I had a S9+ that became damaged when I used these quick mag connectors but I was using them at work in the machine / maintenance shop (I am a heavy equipment mechanic), the magnetic connector I believe picked up metallic grinder dust on it and when I connected it to my phone it shorted out / killed my usb charging circuit. I believe the metallic dust shorted some pins, I ended up using wireless charging for over a year till the next phone up-grade, I still have these but use them on wireless charger stands & cheap toys for the kids that use USB charging & inexpensive amazon products. Never in the garage / work shop or any other environment when the magnetic can pick up any sort of conductive dust. Or any expensive, critical daily driven device or phone.
I appreciate the feedback about these things. having those pins so exposed can lead to some issues (sadly). I'm in the same boat as you. they still get used but just not on important devices
I've lost two tablets that were working fine, but the usb ports went bad from all the plugging g and unplugging the usb for charging. I bought the magnetic connector, and my current tablet has already lasted longer than my two previous tablets combined and is still going strong.
No issues using these for years. I've had a couple of brands of cables in kit form with multiple tips for various connectors including Kuulaa and then latterly I've been using the USB-C magnetic adaptors so that I can still make the most of quality usb-c cables and power chargers with usb-c connectors. There are a few iterations of a connective interface and many of the various 'brands' on offer are essentially rebadges or white labels of broadly the most common two or three types. I steer clear of the ones using pins and instead stick to the one that uses the double sided connector board in the centre of the adapter interface which as far as I see it is only replicating the connectors in the core of the standard usb C connector anyway. I use the Kuulaa cables on pretty much all the LED video lights and wireless microphone packs I use in my video kit, as well as on a couple of rechargeable guitar wireless adapters, Bose earbuds, and iPad Pro... The newer style 40 Gbps/140w adapters get used on data cables for my laptop and the charger on my Pico 4 VR as well as my in-car AndroidAuto to an S23Ultra... Am now planning on sourcing some more of the adapters and a bunch of connectors from AliEx so I can enable a whole bunch of devices to be able to make use of a couple of permanent connections in each room of the house and in the car - as well as travel kit for holidays. Wife uses them too. Just give them a blow out every now and then... I can't find any increased hazard in using them that isn't equally present with every cable... And at least with the magnetic adapters I can use any cable I want.
I've been using magnetic chargers for around 4 years now across 2 different phones, powerbanks, and wireless earbuds without any damage to my devices. The only issue I've encountered is the fact that no major companies make these. That means these cables are made of poor quality materials, so they are often unreliable over time and need to be plugged in at certain angles until they get so bad they need replacing.
I’m planning on using them to prevent dust buildup in the USB port of my phone. I will use it to charge my devices only and use a 5w charger so that should limit the damage that can be caused to my iPhone.
Hate that iPhone moved to USB C with the small chip in the middle. Had that break on multiple kids tablets so well aware of the fragility and using these adapter to hopefully prevent wearing out the port.
There are tons varieties of these Magnetic USB-C connector (by the size of the pins) and clumping them up together as a dangerous object without considering the use-case doesn't sit well with me. There's one with just 2 pins (dot in the middle, and circle), thus can only gives off 5V, and no data at all which I think should be safe. Nevertheless, I would never use it on expensive devices. But to charge controllers, headphones, etc? it's a lifesaver.
I've been using those for ~4 years, and while they tend to break easily, they save me from wasted time, my ports from wear and dust packing, and I have no concern over the safety of the 5V DC. I think most these days are designed to put the charger at risk instead of the expensive device. And from my own experiences, all reasonably-built and previously-reviewed chargers have some level of short protection built-in. My car charger does Bluetooth-FM and has 2x2.0 ports, cost 30$ 6 years ago, and when it gets shorted by the magnet (25% of the time I connect, which is an annoying downside) it just resets as if it was unplugged from the car. No noticable heat, funny smells, or lasting damage. I would suspect the thunderbolt ones are similar, though a lot more could theoretically happen since there is two-way communication and higher voltage/power. That said, I'm strongly considering trying one out for a while.
If you know of a comprehensive USBC tester that would log any faults, I would happily torture test the connectors before plugging my laptop or flagship phone into them daily. 😅 I just hope the tester would be a reasonable price.
@@mattd1188 only reason i could think of is that wireless charging is not only inefficient as far as time to charge but also the heat it generates, it does take some amount of time off your battery life (I still use a Qi2 charger nearly every day though, battery replacement isn’t that expensive)
had the same thoughts to be fair as the connection is just pins hitting a flat board with no separators between the pins they are safe in the fact once connected they will be fine when new, but the problems come over the continued use of the device. The pins in the head of the device are just bent pints like you would get on the graphics card slot except much smaller which leads to the pins becoming lose which then leads to issues like cross pins or even pins that break after really looking at these you can see the ones the mac uses for its magnetic device and that uses blocks to complete the connection with a good space between each connection to safeguard cross connections, in my opinion, these are not safe in any way and would only use them on cheap items where the risk is minimal
Yeah, don't. I had a 24 pin one blow up the USB controller in my Legion 7. Thankfully they did replace it under warranty even though it wasn't their fault at all. The disconnect is a lot more dangerous, since the connect requires a tiny bit of time for PD to negotiate up the wattage.
I can only advise people to not use these magnetic connectors to power laptops. One of them fried my laptop and the same thing happened to my son. These things are not safe. Yes, I know plugging and unplugging the USB C power supply wears out the port contacts, the main reason why people use these magnetic connectors. But it costs just a few bucks to replace a worn out USB C port. If your laptop gets fried that will cost far more to replace.
My life was good till the USB-C port came into it. It did nothing but want to disconnect with any wiggle at all. This might be the solution to that bad design. 20 volt chargers??? My 5 volt charger works just fine if my USB-C port plug would stay in the phone which it never has since day one. You fancy schmancy people seem to blow up alot of equipment.
I had a S9+ that became damaged when I used these quick mag connectors but I was using them at work in the machine / maintenance shop (I am a heavy equipment mechanic), the magnetic connector I believe picked up metallic grinder dust on it and when I connected it to my phone it shorted out / killed my usb charging circuit. I believe the metallic dust shorted some pins, I ended up using wireless charging for over a year till the next phone up-grade, I still have these but use them on wireless charger stands & cheap toys for the kids that use USB charging & inexpensive amazon products. Never in the garage / work shop or any other environment when the magnetic can pick up any sort of conductive dust. Or any expensive, critical daily driven device or phone.
I appreciate the feedback about these things. having those pins so exposed can lead to some issues (sadly). I'm in the same boat as you. they still get used but just not on important devices
I've lost two tablets that were working fine, but the usb ports went bad from all the plugging g and unplugging the usb for charging. I bought the magnetic connector, and my current tablet has already lasted longer than my two previous tablets combined and is still going strong.
that's awesome! which tablets were breaking at the USB port?
@@ExplainingAndroid I'm not sure of the model numbers, but they were all Samsung Galaxy tabs.
@@prinsa1889 galaxy tabs became shovel ware real fast for a long time. IDK when they got better but i like my current one from last year
No issues using these for years.
I've had a couple of brands of cables in kit form with multiple tips for various connectors including Kuulaa and then latterly I've been using the USB-C magnetic adaptors so that I can still make the most of quality usb-c cables and power chargers with usb-c connectors.
There are a few iterations of a connective interface and many of the various 'brands' on offer are essentially rebadges or white labels of broadly the most common two or three types.
I steer clear of the ones using pins and instead stick to the one that uses the double sided connector board in the centre of the adapter interface which as far as I see it is only replicating the connectors in the core of the standard usb C connector anyway.
I use the Kuulaa cables on pretty much all the LED video lights and wireless microphone packs I use in my video kit, as well as on a couple of rechargeable guitar wireless adapters, Bose earbuds, and iPad Pro...
The newer style 40 Gbps/140w adapters get used on data cables for my laptop and the charger on my Pico 4 VR as well as my in-car AndroidAuto to an S23Ultra...
Am now planning on sourcing some more of the adapters and a bunch of connectors from AliEx so I can enable a whole bunch of devices to be able to make use of a couple of permanent connections in each room of the house and in the car - as well as travel kit for holidays.
Wife uses them too.
Just give them a blow out every now and then...
I can't find any increased hazard in using them that isn't equally present with every cable... And at least with the magnetic adapters I can use any cable I want.
interesting read here, thank you for sharing your thoughts.
do you have examples of the ones that have a double sided connected board?
I've been using magnetic chargers for around 4 years now across 2 different phones, powerbanks, and wireless earbuds without any damage to my devices.
The only issue I've encountered is the fact that no major companies make these. That means these cables are made of poor quality materials, so they are often unreliable over time and need to be plugged in at certain angles until they get so bad they need replacing.
Ive been using these types of magnetic cables for a few years and haven't had any issues.
I’m planning on using them to prevent dust buildup in the USB port of my phone. I will use it to charge my devices only and use a 5w charger so that should limit the damage that can be caused to my iPhone.
Dust prevention is a great reason, along with less wear and tear to the port itself
Hate that iPhone moved to USB C with the small chip in the middle. Had that break on multiple kids tablets so well aware of the fragility and using these adapter to hopefully prevent wearing out the port.
There are tons varieties of these Magnetic USB-C connector (by the size of the pins) and clumping them up together as a dangerous object without considering the use-case doesn't sit well with me. There's one with just 2 pins (dot in the middle, and circle), thus can only gives off 5V, and no data at all which I think should be safe. Nevertheless, I would never use it on expensive devices. But to charge controllers, headphones, etc? it's a lifesaver.
I've been using those for ~4 years, and while they tend to break easily, they save me from wasted time, my ports from wear and dust packing, and I have no concern over the safety of the 5V DC.
I think most these days are designed to put the charger at risk instead of the expensive device. And from my own experiences, all reasonably-built and previously-reviewed chargers have some level of short protection built-in. My car charger does Bluetooth-FM and has 2x2.0 ports, cost 30$ 6 years ago, and when it gets shorted by the magnet (25% of the time I connect, which is an annoying downside) it just resets as if it was unplugged from the car. No noticable heat, funny smells, or lasting damage.
I would suspect the thunderbolt ones are similar, though a lot more could theoretically happen since there is two-way communication and higher voltage/power. That said, I'm strongly considering trying one out for a while.
If you know of a comprehensive USBC tester that would log any faults, I would happily torture test the connectors before plugging my laptop or flagship phone into them daily. 😅 I just hope the tester would be a reasonable price.
Damn. I just bought a couple after seeing a bunch of people using them. I'm not risking my S23+. No clue what to use them for now.
I was let-down as well. but at least we learned about the dangers before they broke expensive hardware
Why would you use the magnetic cable over say, a wireless puck? Cable charging is probably faster but the puck charger is an absolute life upgrade.
@@mattd1188 only reason i could think of is that wireless charging is not only inefficient as far as time to charge but also the heat it generates, it does take some amount of time off your battery life (I still use a Qi2 charger nearly every day though, battery replacement isn’t that expensive)
@@mattd1188 Wireless charging doen't work with all phone cases, especially the more protective cases.
@catsam4695 As an otterbox defender enjoyer for my S24, I can confirm that it works great.
had the same thoughts to be fair as the connection is just pins hitting a flat board with no separators between the pins they are safe in the fact once connected they will be fine when new, but the problems come over the continued use of the device. The pins in the head of the device are just bent pints like you would get on the graphics card slot except much smaller which leads to the pins becoming lose which then leads to issues like cross pins or even pins that break after really looking at these you can see the ones the mac uses for its magnetic device and that uses blocks to complete the connection with a good space between each connection to safeguard cross connections, in my opinion, these are not safe in any way and would only use them on cheap items where the risk is minimal
I've used magnetic connected charger on my Samsung s23 ultra from new for about 4 months and nothing wrong happened .....
that's great to hear!
Yeah, don't. I had a 24 pin one blow up the USB controller in my Legion 7. Thankfully they did replace it under warranty even though it wasn't their fault at all. The disconnect is a lot more dangerous, since the connect requires a tiny bit of time for PD to negotiate up the wattage.
Thanks for the video, I broke my usb port dropping my tablet,I was looking to this product but I will ask tablet repair man about it
I can only advise people to not use these magnetic connectors to power laptops. One of them fried my laptop and the same thing happened to my son. These things are not safe.
Yes, I know plugging and unplugging the USB C power supply wears out the port contacts, the main reason why people use these magnetic connectors. But it costs just a few bucks to replace a worn out USB C port. If your laptop gets fried that will cost far more to replace.
My life was good till the USB-C port came into it. It did nothing but want to disconnect with any wiggle at all. This might be the solution to that bad design. 20 volt chargers??? My 5 volt charger works just fine if my USB-C port plug would stay in the phone which it never has since day one. You fancy schmancy people seem to blow up alot of equipment.
welcome, back andre. we've missed your comments here on the channel