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I was thinking of getting something for the 15” air if I buy it next month still deciding but I got the 60W for 15 Pro Max back up

I saw this there too today


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Also saw these but one of them is overkill and unnecessary for cell phone use

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Pricing for the C was

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I don't think the majority of users need thunderbolt 4 anyway, but none of the reputable options are cheap, so it's not like the apple tax is that bad in this case. I don't even have a reason for 40gbps transfer rates, which is why I don't own a thunderbolt 4 cable. I'm honestly not sure if my computer even supports it.

The thunderbolt cable will work for charging but is overkill for ONLY charging.
unless you have a thunderbolt device you're connecting to, there is zero advantage over a standard USB C cable. in other words, thunderbolt is backwards compatible with USB but there is no advantage to using a thunderbolt cable in place of standard USB C

There is no chance I would run 240 watts through anything that comes from Temu.

Each house, each room, suitcase, computer bag, cars, kitchen, families houses.

Anker Rand some of the Amazon cables as well.  Spend real money and get an Apple cable.

Get a fuckin' Chromebook USB C charger brick- and profit.  That's what I use at my desk. It'll throw a full charge on the phone pronto.

My kids steal my regular portable cables like they are going out of style anyway. I just get the crappy flat ones from the convenience store when the current one goes intermittent. About $12 and will last
maybe 6 mo. to a year or so.

Get some Caig deoxit spray and dribble a little on the port/cable end and it will do wonders for keeping it nice & functional.

You can buy that cable for $26 with free shipping directly from Apple with under their 'military and veterans' discount which is 10%

That one is $62 directly from Apple also with the 'military and veterans' discount

I buy um all day long for $57 before 5% cash back.

as a side note: GD is the only place that can take a topic as mundane as a cable and make it stretch 3 pages

Yeah, thunderbolt's really the sort of thing where if you could already really benefit from it, you'd know. That being said, I sure do wish I had an ecosystem set up to utilize it right now.


but even in my case it would be a convenience thing and not necessary to business, which is why I'm not in any rush to dump a bunch of cash on it. I don't think most users are ever moving many files at once, and it's not an everyday thing for me either.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082Z1YYRK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There was a whole section I typed under this that didn't post for some reason.

my point with the above is the price on some of these cables is high because the level of manufacturing is high. Even at my cost I'm not saving much because there's not that much markup in it.
when you see the same cable for half or cheaper, there is something wrong. Either cheaper materials or it doesn't actually meet the standard.
What they are trying to do now is blur the lines between thunderbolt and USB. That's why the new cables (like Camelbythesea posted) is 40gbs.
that's the old spec for TB3.

I predict (take this for what it's worth) that in a few years the name "thunderbolt" won't be around anymore and everything will be USB.

We'll see what happens because the whole reason Apple created the lightning cable was because USB was becoming too fragmented with micro USB and mini USB and Pico USB.. it was shit.
 The idea was lightning for low/medium speed connections that needed a robust connector and thunderbolt for high speed, low latency connections that were medium agnostic (copper or fiber).
see what was done with the names? Lightning, Thunderbolt?

If USB can figure out what it wants to be and finally get something that isn't clear as mud to the average person in Best Buy trying to find a cable for his retired dad to charge his phone or connect his streaming device to his TV.

+1 for Monoprice. Great source for any cable, power cords, networking cable, speaker wire, etc. Their monolith speakers are also fantastic for the price.

These work for me from Amazon.

I’ll have to remember that. I’ve been traveling a bunch so buying stuff “on the road” but I like the idea of not wasting gas $ standing in line and dealing with traffic if I don’t have to.

if you have an IKEA nearby, they sell cables, that appear to work with Samsung superfast charging.  30w wall adapters too

I think there’s other brands better than Anker but besides cables I buy their other products to if I need something now that I’m 87% confident it will work as advertised. As most of the other brands I think are top tier require an 5 to 10 business day shipping process and rarely found in stores.
A couple Anker products I had in my car I figured I post here

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