Does USB cable quality matter?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Is there any difference in an official cable from a good brand and a cheap $1 cable from the local cheap Chinese shop?
I compare three micro usb cables against each other. One of them came with a $2 powerbank, the other came with my high quality VOXLINK powerbank and the other came from a Flir thermal camera.
When compared using my portapow USB watt meter, you can see that the cheap cable charges my powerbank at only 2.7 watts while the other two higher quality cables charge the power bank at over 13 watts. That's a significant difference and will result in many hours being saved when charging a large powerbank or a phone with a sizable battery.
Of course charging a battery faster will reduce it's life. So for some people, a slower overnight charge might be preferred over a high current charge that completes in a significantly shorter time.
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Thanks for this video. Have had issues finding this info so I could show it to my friends who think they know stuff and claim the cable doesn't matter.
One of them has even gone to school to become an electrician, which is sad :P
good to have device like that to measure and be sure on the quality of cable
This isn't exactly ground breaking, yes, the heavier the gauge of the wire the more current it can handle.
What would have made this video useful, would have been to show how other than price, some way
to determine good from bad. Maybe test a bunch of brands and list the good ones so people could
make an informed decision prior to purchase. That would be useful.
Both the cable and the charger matters. He used that Aukey charger for a reason. Older phone chargers might deliver as little as 0.5 Ah. Newer ones usually deliver about 1 Ah. Multi USB chargers with auto detection might deliver up to about 2.4 Ah and those with a quick charge standard might deliver more and more volts. And those with USB C output might deliver more still.
Newer ones usually deliver 1.5 amps or 2amps for tablets .. thats for devices with no fast charging ..
Thanks, it's a very helpful to understand why with good charger speed of charging is slow. Its a cable which also matter.
Hi. Thanks for the vídeo. What kind (brand, thickness, etc) of shielded wire do you recomemd to make diy usb cable with high drain current (2amps And above)? Really apreciate your opinion. Thank You!
Can you tell me the name of gadget which are you using for measuring the power of usb cables ?
Well interesting would be the reason. Is it because the usb-cable really is so thin and has so much resistence? we could easily meassure this. I dont think so.
Or is it because your device needs data-transfer for some reasons to activate full charge speed (quite some devices refuce to charge for bad usb ports at full rate) and the small cable just is a charge-only cable?
Short and Informative!
Thanks! So how does one figure out a good quality cable? Is using a reader/tester the only way?
What do you think the difference is actually down to. The purity of the copper? The quality of the solder?
Does this apply to transmission of data as well? as in better cable could transmit data faster than a crappy cable?
Nope. Makes no difference for that.
actually it does make a difference
The main difference would be error correction and latency.
@@GadgetAddict actually the cheap cable cant transfer data it has only 2 wires in it .. the thick one has 4 thats why it charges faster cuz the phone tells the source of power that it can charge at a higher amperage
I have discovered at least with my Android phone, if I'm using Android auto a very cheap cable will constantly disconnect the GPS. This could be specific to Subaru as I have not tried that cable in any other car with Android auto.
Does using different cable damage the battery of my device?
Why was there a sneaky transition when you switched cords? Is that when you swapped the power supplies to get a different output? Smells fishy to me
Will charging slowly with cheap cable damage my battery?
No, its better for your battery.
What's the make/model of that meter?
I watched your video hoping to get this answer : when charging a smartphone with a low quality cable, it's just going to charge it slower or can damage it as well ?? I would really appreciate your answer :)
+L Hibo it would most likely just charge slower.
L Geheines The phone determines cable is low quality and reverts to slow charge (less power draw from charger), to prevent overheating. Phone is not damaging, might even preserve battery life because it's not charging too fast.
I like the fin and the fick cable. Fumbs up.
We produce data cable. Actually what he said is right. The thickness doesn't means quality but usually if quality high it shoud be thicker. Chinese factories produce high quality data cable and cheap quality one at the clients request. If you don't know how to judge which one is good quality, you can buy expensive one, becuase tipicaly price help you judge quality.
This was very helpful.👍 I actually wanna buy one of those portable watt meters now. Could u possibly send me a link to buy it?
Hi Gdnight my name is ricardo is it possible if u can put links in your description for d items that u are using in your video what is d thickness of d cable that u using so i can get one for my phone or tablet so it will be able to charge faster thank u stay safe be safe out there 🙏🏼
I would like a video of about why less than 50% of the times we put first the wrong side of the usb of micro usb ^^
Please Sr what is the name of the withe product full name i want to bay it .. volt meter tha you use in this video to test the Amp .. thank a lot you video is very helpful .. like and share ^^..
What is some recommended USB Cables?
Anker, aukey and tronsmart.
will it affect the mobile battery?
It matters however the thickness doesn't always display correct conduction.
I have two cables with type C. One that came in the box with my Xiaomi Mi Max 2 and the other that i purchased additional a year later. The one i bought later from the Xiaomi Store was more thin however upon charging my phone with them, both cables display the exactly same time to fully charge my phone.
All in all, in my case thickness of the cable doesn't matter as both cables are Xiaomi originals and they have the same wires inside, both quick charge 3.0 supportive cables.
Brilliant video thanks foe the explanation!!
Thanks, yeah that was very helpful. And also, for charging speed, one needs to take into account the type of charging plug, yes? If I recall, it's the milliamp hours/mAh figure that makes the difference yeah?
Thumbs-up
Cheers
Bernard
PS What a disappointment it is to learn that the faster you change a battery the lesser it's longevity. Bummer eh.
what about shorting the data pins for the cheaper cable?
you mentioned it last time as a charging hack
+comebackata2 That can force Android phones to attempt to pull more current, but in this case I know the powerbank tries to draw maximum current regardless of what's going on with the data lines.
What device did you use? For checking the amps volts etc?
A portapow USB watt meter :)
Have you heard, tried, used or bought " premium " expensive USB to MicroUSB cable as they called it. Sold by Aukey, Anker, and Tronsmart? which is Qualcom 2.0 ready, Did you think it is worth-it for it's price?
+Ariel Monton Yup, I have one from Aukey and a few from Anker. If you care about fast charging then yes you usually have to pay a little extra to get a good quality cable. But you're also paying for a cable that *should* last longer than cheaper ones. And if they don't last longer, they usually give an easy free-replacement warranty for a fairly long time.
Thank you
all i care is do cheap cables damage the phone or battery?
thank you for good review. but now i want to ask something.
how can i figure out when i buy some cable to charge and data transmission with some gadget like cell phone, power bank, bluetooth headphone etc.
hopely wait your reply
+Kim Junsung you'd need a USB watt meter :)
oh thank u for super fast reply. :)
then if i don't have a USB watt meter, isn't there any other way to check before buy specific cable?
i mean, before open the package. all seller in the mall say their cable supports fast charging but it wasn't for me many times even though i was using with a genuine fast charger.
Please make a video like this with magnetic cables :)
Does otg matter in data speed?
but what causes this? I would think it would be lenght or wire gauge but then you showed that thin and long cable
+Arikuzo I guess it comes down to length, gauge and wire since not all of them use copper. And sometimes they make the cable using thick rubber or plastic which makes you think it's a heavy gauge cable but inside they're just using very thin wires.
The cables that charge my device at adequate speed decrease their speed or die after a week while the others I buy don't charge at afterwards speed to begin with
can you test that using an app on your phone?
good video, thanks for sharing.
Very interesting indeed...love the video...liked :-)
Wear did you buy your watt meter
+Juan Paolo DIY! I got it from Amazon but Portapow also have an eBay store. The nice thing about this watt meter is that it can handle up to 50 Volts, which means it's suitable for things like Qualcomm quick charge. It also includes a regular set of test leads so I can use it as a basic volt meter / multi meter on solar stuff and other low (ish) voltage stuff. Another nice thing is that it can measure watt hours over time instead of just mAh. Watt hours is obviously more accurate than mAh if you know the voltage is going to fluctuate. I'm planning to do a review video of it soon :)
have you tried the tronsmart gold plated cables?
+Reynaldo Lace I'm not sure if they were gold plated but I have a few tronsmart cables and they're still going strong :)
+Gadget Addict okay thanks.coz im planning to buy one..☺
Same thing happening to my zuk z2 ..when i bought fast adopter it charges on same old speed
awesome, but now how do I find a good cable?
Just stick to the well known brands. Anker, Aukey, Portapow, Samsung, Ravpower or even 'Amazon Basics'. Some of them even sell 20AWG cables (extra thick wires) for the highest power output.
"i wannted to buy the "Remax Full Speed Data Line 2 USB To MicroUSB Cable 1m
and after watching your video i got doubt on buying or not :D i just want to know if this is a good cable or not.
I can tell you remax or other cheap brands are all false advertising with 2A/2.4A fast charging, go and get the brand like anker or aukey you will notice there's a big difference compares in charging speed and of course they are more expansive
Good cable matters
Of course I enjoy it
my phone charge at .25Amp with a random cable, it broke.
i bought a charging cable from the Chinese brand xiaomi to replace it, well you look at that, 1.6Amp, idk is there even better onces. this video proves my thoughts.
Nice video keep it up.
Nice now I know very informative
The test won't work if they are different lengths
ty i learned
Nice video. 😉
Thx
my usb cable is fast. Good quality aswell
Does USB cable quality matter IN TERMS OF CHARGING TIME due to increase watt transference? Yes, absolutely. Does USB cable quality matter in terms of sound quality? Nope.
it is useful
Well. i know the answer to that question in 2 ways
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
I bought a random usb micro cable which i thought was good, but it killed the battery of my motorola moto g5s smartphone! (Was from a website that specialized in cables. idk the name)
Recently i bought a long usb-c cable for my new motorola g 5g plus from amazon, and now i'm getting the first stages of the same problems i had with my g5s. (I hope it's just a fluke and that i was too tired to plug in my phone into the charger!)
Cdr king reprezent!!! 😂
Sadly Samsung make some fucking cheap and thin cables though :(
Ficker is almost always better.