UC-E6 USB Cable

This cable is fine. I find the fact that it has ´fold kinks´ convenient as it is easy to fold it quickly and get it neatly into a compact camera case, or put it away.
However the camera USB connection is unique #tiny#, and not the same as the many other USB cables you have hanging around from other camera and computor devices. Therefore if you loose it you are hooped. And it is not a normally stocked item at my local camera or computor stores. You have to special order it and wait.

The camera connector is microminiature, because the cameras it´s to be used with probably all have really-limited space for the connector. With reasonable care, and common sense, the connector seems rugged enough. It goes in only one way; flip it half a turn if it doesn´t go in easily.

It doesn´t fall out, either; my S3100 is so light that I can (carefully) suspend the camera upside-down from the cable; in this case, that´s not abuse.

The cable itself, apart from the connectors, is decent, but not up to Nikon´s reputation. It comes bundled and tied with a wire tie, and the vinyl takes a ´´set´´ while it´s in storage. When you undo it, the vinyl doesn´t relax, and the cable´s kinks really don´t want to disappear. I think they are ugly.

There is cable that doesn´t take a ´´set´´; I think Apple uses such cable. It is available.
Considering that this cable is likely to be used (and handled) often, it´s disappointing to see that Nikon used what they did.

My USB cable died the third time I used it.
This is a poor design.
Save your money.