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.
I’ve never had a cable break on me, I still have micro b charging cables from old Samsung’s that still work and aren’t damaged.
Maybe try looking after your stuff?
What an interesting pair of choices; “I’m going to look into a month old asklemmy thread to be kind of dick.”
You must be a fascinating person with a thriving social life.
Cheers.
I sort by top month, I’m sorry if that offends you.
I’m also just saying if you are gentle with your cables and look after them they should last?
I buy Anker cables and they hold up really well to my kid’s cable abuse. They have a braided sheath around them.
Plenty of companies make solid cables now and Anker’s Eufy camera controversy made me look to other options for cables and battery banks. Truly scummy while sacrificing their own users’ privacy (and lying about it).
https://www.theverge.com/23573362/anker-eufy-security-camera-answers-encryption
I also love my Anker cables. I have cables from them that are like 10 years old and I would still be using them if they were USBC
I bought my kid the magnetic kind where the but stays in your phone and the cable magnetically connects to it and it also rotates and whatnot. Doesn’t charge fast but it’s hella capable of her shit. Last phone port failed because she ripped the cord out all the time but now the important but just stays in the phone.
Ooooooh, this seems like a game changer. Apparently I am a middle aged child when it comes to cord removal.
If you don’t care about fast charge or data transfer they really are. Here’s a link to the ones I bought
Highly recommend if you wear out cables. I’m guilty as well but I use Android Auto for work everyday so these do me no good but help my daughter immensely.
They can’t transfer data? That’s AUFU. But seriously, I use Android Auto every day as well, but the new work vehicle works with it wirelessly. Usually…
They can prolly do some data transfer but won’t make Android Auto work. I wish our trucks had wireless. Surprised they didn’t honestly, they’re all 2024 Mavericks. I need to get another wireless dongle thingy.
I know some of those magnetic cables can do it but they’re much pricier than the ones I got for my kid.
My old work vehicle (Silverado) also only worked with wired Android Auto, but this one is a Ford Transit van.
I think I’ll try some of these braided cables with the magnetic bit someone was talking about. Thanks!
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.
I think the lesson to be learned from these comments is if all of your cords keep breaking, they probably aren’t the problem.
Ha, yeah I just figured phonea came with a shitty usb does that starts getting trickier to charge over months etc.
Anker branded cables
Get the braided ones
Edit: Lol someone else already said the same thing 😅
Braided cables… swoon
I don’t think I’ve ever purchased one. The ones that came with my phones have always outlasted my phones, and I keep my phones for years. I may no longer have those old phones, but I still have those cables in my cable box (even those pesky USB micro-b). Maybe I’m too gentle with them haha
That legit blows my mind. I’m not sure I’ve had a phone charging cable be effective for more than a year before I started having to jiggle it while standing on one leg facing East.
Cables tend to go bad if they are being bent at the point where the connector sheath meets the cable.
My wife is great at destroying cables - charging her phone while being in bed. I feel the next cable I’ll buy her will be have a 90° connector.
It might also be partially due to a buildup of dust inside of the phone’s port. You can try carefully scraping in there with the end of a paperclip dipped in a little bit of rubbing alcohol when the phone is shut down. It takes a while but it really helped for me.
A wooden toothpick works just as well and you run less risk damaging anything.
Interesting fact: USB-C moved the retention springs and parts that failed most (on micro-USB) from the port to the cable for this very reason! Every time I have a cable that needs replacing l’m annoyed. Until I remember that it’s about 1000 times better than replacing my phone or laptop!
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’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.
Anker! They are super good quality and have a phenomenal warranty/replacement program that’s so easy to deal with
Anker. Still have cables I got in 2018. I’m not rough with my stuff though, so take it as you will.
I like the silicone ones. They’re soft, super flexible and seem to hold up well.
Interesting, I’ll keep those in mind, thanks!
I don’t think I’ve had any wear out yet, but I also am gentle on them.
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
I used to think all my cables were broken and flakey but turns out my phone’s port was failing :(
IKEA cables. Been using the same one for over a decade.
