What does not make me so very happy, is the plastic connector on one side. The wobbles namely and slipped out to me even once or twice. The same problem I had, however, also with the adapter, which I have previously used. The advantage of this cable is then that the plug is just much shorter and therefore the 'Raus slip lever' not so great. I do not know whether there are Firewire 800 with better snap metal connectors. If so, and if someone needs such a cable for a highly mobile setup, I would then rather recommend.