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Pros

The cable is thick and sturdy, seems well-shielded. No intermittent disconnections or other issues.

Size is great not to clutter my desk and it fits in the my laptop accessory pouch. Fits directly into a macbook or any laptop that has only usb c ports. Pretty handy adapter when there are no available usb 2.

Cable allows you to read and write data at speeds of up to 140mb/s. Backups occur twice as fast as usb 3. The cable is attached to an elements 2620 4tb drive. You can use the cable to backup your device.



Cons

Despite appearances of quality (gold plating, cable width of 4. Mm) i am not ready to use this cable again as it had huge connecting issues and chances of ruining my hdd. Don't waste your money on this product. Returned to amazon for refund.

Usb c side disconnects way too easily from my macbook pro. Cable constantly falls out of my macbook pro retina (the new one with the touchbar) port with the slightest movements. Connection keeps dropping, and only returns when plug is forced into the ...  Read More

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Quality


Great cable, quality feels good and it allows me to use my external drives to connect to my laptop.


Works well with the playstation fives usb c port &western digital 4 terabyte external hard drive.


The built in cable unfortunately would not work directly with my new macbook pro so, i bought this one hoping that it would wor...  Read More


Not sure about the speed because updated with this cables my my passport hdds to use with macbook type-c ports, but overall the...  Read More

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Backups occur twice as fast as usb 3.

Competitiveness


I'm using it with a wd easystore 4tb hdd.


If you're stuck in 8 minutes and have a usb-c laptop then this cable should be a no-brainer.


It is attached to an elements 2620 4tb drive.

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 10,245 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 29 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The new macbooks dont have usbas anymore only usbc ports


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its been about a month and it hasnt failed a single time


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I tried to upload an image but it didnt go through


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The built in cable unfortunately would not work directly with my new macbook pro so i bought this one hoping that it would work more directly with the mac


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I tried hooking it up to a usb hub in order to connect the external hard drive i use for time machine but the connection was really slow


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It is attached to an elements 2620 4tb drive


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Transferred pictures off of my phone with a c plug


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My wifi and bluetooth are also unaffected as other people have been complaining about other brand cables with poor shielding

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