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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Available via kickstarter. ๐Ÿ˜‘

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

When it is a realized actual product, I'll be happy to look into it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

They do have a prior project that has been delivered successfully.

Basically the same device minus the screen with just a bare board with LED indicators and powered by a coin cell battery:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/electr/c2c-caberqu-usb-c-cable-tester

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

So is this review based on a prototype?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yep, the product was already backed and they were supposedly shipping. Luckily it was a very cheap thing, I did it mostly to try the thing.