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recable is handmade for you in Merseburg. We only produce what is in demand to avoid electrical waste. We source all individual parts from within a 500 km radius - with the exception of the plugs. Our COโ‚‚ footprint is about half that of standard USB cables. You can read more about this here.

https://en.recable.eu/pages/recable-usb-ladekabel-nachhaltigkeit

https://www.recable.it/pages/co2-bilanz

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[โ€“] [email protected] 43 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

We only produce what is in demand to avoid electrical waste.

That doesn't really fit when you realize these are USB 2.0 without e-markers.

In other words: below average specs for way above average prices.
3A charging is bare minimum for USB-C, not "fast".

These are headed for the trash as soon as the user needs anything above bare minimum.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They do a 60W C to C cable, that should definitely provide other charging modes. Probably 3A at 20V.

3A at 5V would be fairly slow, yes, but you don't get higher power levels by just increasing the current - in fact most charging modes don't go above 3A. I expect the other cables also allow for higher charging voltages.

Heat loss is proportional to current squared, so keeping current down is ideal.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Huh? 3 amps is the minimum spec for USBc cables. They go up to 5 amp which is how you get 100w chargers (20v x 5a) and 240w (48v x 5a).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

The comment above said they were 3A charging and that that wasn't "fast". I haven't seen the charging spec for these cables, but they do have a 60W cable. 60W is fast charging, and is likely achieved with 3A at 20V. It's not as fast as 100W or 240W, sure, but it's as fast as most phones will go.

These cables probably aren't rated for 100W or above. Most cables aren't. However, you can get multiple longer cables rated for that much power for less than one of these.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Way too expensive for way to much marketing, and no real technical specs

You want a good charger? Buy a 4 Meter long one from Framework, it even comes with a 100 Watt charging brick

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Buy a 4 Meter long one from Framework

TIL, I might make a dedicated post

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://frame.work/de/en/products/16-usb-c-cable-epr

It only 2 Meters, but the bricks cable is another meter too so its more like 3 Meters

Also its only 14โ‚ฌ

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks, posting it now

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We do actually need more of this, non-Chinese cable manufacture. USB cables these days contain microcontrollers (to negotiate charging power, it's not just between the device and charger anymore but a 3-way decision including the cable) and these microcontrollers can have all sorts of dodgy functionality on top - but are still indistinguishable through most inspection methods. Such functionality can include wifi hotpots allowing remote configuration and script injectors to hack devices plugged in.

This problem is so significant that Microsoft changed how Windows handles USB devices and made many existing USB to RS232 serial leads non-functional in Windows 11.

However โ‚ฌ25 for a single 1m USB A to C cable is insane. That would be like โ‚ฌ3 on Amazon or eBay.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Lets remember that these Cables do not say anything about their Specs, so they may as well just be usb 1 cables without anything

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

How is this more repairable than any other cable? Their repair instructions are literally "get a bunch of tools, cut that thing open, resolder and reseal". Is their "repairable" aspect that they are only using shrink tubing on the outside of the plugs saving money on material too? Yeah, I bet I'll need to repair those a lot.

Also, those are some fucking expensive cables.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago

Love the mission, but they are some very very expensive cables.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I prefer machine work over handmade, no thank you.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Bummer, I just bought two new USB yesterday.