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UnixRonin
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Jun 14, 2018
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"stainless steel zinc alloy"......?
It's either one or the other.
The weak point on micro-USB cables isn't the actual cable in any case. It's the blasted micro-USB connector itself. They break if you look at them funny. That's supposed to be one of the MAJOR advantages of the USB-C connector — it's supposed to be much more robust than micro-USB.
Jun 14, 2018
CristianSarmiento
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Jun 22, 2018
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UnixRoninLiterally, mine broke before I even plugged It in, I believe it arrived broken. Very disappointed.
Jun 22, 2018
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Aug 24, 2018
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UnixRoninfrom the Plugies website..." Made with durable zinc alloy heads with an anodized stainless steel exoskeleton ". So it is both.
Aug 24, 2018
UnixRonin
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Aug 24, 2018
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FavsThen they should say that. But "stainless steel zinc alloy" is intrinsically meaningless. It's like talking about wooden glass.
(And frankly, I would not use the word 'durable' to describe zinc alloy. Zinc alloy parts are used not because they're good, but because the materials and tooling are cheap. Albeit they are, if properly designed for the material, possibly somewhat better than plastic. But the weak point is neither the connector housing nor the cable anyway, so it doesn't really matter.)
Aug 24, 2018
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Aug 24, 2018
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UnixRonintrue. Sounds like it is the connection between the two like in almost any other cable.
Aug 24, 2018
UnixRonin
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Aug 25, 2018
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FavsThe real weakness of the micro-USB connector is where the protruding connector portion joins into the shell. That joint is very weak. I'm given to understand USB-C is somewhat stronger in this regard. (So is USB 3.0, but it never really caught on.)
Aug 25, 2018
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