Premium micro USB cable

digitaldr

Picked up a "premium" USB cable in Eurogeneral today for €3 - claims to be able support 3000mA charging. It'll be interesting to see if it really does as there other cables are about as far from premium as you can get!

droidman123

digitaldr wrote: »

Picked up a "premium" USB cable in Eurogeneral today for €3 - claims to be able support 3000mA charging. It'll be interesting to see if it really does as there other cables are about as far from premium as you can get!

Where is eurogeneral? Are they an online store?

digitaldr

They're a chain of discount stores - they're all over the country.

Dubwat

But will your plug support a charge this high? I *think* most regular usb plugs only output at 1,000-2,000mA. I hope you're right and I'm wrong because a cable like that would suit me grand!




http://www.eurogeneral.ie/About-Eurogeneral
Eurogeneral say they've 77 retail stores nationwide but don't seem to have a list..

Curb Your Enthusiasm

EuroGiant.

digitaldr

My mistake

stevek93

Gimmick,

USB ports can push out either 100mA max, or 500mA max. There is a current limiter that prevents devices from pulling more power.

Some USB drives draw more than 500mA, and it's possible that they rely on a quirk of the PC - most PCs cannot control nor detect when a single port draws more than 500mA (it takes less parts to do this, and thus is cheaper). Since it's rare that all USB ports on a PC are loaded to maximum, these drives can often spike their current draw to spin up the drive. Once the drive is spinning, it draws less than 500mA - it's just that most drives may require ore than 2.5W to spin up. (Most laptop drives require more than 500mA to spin up).

Del2005

stevek93 wrote: »

Gimmick,

USB ports can push out either 100mA max, or 500mA max. There is a current limiter that prevents devices from pulling more power.

Some USB drives draw more than 500mA, and it's possible that they rely on a quirk of the PC - most PCs cannot control nor detect when a single port draws more than 500mA (it takes less parts to do this, and thus is cheaper). Since it's rare that all USB ports on a PC are loaded to maximum, these drives can often spike their current draw to spin up the drive. Once the drive is spinning, it draws less than 500mA - it's just that most drives may require ore than 2.5W to spin up. (Most laptop drives require more than 500mA to spin up).

Who charges their phone or tablet from a PC? Most high end phones are coming with 2+ amp chargers and multiple port 3 amp chargers can be got easily.

digitaldr

Cable seems to work well - charges my OPO at full speed. Very sturdy construction with braided material covering the cable. Well worth the €3.

stanley1

Are there any of these shops in Dublin?

mass_debater

These are brilliant. I read some review where they used the ampere app on a phone to compare cables and these cable out on top. I myself also replaced the wall socket in the sitting room with one with built in USB ports

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digitaldr

stanley1 wrote: »

Are there any of these shops in Dublin?

They're all over the place - EuroGiant. Where abouts in Dublin are you?

stanley1

Walkinstown, D12

Dubwat

digitaldr wrote: »

Cable seems to work well - charges my OPO at full speed. Very sturdy construction with braided material covering the cable. Well worth the €3.

I've an Oppo phone (similar to OPO) and always looking for better ways to charge it. I'm buying one of these cables tomorrow!

Can I ask what plug socket you used? Was it anything special? Or just a regular usb-plug bought off the internet?

TIA

Kenny Logins

Dubwat wrote: »

I've an Oppo phone (similar to OPO) and always looking for better ways to charge it. I'm buying one of these cables tomorrow!

Can I ask what plug socket you used? Was it anything special? Or just a regular usb-plug bought off the internet?

TIA

Try an Anker external battery. Much faster than any plug/adapter I've used, and you should get a few full phone charges from one battery charge.

http://www.ianker.com/product/A1252011

stevek93

Del2005 wrote: »

Who charges their phone or tablet from a PC? Most high end phones are coming with 2+ amp chargers and multiple port 3 amp chargers can be got easily.

What does the box say? Faster data transfer speeds got nothing to do with mA!