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Old Mar 2, 2015 | 1:13 pm
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Originally Posted by unmesh
Just saw that Wirecutter has an article on microUSB cables. The user comments have very good information on cable stiffness and longevity of connectors. Anker through Amazon seems to be the one I've been looking for in my OP.
The cable listed on that page - the Monoprice one with ferrite cores and gold plating - is my personal pick for best Micro USB cable. Several years back, we needed a long cable (~15 feet) for an onstage presentation that involved very high speed data transmission over the USB port. Every other long cable we tried dropped packets and caused the video stream to hiccup, but the Monoprice one with ferrite cores worked like a charm.

This was before the rapid rise of Anker, though; I'm a huge fan of their products and recommend them or Amazon Basics without hesitation as well, if you just want something easy you can get delivered via Prime.
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