I have gradually replaced all my cables with Anker, Ravpower and Portapow. I also kept a few Lindy and Toways which are good too. They all have excellent reviews from a variety of sources.
The Portapow cables I bought are charge only although they also make fully functional cables.
All of these are available either on Amazon or EBay.
Tronsmart TS-MUPP2 USB 2.0 Gold Plated Male to Micro USB Cable 6FT*3 1.8M*3 High-quality Cable 3PCS/Pack http://s.aliexpress.com/IFfymANN?fromSns=Copy to Clipboard
(from AliExpress Android)
I have some Aukey cables and they are really good quality and with no problem they deliver 5V 2.4A. I don’t have device that can use higher amperage so don’t know about 3A.
I prefer Aukey cables because of price/performance ratio.
Set of 5 high quality Aukey cables of different sizes cost around $7 in Aukey offical store at AE.
There are some other similiar quality brands like Blitzwolf, Anker … however like said, with replacing all micro usb cables in house it’s worth to check those (2m x 1 cable, 1m x 2 cable, 30cm x 2 cable) Aukey packs. Or if you don’t like size there’s a variety of other packs.
I don’t think you can get anything better for this or even some more money.
Oh, one can pay more for Aukey cable too, however my statement about p/p above stand.
Don’t get me wrong, I am familiar with Anker excellence too, however there’s nothing what can beat proven price/quality ratio of Aukey cables I believe.
Example of comparable high quality, but still half cheaper Aukey cable:
I can vouch for BlitzWolf and Tronsmart :+1:
But something I can’t seem to find is a good quality short cable. For example 10-20cm… for using with powerbanks.
If someone knows please share a link - micro and usb-c both
I heard some good things about Tronsmart cables too, however never used one. Price seems okay. Next time when I will be shopping around for longer USB cables I may use your url instead of my usual (Aukey ) pick.
@zipelgas in suggested Aukey 5-cables pack (link above) you can get two decent quality 30cm micro usb cables for a really nice price.
Ravpower, lately they’ve seemed to have gone from a plastic plug to an all metal design, feels a lot sturdier and more positive plugging in.
Used anker and decent but similar to what ravpower used to be.
Check Dodge Reviews — he has reviewed a lot of micro-USB (and other) cables, and has compiled a spreadsheet table of the ones he tested:
I’ve also tried an Anker PowerLine+ 1m micro-usb, TronSmart 1.8m micro-USB cable, and BlitzWolf BW-CB7 1m micro-usb cable, which are excellent (Anker PowerLine is the best in terms of least voltage drop).
I also bought and tried out JianHan reversible micro-USB cable (1m, 2m) and these were excellent (at par or better than the TronSmart/BlitzWolf) and just slightly less than the Anker in current-load/voltage drop test. I was very satisfied with my first order, that I ordered again. Unfortunately the second batch had erratic quality — its 2m micro-USB cable had a significant voltage drop (the first batch 2m micro-USB was excellent), so my guess is that they indeed cut costs
— eg. the 1st order JianHan “JH-002” 2m cable weighed 48.7grams and had minimal voltage drop considering its length. The 2nd batch JH-002 2m cable weighed only 33.3g — significant cost cutting.
the 1st order JianHan “JH-002” 1m cable weighed 27.7grams and the voltage drop is just slightly below the Anker PowerLine+ (slightly better than the BlitzWolf and TronSmart I mentioned above). But the 2nd order JH-002 1m now weighs only 19.8g and while voltage drop is still “OK” among the “ordinary” 1m cables, it’s definitely not excellent — more on the average or below-average.
So, I ordered the JianHan reversible micro-USB cable from the AliExpress JianHan official store. It looks like they may do an excellent first batch, but subsequently reduce the quality (significantly!) on later batches.