Never a dropout.
Only minus is that it sticks out a bit on the backside of the keyboard.
The "In" "Out" could be a bit more marked, but it's easy anyway,
Lag is there, but minimal as in really low, and it's "steady", not changing up and down.
The plugs are sitting sturdy into the MIDI ports, not flimsy.
Works very well from/to keyboard from/to iPad.