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Review on πŸ”Œ 5-Pack of Amazon Basics USB 3.0 Cable - 6 Feet (1.8 Meters), A-Male to Micro-B by Ralph Gerry

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Surprisingly not for heavy daily use.

This cable failed after a year so why am I giving it 5 stars? I used this cable as my everyday phone charger cable, which should tell you it took a lot of twists and turns to make. As an engineering student, I was curious about what's inside. After the failure I did a disassembly to find the point of failure and how well made the cable was. Overall, this cable is ridiculously well designed. The breaking point was the negative power cable and this was due to excessive bending. Thick tinned copper wire was 7 core. I think a thinner gauge wire for the power cords would extend the lifespan. Everything was heavily shielded and all wires were tinned copper. The power cables had a very large cross-section (no less than 21 g). All data lines were twisted pairs in individually shielded pairs with a twisted filament for reinforcement. The terminals had shielded covers soldered to the cable's braided shield. I could go on. I would stress that these are great cables for professional environments that should last forever in everyday use with minimal flexing.

Pros
  • USB Cable
Cons
  • Vulgarity