On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:14:00 +0100, polygonum wrote:

On 28/06/2016 19:37, Stephen wrote:
Hello,

I am looking for a usb cable (usb A to micro usb B IIRC) to charge a
Samsung phone. One came with the phone but I'd like to replace it with
a longer one and I'd like a second to leave in the car.

I have bought different makes but they all fail after a while because
the metal micro USB plug becomes loose and waggles about in the plastic
moulding of the plug. The OEM plug is made of hard plastic and does not
suffer this problem (yet?).

Any recommendations for what cable will stand-up to repeated pluggings
and unpluggings?

Thanks,
Stephen.

I found the Lindy cables I have to be pretty good. With my old Samsung
Galaxy S2, lots of micro-USB cables didn't work well. Some were
difficult to plug in, some made unreliable connections. A Lindy Cromo
one worked very well but their less expensive ones also worked well.

Coming back to this because some cables are failing and some of the
cheaper ones don't carry much current. I can tell when my Sony Xperia Z
tablet tells me that the battery is not charging whilst I am using it.
Other cables (especially Samsung ones) charge well.

I looked at the Lindy site and they only seem to offer the Chromo ones at
the moment but they look no more expensive than the Kindle ones.

I think I will try a couple.

Oh, and there was mention of the thickness of the wire; I can't see that
mentioned.

Cheers


Dave R

P.S.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Volutz-Micr...e-Friendly/dp/
B00TE432W6/ look interesting.

I was impressed by the price for the number of cables, the bragging about
the reliability, and especially "Fully supporting Qualcomm Quick Charge
2.0 / 3.0 and other high speed USB chargers with speeds up to 3 amperes."

|However I think I can probably run faster than that (DC only).]


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