In the UK. I mean brands like Belkin, Anker and UGreen. I’ve had three of these types of cables from cheap Chinese brands on Amazon fail over the last 3 years and I wanted to get a better quality one.

I mean this type of cable

https://www.amazon.co.uk/RAVIAD-Charging-Multiple-Lightning-Connector/dp/B09D95K59T/

But these brands do not make this type of cable, and large chain stores with a high street presence don’t sell any. So is there a technical reason?

Anker and Belkin have one similar one but their plastic attachments do not look durable at all, so I prefer the above design. These attachments look like they could snap off super easily therefore I saw little point in shelling out extra for them. But maybe there is something else better about this design?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-PowerLine-Lightning-Samsung-Smartphones/dp/B07215381G

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/belkin-boost-charge-3in1-usb-cable-1-m-10221411.html

  • imashination@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    “Why don’t reputable brands sell Frankenstein cables?”

    The device will tell the charger how much power it wants. The charger will tell the device how much power it can provide. What do you think will happen when 3 devices all start talking over one another? If you connect a laptop and a camera, then either the laptop is going to take 3 days to charge or the camera in in for a fun ride.

  • pocketpc_@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You can’t really do it in a way that’s compliant with USB specifications. USB is a purely point-to-point connection, a cable like this that offers even a minute chance of having three or more devices connected to the same conductor is just asking for all kinds of trouble. Even with just two devices, there have been issues with non-compliant USB-C cables causing damage; no reputable brand is going to risk making something even more complicated. If you need to deal with different connectors, you’re just going to have to carry multiple cables; such is life until we finally get everything on USB-C.

  • Inevitable_Slice1228@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Some have in the past and they tend to fail faster as they have more moving aka working parts, older USB cables specially mini USB tend to fail after while because of how they were designed with this little teeth. Even older lighting cables had this issue. Now with apple being forced to use USB C cables for universal charging. Things will be a lot easier