Apologies if the wrong community, if there’s a better suited one, please point me to it!
But, I figure we all buy USB-C cables, and being a progressive group of folks maybe someone has a suggestion so I cause slightly less waste pollution and waste? Here’s hoping!
Edit: Allrighty, apparently I’m just rough on all my usb cables OR you have all teamed up to prank me.
Anker! They are super good quality and have a phenomenal warranty/replacement program that’s so easy to deal with
I used to think all my cables were broken and flakey but turns out my phone’s port was failing :(
I buy cables that have a braided wrap around them if I buy them at all. I’ve had so many come with phones and other crap. The only reason why I’ve bought a couple of others is because I needed some long ones.
IKEA cables. Been using the same one for over a decade.
I don’t think I’ve ever had to replace an usb-c cable, what are you doing with them?
Also since everything ships with either an usb-c-to-c or c-to-a cable (sometimes both), I have quite the stockpile of them.
The cable in my car for Android Auto goes bad after a few months of use from the weather, I’ve gone through quite a few like that
Yeah, I’ve seen a couple of people mention that. Kind of makes sense with the big temperature differences in cars. But I don’t drive, so no expirence with that.
Yeah, they’re like lighters… I will lose it before it actually breaks, 100% of the time.
The only cables I’ve ever thrown out are my husbands, because he tears them from devices like a retarded neanderthal.
UGreen cables for charging (switched from Anker after Eufy shit)
CablesMatter for everything else (HDMI, Display port, usb for data, etc).
As with anything, you have to take care of it. Cables are fragile. If you’re wadding them up in a ball, letting the cable bend at the connector funny or ripping the cable out, the cable will break eventually. Braided cables are more resistant to abuse, but not invincible.
I got some VOLTME cables and a charging brick on aliexpress about 4 years ago that have been sturdy as a rock. They actually deliver 100W according to my laptop’s charging icon.
They’re braided and basically impossible to twist the wrong way. Here they are on amazon if you don’t want to wait the 20-odd days for shipping from China.
https://www.amazon.com/VOLTME-Premium-Charging-MacBook-More-Blue/dp/B0C14CTC6M
Anker. Still have cables I got in 2018. I’m not rough with my stuff though, so take it as you will.
I bought a handful of 15 foot USBC braided cables with a right angle on one end. Only one died and thats because I rolled over the tip with my desk chair on accident.
I have usb c cables in daily rotation for years. Usba for a decade or more, I think they’re structural parts of the house now
As others have said: Anker. Tried and tested.
I got that Microsoft Nokia Lumia dock back in the days. It came with 2 thunderbolt 3 USB C to USB C cables. I still use them. They are the best cables I ever owned. I love these cables. They are the best cables in the world. They are so good, they make other cables look like waste products. [Trump mode off] they even are bitter coated.
BUT: I’ve also owned iPhones since the X and the very first cable still looks new despite being the only source of internet my gaming PC has.
I’ve never had one go bad?
I take that back, I had some cheap chinesium ones I got off Amazon die now that I think about it.
JSAUX makes the most durable. I have 3 kids that are hard on them. Nothing else has lasted as long as those.
