Do all of your cables need THIS?
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- USB-C cables aren't really unique from brand to brand, but Marques Brownlee showed off this new cable with a power meter display. We had to check it out! #shorts
Check out the CHIPOFY USB C Cable w/ LED Power Display: geni.us/FMnm1
Marques Brownlee's original tweet - lmg.gg/nDpsH
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"It doesn't _seem_ like it'll make your devices explode..."
Absolutely glowing praise.
"Did not die. 5/5" - IGN
**cough** gigabyte **cough**
I mean, it's better than something that seems like it would make your devices explode.
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Now test it on the cable tester!
@@seyy1415 where's Linus new tool to delete this.
Also every cable sponsorship needs to be tested and show the results.
@@Mix101s We can use the tool too! Pick up the slack!
@@Mix101s the spam bots are probably targetting LTT now, never seen so many.
@@Chris-hw4mq Retaliation from cheap vendors for Rilay's last comment?
it'd be neat if you compared its readings to a socket power meter, i think
Seems like the chrome comment/spam filter isn't really working yet.
Socket power does not equal power over the cable. There is efficiency loss via the power inverter so really you need to just probe the cable itself to make an accurate test.
@@yodainmysoda I mean I see no difference at all
@@yodainmysoda I've seen a difference, it's just not catching everything
@@Raven05R6 aye that's why i think it'd be neat to see
Petition for another TechLonger
It's coming!
wait isnt that the other channel where they talk about the news of the tech?
@Angelina-7💫💫 Keep your pants on, it's just a usb cable, geez
@@sunimod1895 yeah
@@skizooooooooo Hahaha that is the funniest reply i have ever seen to a spambot.
I just want a clearly defined cable standard. 😔
Haha! We all. Keep dreaming about it.
The one time where monopolization is requested, we are denied lol.
What standard are you looking for? Manufactures already rate their cables in regards to max power and max bandwidth. Stick with that and you're golden. Outside of that, quality, which is always a crap shoot.
@@JustinEmlay there's way more going on in an USB C port. Unfortunately the features standard aren't strict and not all manufacturer made it clear what their products are capable of, therefore a lot of confusion when it comes to finding a specific feature in cable someone needed.
What's wrong with the current USB-C standard?
That's actually kind of cool, but I wish devices themselves displayed this information when you click on the battery % on the lock screen
I use accubattery which has all that info life and also determines the health of the phones battery, so this is a thing you can do bud!
@@LukeNasti yeah lol
lol so true why doesn't android implement it? so apple can also implement it 5 years later...
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BURN APPLE BUUUUUUURNN!
That useless when the device doesn't work and you need to diagnose it.
Why do you need this lol I don’t understand like y’all are acting like it so useful or helpful
Those are actually very useful if you repair devices, they might not show signs of life but the fact it's consuming some power does give hope for reviving it
Even if you ignore the fact the devices always negotiate the lowest common denominator (device power and charger max power), the devices also vary what they ask from the charger based on their own charge!
For example, a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra will charge at 45W only until a given percentage. After that, it charges slower, to preserve the battery and reduce heat output.
That's why it takes about the same time to charge it with a 25W charger as it does to charge it with a 45W one, with the difference being mostly on the first couple dozen battery percentages.
Power draw is determined primarily by the device being charged, not the charging block. The Wattage listed on the charger is just how high it can go before frying.
It’s the minimum of both.
More people need this so they look at it and wonder why they are seeing the numbers they are seeing. This will force them to educate themselves on POWER PROFILES. Just because a power source is 90W, doesn't mean you can get 90W even if your device supports 90W! There has to be a compatible profile for it to talk to. An amazing example of this is Apple's 90W charger. You would think getting an iPad Pro and paring it with their 90W adapter would be awesome, right? WRONG! The iPad has no compatible profile for it. In fact I think it maxes out around 60W but even better than that is you will NEVER get 60W out of that 90W adapter because it has no compatible 60W profile for the iPad Pro, THEIR OWN PRODUCT! I've been able to get 60W into my iPad Pro from an Anker adapter but nothing from Apple, not even their 60W adapters. So all those people buying larger Apple adapters for their iPads....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Keep in mind, all this info comes from iPad Pro 2nd Gen. I've not look at it since then since my Anker gives me max power. Hell, even my 12V Anker adapter in my truck gives me more power than any of Apple's adapters that I tested!
So what you're saying is Apple power adapters are shit and you should go third party?
@@MaximNightFury I wouldn't really say that. They are designed well for their laptops. iPad owners certainly need to stop buying them for iPads and I most certainly would not buy them as general use adapters around the house.
Luckily more and more companies started putting all the various profiles their chargers support on the product itself. But the missing part are devices listing their own profiles to which you are charging. It doesn't help if my charger lists all it's profiles but my iPad doesn't list what it supports. If they did it would be super easy to match things up.
For those people that don't know what a power profile is...look at your charger and find text that looks like 5V2A. That's 5 volts at 2 AMPs which equals 10 Watts. So that charger can do exactly that. Some chargers will show you many different profiles.
Something I noticed in the past, the smaller the charger, the fewer profiles it supports. That seems to be slowly going away.
What was the name of that anker adapter?
I still got no information from your comment on what exactly are power profiles. You just complained about Apple chargers.
I've had mine for about a year, same display, it's still working just fine, and I've found it very useful figuring out charget speeds on small chargers that I have trouble reading the silk screen on. (like Anker's little ones)
Use the cable tester for the quality test!
Always break out the cable tester. It needs it's own dedicated location with a camera left in front of it.
Really great for diagnosing charging issues/mobo damage on phones at my work, and just fun to use at home.
Been using this style of.cable for almost 2 years. Love them
It makes me happy when I see Riley in a Short Circuit video and it's actually short.
remember, elec power isn't "pushed" from the source, it's "drawn" from the load.
pretty easy an unobtrusive to measure DC amps.. I've been wondering why this hasn't existed - thanks!
This is actually useful for me, when I’m charging gear I want to confidently know if something is charging correctly like at PD 3.0
I have a USB-A version that says amps and volts. Great for basic testing of chargers and charging cables!
Now make one that also shows bandwidth in real time
Now that'd be cool
Wouldn't be possible without it intercepting traffic/acting as a man in the middle, also your host OS should be able to report it, you could probably get a stream deck equivalent and output the stats to it.
There are open source tools like Taskbar stats that will display it on your taskbar if you want.
"Mark ass brownie" - Will Smith
Almost every charger I have has cables like this now. Love them and they are actually quite cheap
I'm tempted to get this just to test how accurate it is.
I have a variant that's USB-A or USB-C that also gives voltage, amperage, and has a resettable mAh counter. Handy little thing.
Bought the same cable some months ago and also thought it was a nice idea to see how much is actually going into the device
I have this cable and use it with a Baseus super fast charger in my car with a Pixel 6 Pro and it definitely works correctly. I'm seeing 20-22W on it and have confirmed with the Accubattery app. Love it.
Had similar ones for years. Its pretty good for phones with bad plugs where you have to adjust the angle till fast charge actually works.
Better to buy a dedicated pass-thru meter to do the measuring so you don't use it when needed but it's a good thing to have so you can tell if x charger or x cable functions correctly, you might own some crap cable for example that makes your device charge 6 hours instead of 3 hours.
I have one of these, works mint for charging. Neat to test devices and chargers.
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Mark ass brownie. Sorry I had to
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Ive been using a C to C and C to lightning one for a while its nice to see so you can k ow if you are fast charging. It will even show you when your phone is throttling the incoming charge if the battery is hot
I just got this cable recently...and it's kinda exciting and useful (sometimes)
I have one that shows amperage and voltage.
I think it's more useful, besides if you want to know the Watt just multiply them.
This product was pretty cool, seeing how much power each devices used. Mine stopped working after less than a year of use, but its cheap, so....
I have this, but pretty sure a rebranded one or something. It's pretty nice for testing strong adapters and charging rate on devices
I use this with the shargeek battery back up and it's pretty accurate.
There are USB-C power meters that can provide much more information and you can connect any cable too it. This is just the cable that has it built into the terminal
“It doesn’t seem like it’ll make your devices explode” famous last words
To be honest, I only clicked because Riley was in the thumbnail.
We all did
Us 🤝
It's a start, there are also more advanced testers by that even have their own menus and controls, can measure capacity and plot stuff over time. Probably more, but this much I tried. I have one made by Fnirsi I think.
I bought one as soon as he tweeted it out, it seems pretty accurate from my testing so far
these are less than $2 on aliexpress. bought three and have been really happy. it is not a gimmick the wattage it show +/- 2 accurate.
love the confidence at the end there haha
No no there's a TON of OEM>rebrand in certain markets it's super common in the racing industry. Super cool though
its not useless at all. it's useful for diagnostics especially on board repair. its just slightly more convenient if all youre looking at is the power draw which is a very common use case
I do have a passthrough dongle i used to check SBC's were drawing the ball park of power they ought to. It's kinda useful.
Bought a similar product recently. But it's actually from a good tech brand they made it in house. And it's only $10.
love the soundcore earbuds. using them to listen to this right now
One of these came with my AOHi GaN 65 W charger and I love it! (apparently this brand belongs to an OEM that used to make chargers for other major brands, now selling their own chargers)
I own 2 of these wires they work very good. they are just like a type-c to type-c but with a watt display. it also has a PD indicator. I used a usb reader/tester and its off by I think 2-1 watt but that might be because the screen refreshes like every 1 sec so there a small delay.
I use a Baseus cable that has the same feature. Plus all the safety features needed. However, some things that you need to keep in mind. Not all cables are made equal. A 6A Supercharge cable is not fully compatible with a 100w PD cable. If I use my 100w cable on my Huawei it tops out at 18w. If I use my 66w Supercharge on my Zephyrus G15 it tops out at 8w.
I really enjoy seeing the wattage usage while charging my phone
I have a similar cable, I love it. All USB-PD cables should be like this.
I have such a cable since about a year ago. It is really nice.
I have a konfulon 100w cable and it's Pretty good it's also shows the Watt
I have it. I’ve bought about three in the padt 6 mos. I’ve just seen a wireless qi charger with the same on it. It’s a nice way to tell if your devices are charged or not without turning them on. When you hit 100% it stops pulling the larger charge.
The Baseus one yeah? I’ve been using it for months, it’s great!
I use their 3 meter long one...
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The first one I bought suddenly day became extremely hot - too hot to touch - after about a year of usage. Seemed to charge okay, but the display had stopped working bar one segment and I suspect something had shorted inside.
I binned the cable because, shock horror, the company that made it never responded to my email to tell them what had happened.
I still use some, but I would advise to keep an eye on them as they're no doubt cheaply manufactured and prolonged usage may damage the hardware inside.
I built a similar device using a buck converter, a digital voltmeter/ammeter and a USB charging module.
So, whenever I plug any device into it, it shows how much voltage and current it's drawing from the source.
You just multiple the value to get the power consumption in watts.
I bought something like this but as intermediary between the usb port and the cable. Checked to see which cables around the house supports fast charging
LOve the intro 😂
I would love to see this become a staple with cables.
I have this cable 2m version. Ordered from Aliexpress. It's good and does it's job but at least the 2m version will eat 3-4w from total draw (could be the narrow cable for 2m length or circuit itself). Also it appears that the circuit is fooling some adapters to not engage in fast charge protocols - it works fine with my Asus to Asus phone (minus the 4w from max output).
I bought one of those but a different brand and the display died out on me when i used my laptop on it. Tho it was pretty nice to have when it still works. (cable still works, it's just the display that died)
I have a usb-c powered soldering iron, this is gonna be super useful
Based on other discussions about the cable, seems various combinations of tech can be finicky about cooperating with it
Seems like everyone at LTT is recovering from being sick 😷 hope everyone feels better!
What if the cable is waiting to be bought by the masses and then it will explode taking down most electronics.
Why would it it just measures the power draw. I bet the display will fail first before it does something to your device.
It's honestly pretty useful to visualize how full battery is without a display
I have one of those, they are cheap as heck to buy but the quality appears to be pretty nice. mine works fine.
Honestly I want all my cables to have this. I'm always wondering
Ayo, those soundcore Life P3s? Incredible earbuds. Am using them rn.
Although not a requirement, it is definitely a nice to have. Also useful for troubleshooting when devices want to be cantankerous with charging.
i have a similar adapter for usb a, very usefull for troubleshooting usb devices
I just bought one a week or two ago.
It's pretty nice
Where did u get yours?
@@douglassantos8918 Amazon
I feel you need to make a control test for this to see if it's actually accurate
Someone else already has, I forgot who but someone did a side by side and the product is accurate enough within margin of error.
Got one last year. Nice to check power draw
it was in a verge article a few months ago
yes, for the sake of knowing all the juice that goes in. Mostly for debug and test and knowledge and power bill proof of usage and economy.
It should have a button to change the units from Wats(W) to Amps (A)
I have one absolutely love it. That way I know for a fact, whether or not my AirPods are charging.
I like that cable I've got one myself
Thanks!
wait, I WANT THIS.
hope to get that soundcore tho
Thanks, Thomas Middleditch.
It's all about power profiles, that's why you need to be sure about the adapter you buy for your devices, otherwise you'll never be able to actually charge at full capacity
Since I have a Pixel 2xl, It makes me happy seeing a pixel 3
This would be nice for some higher draw devices
I bought one of those a few weeks ago and sent it back immediately after first use. Plug got so hot it actually hurt/burn my fingers
Had one for a while very useful with my steam deck using my power bank
Actually have 2 of them since like a month. I like em.
I got one, it was half that price (£6.50 or so). I like it.
glad i'm not the only one still using a pixel 3
I wrote a lot of Amazon reviews for this manufacturer… 😂
But I actually liked the cables.
It's hilarious that linus just did a video on blocking spam and now his channels are getting hit even harder lol
It's like they have decided to target him!
That’s why we all Gotta use the tool! It’s like a community effort, the more we report them the better it is for all of us B)
Lmao. That guy just irks me in a technical knowledge sense.
I mean.... If it's accurate or something it be great for diagnosis charging issues but you can get far more robust ones than that
I have one and it works well.
Baseus has those also.
I own many of these... TBH they start to get kinda sketchy after 6 months of use. I've had some where the LED stopped working outright and at least one doesn't work at all. That aside, They rock for general trouble shooting items that might/might not work....