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I threw all of my random USB C cables and Lightning cables away and standardized on these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093YVRHMB https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093Y

I threw all of my random USB C cables and Lightning cables away and standardized on these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093YVRHMB https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093YVRHMB? - USB A and USB C on one end - USB C, micro USB and Lightning on the other end - 100W PD - 20GB data - video over USB C for my portable second display (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095GG31KX https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095GG31KX) I never have to worry about the “right” cord. I did keep my MagSafe cord for my Mac.

icelancer 4y ago
Wow nice! I use multi-adapter cables for charging, but always thought the data rates on the enabled connectors would be shit. Happy to hear a review on a product like this that might help; gonna grab a pair.
- brewdad 4y ago
  Cue the mad rush of a hundred thousand counterfeit cables within the week.
  - icelancer 4y ago
    Would not be surprised if there was an automated bot on HN and reddit et al that looked for comments like mine with reviews and did exactly that. Damn. Good point.
lostlogin 4y ago
Does that standardisation have 6 cables (including the MagSafe)?
- scarface74 4y ago
  MagSafe is just a nice to have. The MacBook can charge at 100W over the standard USB cable.
jlokier 4y ago
Thanks for the product tip! I bought a couple of multi-connector cables similar to the ones you have, but from a different manufacturer and no real specs on the packaging a couple of years ago. They both charge whatever is connected extremely slowly, no matter what power supply or device. They can barely charge a phone overnight, and charging is so weak that if my phone is used while plugged in, battery net-drains instead of charging. Would've been better to buy cheap, separate charging cables and more power supplies to keep the different device-end connectors powered. But to be fair, there were no specs when I bought them in a store, just claims that they can be used to charge different devices from USB, which they do, just surprisingly badly.

icelancer 4y ago

Wow nice! I use multi-adapter cables for charging, but always thought the data rates on the enabled connectors would be shit. Happy to hear a review on a product like this that might help; gonna grab a pair.

brewdad 4y ago
Cue the mad rush of a hundred thousand counterfeit cables within the week.
- icelancer 4y ago
  Would not be surprised if there was an automated bot on HN and reddit et al that looked for comments like mine with reviews and did exactly that. Damn. Good point.

lostlogin 4y ago

Does that standardisation have 6 cables (including the MagSafe)?

scarface74 4y ago
MagSafe is just a nice to have. The MacBook can charge at 100W over the standard USB cable.

jlokier 4y ago

Thanks for the product tip! I bought a couple of multi-connector cables similar to the ones you have, but from a different manufacturer and no real specs on the packaging a couple of years ago. They both charge whatever is connected extremely slowly, no matter what power supply or device. They can barely charge a phone overnight, and charging is so weak that if my phone is used while plugged in, battery net-drains instead of charging. Would've been better to buy cheap, separate charging cables and more power supplies to keep the different device-end connectors powered. But to be fair, there were no specs when I bought them in a store, just claims that they can be used to charge different devices from USB, which they do, just surprisingly badly.