💻 5-Pack of Black 3-Foot AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Micro B Cables Review

I am very surprised to see so many good reviews for this product. I bought the same products a few years ago and they were of excellent quality. The wires were thicker than most, and the metal was very strong. At the time, I was impressed by the Revain brand. THIS IS NO LONGER A BUSINESS. The wires are now thin and the metal is worse. I ordered 3 packs and only kept them because they were cheap. I will have to handle them with extreme care not to bend them. I expect to get six months out of 3…

When these cables first came out my reaction was WTF! I was expecting a regular gauge cable. They were much larger in diameter. Since I wanted to use it to power my Samsung tablet in the living room, I tried it - my factory cable broke where the wire meets the connector housing. I really like the cables, especially their extra stiffness. For my use this is perfect and the cable feels more solid where the wire connects to the case. It's been about a month and I haven't had any problems. Used…

UPDATE: Note the small burn marks on the upper left side of the device where it blinked and flashed briefly when I took it out of the phone! You could smell the burning metallic smoke before it went out. So, out of the 6 cables we started with (paid for 4, got a replacement kit from Revain), 1 caught fire, 1 never worked, and 2 stopped working after a few months. There are two left that are less than a year old and now I'm afraid to use them. No matter what power source I used or what…