However:
I was sick and tired of having to replace my charging cables over and over again (since they break). So I tried Paracable and couldnāt be happier.
Paracables may be expensive (the profit margin is probably huge), but they really are built like a tank and will very likely outlive most other brands by a hefty margin (and thus pay for themselves by not having to be replaced). Charging is noticeably faster too and I donāt mind that they look good.
I use both Apple/Lightning and micro-USB (for different devices).
I beg to differ. Have tested a lot of cables, and none of them show a drop in amps, even really really crappy ones.
They do have a voltage drop, maybe that is what's influencing your readings, making the device you're charging demand a lower current.
Using a device featuring charging circuitry isn't optimal for testing cables.
Regarding what brand to buy : I'm quite happy with the bang-for-buck factor of BlitzWolf's latest cables, tested a lot of them and they seem to be built pretty good and have low resistance.
If you want to know what cables I've tested, check the links in my sig.
Honestly, lots of consumers are half-wits. Don't get me wrong, I may still be half-witted under certain circumstances. Problem is you really can't/shouldn't trust advertising (as a rule), but half-wits tend to. You know, when people buys UltraTurd 18650 9800mAh cells in bulkā¦ :facepalm:
Anker seems to be a quality company. We have many of their products, all bought on Amazon. My son has an Anker bluetooth portable speaker that stopped working after close to a year after we bought it. They replaced it without an issue and the new one has been working great despite the abuse he puts on it.
I got my Anker cable from amazon and hopefully I will have no issue with them. By the reviews on Amazon any issue was taken care of by Anker without a hassle.
I do a lot of charging of my tablets. Currently the cables I have and the wall plugs are as āSlow as Christmas.ā The Paracables are rather expensive. Are the Anker cables better in terms of speed of charging?
Jerry
there are tons of third party apple comparable cables on the market, you do not need to spend $30 for apple cable, you can buy same cable in pretty much any store, for 5-10 bucks, here in nyc most stores have them by registers. some of them feel more solid than real apple cable, and they come in different colors.
The cheap cables works (most of them anyway).
But they typically charge slowly (especially iPads) and they donāt last very long.
I guess you get what you pay for.
No need to buy (expensive) Apple original though, just look for Anker and other MFI-certified ones.