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But now you'll get into the fun USB-C -land, where two USB-C cables can have wildly different capabilities with no external way to check it :) One cable might
by theshrike79 3y ago
But now you'll get into the fun USB-C -land, where two USB-C cables can have wildly different capabilities with no external way to check it :)
One cable might only support power, one might only be for data and one supports USB-PD up to 120W. How can you know? By trying them all!
- wmf 3y agoBuy good cables and throw the others away. (You can't really trust any cable you didn't buy anyway because of O.MG.)
- theshrike79 3y agoThe problem is that "good" cables are also really expensive. And thick. Sometimes I just want to charge my matchbox sized flashlight from Aliexpress. I really don't want to use the full-on 120W + network + 8k video capable cable for that. It's so thick that the weight of the flashlight can't hold it down =) Maybe they'll figure out some kind of markings for the cables eventually. I'd mostly use three categories: Charge Tiny Device (5-10W enough), Charge Medium Device + data (20-30W, phones and tablets), Charge Big Device (laptops, power banks - as much as the spec can handle)
- eviks 3y agoSo there is an external way to check it-thickness
- theshrike79 3y agoBUUUT for example the USB-C cable that comes with Apple's laptops is relatively thin and can still handle around 80-100W, can't remember exactly. And my 3rd party kinda_known_name -cable does the same but is at least twice as thick and really hard to wrestle in tight corners. =)