Quick take
The cable you will actually use every day: Ambrane's braided Type-C
Cheap, long enough and tougher than a rubber cable. Buy it for charging, not for moving big video files.
A second cable for the bed, the car or the office bag.
The cable that came with your phone always seems to be in the wrong room. This is the kind of spare that fixes that.
The listing describes a 1.5 m braided Type-C cable rated at 3A, with 480 Mbps data sync and Quick Charge 3.0 support. One and a half metres is the useful length: long enough to reach the bed from a wall socket.
Two things to understand before you buy:
- 480 Mbps is USB 2.0 speed. Fine for a few photos, slow for large video files.
- Fast charging depends on your phone and charger. A cable only carries what both ends agree on.
Braiding usually survives bending better than plain rubber, but every braided cable eventually frays at the connector if it is yanked out at an angle. Pull it by the plug, not the wire. Search recent reviews for stopped charging to see how this one ages.
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