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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 Dale Rylander

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great solution for future old hard drives!

I recently purchased a 2018 MacBook Pro and found that I now need dongles/cables to enable my old peripherals (namely my external hard drive) to work with USB -C connectors on a laptop will work. This cable is great because it allows me to connect my external drive's Micro-B port directly to my MacBook's USB-C port without a USB-A to USB-C adapter. 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.

Pros
  • PACKED: (1) 3ft USB Type-C to Micro-B 3.1 Gen2 Charging Cable for connecting a computer with a USB Type-C port (MacBook, Chromebook Pixel, Galaxy Note 7, etc .) to a Micro-B USB 3.1 or 3.0 enabled device
Cons
  • No instructions