I’m looking for the right lemmy community to ask a question about high quality USB-C or thunderbolt cables.
After my 3rd replacement Anker cable usb-c cable I’d really like to get cables that can last a few hundred cycles and I need a recommendation. What community can I ask that in?
Do you happen to be a Cat or Dog that consumes cables as if they are food? 🤔
No but I use them consistently and have trouble with connectors wearing out. I have just been replacing them, but really just want to avoid that and get ones that are good.
Time for me to bring shame to myself online! Get these magnetic adapters. I have them on my work laptop, my wife’s Chromebook, my Legion Go, my dongle, my mom’s laptop, and my portable monitors.
I love being mobile and packing everything up when it’s not going to be used for more than a few hours. These save my nice cables and my ports. More recently, my wife and I got a second dog who is insanely high-energy and accidentally pulls on charging cables—these magnetic adapters have gone from a luxury to a necessity.
I can also confirm from numerous tests that these adapters can easily handle 100W for charging and 4K monitors. I’ve also used them with my dongle for 86W charging, gigabit Ethernet, HDMI out, powering an external display, and transferring photos from an SD card to a USB 3.1 thumb drive all at the same time on the one dongle.
ETA: I just noticed that I’ve been using these same adapters with the same cables, chargers, dongle, and monitors since July 2022. About 2.5 years and even is still working great (ohh God, I’ve jinxed myself.)
I’ve read those are actually very dangerous and can fry your computer/laptop. I was looking into which to get and saw many Reddit threads warning against them
Like I said, my comment has brought shame on me.
I’m aware that these connectors are far from perfect and that issues can occur. I used to run tech support for a middle school with over 2000 students and have seen all sorts of shit that seemed unbelievable. I’ve seen Chromebooks begin smoking and melting in the middle of state exams, batteries spontaneously puff and blow the keys off a laptop. I’ve seen brand new iPads puff and remove their own screens, and I’ve seen projector bulbs literally explode.
The point is, with large enough of a sample size, you’re going to encounter all sorts of issues, the question is “what are the chances?”
For me: what are the chances my dog is going to rip my $3000 work laptop off my desk and fuck my life? On any given day, 100%. What are the chances that my magnetic adapters are going to destroy my $3000 work laptop? Less than 100%. Going by the reviews on Amazon, less than 10%, possibly.
But your needs might not be the same as my needs. I also want to address the part about noise coming from these adapters: if your components are properly shielded, you shouldn’t have data being converted into wireless interference. I’ve had a couple of USB C dongles that would ruin the wifi and Bluetooth in my house, but (jinxing myself again) I haven’t seen that with these magnetic adapters. Yet.
For reference, my first magnetic adapter was the one that came with my LG V60. Since then, I’ve purchased 8 of the adapters I sent you—6 for myself and 2 for my mom—and haven’t had any issues, yet (really pushing my luck). But I also don’t like to plug and unplug things in rapid succession that are likely to destroy my 'puter.
Should you get these, though? -shrug-
If they make you nervous, then no.
I think they ask because Anker cables are usually pretty good. Or at least once upon a time they were, I haven’t bought them in a while… mainly because the 4 that I bought in ~2015 all still work (supplemented with randoms that come with devices)