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10' Anker Nylon USB-C to USB-C Cable (Black) for $15.99 - $6 w/ promotion code
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About this item:
- Rapid Charging: Supports high-speed charging up to 100W when used with a compatible charger.
- Highly Compatible: Designed to work flawlessly with any USB-C device.
- Rugged and Durable: A hard-wearing nylon exterior combines with a 12,000-bend lifespan to create a cable that's durable both inside and out.
- What You Get: New Nylon USB-C to USB-C 100W Cable (10 ft), hook and loop cable tie, welcome guide, lifetime warranty, and friendly customer service.
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The drop off may only be a few watts per meter but this is why apple only gives you a 3' (not even 1M) cable with their ipads. The same principle is true for maximum data transfer.
Bottom line to anyone reading this: If you need 10' then you buy 10'. Charging your phone while in bed or on the couch or whatnot.
The drop off may only be a few watts per meter but this is why apple only gives you a 3' (not even 1M) cable with their ipads. The same principle is true for maximum data transfer.
Bottom line to anyone reading this: If you need 10' then you buy 10'. Charging your phone while in bed or on the couch or whatnot.
No, I'm not talking about fancy expensive cables. I'm talking about normal cables. I buy and test quite a few USB cables. The difference from a proper 10 foot 100w cable and a 3 foot cable isnt even a few watts. It's much smaller if there is any at all. Apple bundles 3 foot cables with their iPad because they're to cheap to include longer ones. Notice they sell the most expensive thunderbolt cable that exists. It's 10ft as well and can deliver the full thunderbolt throughput that my 3 foot CalDigit cables do.
This is an extreme example. As we're talking about USB-C, not thunderbolt and it's not very hard to send 100w through a 10 foot cable. It's just not.
Same with ugreen, the cables I got stop working after 7-8 months. I request RMA and they made me jump through hoops, I end up talking to Amazon CSR where they did a swap under warranty. Wont buy those again.
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Pretty much any 10 ft cable can't have high transfer rate?
The voltage boosting trick has been done in HDMI cables and has been known for over a century (it's why long-distance power lines operate at extremely high voltages). In fact USB-3 power delivery uses it to transfer higher wattages (both devices negotiate a higher voltage). Cable Matters used to sell a 2m active Thunderbolt 3 cable, but they seem to have stopped. Which makes me wonder if Apple managed to snag a bogus patent on this century-old idea. I have no problem with Apple pushing the state of the art (like with trackpads), but they have this bad habit of patenting already-existing stuff (like magsafe - used in oil fryer power cords since the 1950s) and scaring the rest of the industry from using it for fear of high legal costs to fight it in court.
Further complicating it, there are separate wires for power and data, and the USB data spec is different from the Thunderbolt (PCIe) data spec. So you can tune the different wires to support different things. If you want to carry 100W of USB power, you make those thicker. But that means you need to make the other wires thinner if you want to keep your cable flexible, so data gets limited to USB-2 speeds. Or a high-speed Thunderbolt cable will not be ideal for high-speed USB data. Converting to fiber for the data link bypasses this complication. But of course fiber cables are ridiculously expensive.
(There actually is a (4) - use a superconductor for wires. Problem is the highest temperature superconducting material we've found only superconducts up to 15C, and the highest temp practical ones requires cryogenic temperatures. A lot about the world changes if we manage to find a room-temperature superconductor which is practical for mass production.)
My suggestion is to settle on a color scheme for your cables. They're usually available in a variety of colors. Pick one color to represent your high-wattage cables (I picked blue for electricity), another color for high USB data rate cables (I went with red), and another color for Thunderbolt cables (black for me since these were the hardest to find and most were black). That way you can tell at a glance which cable is which. At least until someone mixes up their cable with yours.
There are plenty of non certified brands on Amazon claiming to offer quest 2 cables at 15 feet. Quest will actually work while connected to a PC at a much lower bandwidth than max. So even though some of these cables may "work just fine", they won't deliver the same visual fedelity the oculus cable does.
I believe best buys Insignia brand sells a version of this. I haven't tried it but they do certify their cables and I believe it's fiber optic so this could be an option. I would personally stick with the oculus version or a certified active USB-C cable as its likely your best bet if you want a long one but if you don't mind a short one than grab a 3.1/2 Gen 2 cable from a reputable brand like cables Matters. It will be much cheaper than the oculus cable and work the same with the downside of the short length.
Edit:
Link for 16 foot active USB C cable for 50 bucks(still 30 dollars cheaper): https://smile.amazon.co
USB-A version just in case you don't have a USB-C port(Use USB-C if you can): https://smile.amazon.co
Gen 2 usb cable(3 feet) https://smile.amazon.co
The voltage boosting trick has been done in HDMI cables and has been known for over a century (it's why long-distance power lines operate at extremely high voltages). In fact USB-3 power delivery uses it to transfer higher wattages (both devices negotiate a higher voltage). Cable Matters used to sell a 2m active Thunderbolt 3 cable, but they seem to have stopped. Which makes me wonder if Apple managed to snag a bogus patent on this century-old idea. I have no problem with Apple pushing the state of the art (like with trackpads), but they have this bad habit of patenting already-existing stuff (like magsafe - used in oil fryer power cords since the 1950s) and scaring the rest of the industry from using it for fear of high legal costs to fight it in court.
Further complicating it, there are separate wires for power and data, and the USB data spec is different from the Thunderbolt (PCIe) data spec. So you can tune the different wires to support different things. If you want to carry 100W of USB power, you make those thicker. But that means you need to make the other wires thinner if you want to keep your cable flexible, so data gets limited to USB-2 speeds. Or a high-speed Thunderbolt cable will not be ideal for high-speed USB data. Converting to fiber for the data link bypasses this complication. But of course fiber cables are ridiculously expensive.
(There actually is a (4) - use a superconductor for wires. Problem is the highest temperature superconducting material we've found only superconducts up to 15C, and the highest temp practical ones requires cryogenic temperatures. A lot about the world changes if we manage to find a room-temperature superconductor which is practical for mass production.)
My suggestion is to settle on a color scheme for your cables. They're usually available in a variety of colors. Pick one color to represent your high-wattage cables (I picked blue for electricity), another color for high USB data rate cables (I went with red), and another color for Thunderbolt cables (black for me since these were the hardest to find and most were black). That way you can tell at a glance which cable is which. At least until someone mixes up their cable with yours.
There is actually some brilliant engineering in the cable. It's not a case of recycling patents. It's truly impressive in my opinion. This coming from someone who owns nearly 100 usb c and thunderbolt cables.
Edit: I should make it clear that I'm not an apple fan. I love my old ipod, apple TV, and the screen on the new iPad is glorious, but generally do not find myself craving apple products. I have my issues with them but when they make something I love I don't let it interfere. At the moment their thunderbolt cable saves me from having to keep things with in a few short feet of where it's plugged in. I like to manage my wires through channels so this is a life saver for me. I'm sure eventually someone else will come along and make something comparable but for now it's my only option.
Nowhere in any of my messages did I say anything that is a against your logic. Unless you're trying to say I'm wrong and that 10 foot power cables don't exsist. If so I would simply reply that I believe that you are the one who's wrong.
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