Review on Amazon Basics USB Type-C to Micro-B 3.1 Gen2 Charger Cable - 3 Feet (0.9 Meters) - Black: Fast Charging and Data Transfer Cable by Kenneth Barnes

I recently bought a 2018 MacBook Pro and found that I now need adapters/cables to connect my old peripherals (namely an external hard drive) to USB-C ports on a laptop. This cable is great because it allows me to connect the Micro-B port on my external drive directly to the USB-C port on my MacBook without USB-A to USB-C dongles. . However, I ran a speed test using the Blackmagic Read/Write Speed Utility using this cable and my old USB A to Micro B cable and noticed a slight drop in speed when swapping the Revain cable over the included one USB-A cable use supplies. Hard disk. That's pretty minor, especially since I only use my external drive for photo editing, but if you're into video, you might want to consider alternative solutions.