color: Wht Ylw Pnk Product features: - Compatible with all Flip video cameras
- A convenient way to connect your Flip video camera to any computer, including those with hard-to-reach USB ports
- Connect all three cables together to create an extended 60" cable
- Each set features one 36" white cable, one 12" yellow cable, and one 12" pink cable
- High-quality A-A USB Cables work with other USB devices, too
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Flip Video USB CablesCustomer Review: Flip Camcorder USB Cable Problems Summary: 1 Stars
Simply put: the claim on the packaging of the Flip Video 3-Pack USB Cables states that it is designed for all Flip Video Camcorders. I have a Flip Mino HD Camcorder (2nd Generation) and the USB cables do not fit onto the Flip Camcorder's USB Arm. I tried to fit all three USB Cables onto my Flip and none of them fit. I'm going to be returning this product immediately, and I hope I can find a simple generic male-female USB Cable that will work with my Flip Mino HD Camcorder. Generally, Linksys covers all of its bases with regard to making innovative, easy to use, and practical devices for the typical electronics consumer. This time they made a great camcorder, but their USB Cable Accessory that was designed to connect the Flip Camcorder to a computer to either upload video or recharge the Flip Camcorder's Internal Battery fails to do it's job, because the USB Cables simply won't fit onto the Flip Mino HD Camcorder's USB Arm. Ironically, the end of the USB Cable will go into the computer, but the end that is supposed to snap onto the camcorder does not.
If you don't take long videos, and don't save hours worth of videos on your flip camcorder you can probably get away with sticking the camcorders arm directly into your computers USB port, as you hold the camcorder, from sagging, while the video uploads to your hard drive. However, if you aren't inclined to upload every single little video you create - and you indeed save an hours worth of video before you upload it to your hard drive - then I would make sure you have a strong wrist and shoulder because you'll have to hold/support the camcorder while it uploads it's video from the camcorder's USB Arm to your hard drive. Why do I say that you need a strong shoulder and wrist? Well, although the Flip Camcorders are light, they aren't light enough to support the gravity pull when you plug the USB Arm of the Flip Camcorder into your computer's USB Port. If you put your Flip Camcorder's USB Arm into your computer you will notice a gravity sag: meaning, you'll see the camcorder tilt downwards as the camcorder's arm tenuously holds itself into your computer's USB Port. This gravity sag ultimately means that there will be enough of a gravity tug over time to ruin the structural integrity of either your computer's USB Port, or the Flip Camcorder's USB Arm - or both.
Bottom lining it: The Flip Camcorder is a great product, but the Flip USB Cables won't fit onto my Flip HD Mino Camcorder's USB Arm. The package states that the Flip USB Cables will fit all Flip Video Camcorders, but they don't fit on mine.
Description of Flip Video USB CablesThe Flip Video USB Cables make it easy to connect your Flip camcorder to any computer, even those with hard-to-reach USB ports. Each set comes with a 36? cable (white) and two 12? cables (yellow and pink), which can be linked together to create an extended cable. These durable, high-quality A-A USB Cables also work with other USB devices.
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