Hello all,
I recently downloaded Ampere for my nexus 5 to test how many Amps my charger was delivering to my phone. Something interesting that I discovered - and this depends highly upon the accuracy of the app - that cables differ drastically from each other - sometimes by 500-600 mAh. The cables that I tested were of various quality and lengths. Possibly the best cable that I tested was the short, white, flat cable that came with my Xiaomi 10,000 mAh battery pack. It charged at something like 1200 mAh from a 2A socket. I know quality and in particular length have a drastic effect on charging, but has anyone else ever tested their cables ? If so, what have they discovered ? Does any one have any recommendation for high quality cables.
Not a very accurate application.
I just tried 6 different branded cables at a length of 1M also a 2M cable of the same brand of 1 of the 6 cables.
and every single one of the cables except for the cheapest $1 cable all got 1200mAh the $1 cable got 950 mAh.
the single 2M cable got the same 1200mAh as the rest.
This was all done on a samsung galaxy note 3 using the original 2A samsung charger.
Main cables i use every day are
Prolink reversible micro usb 1M (id recommend these over everything but the original cables that come with your phone)
Tronsmart micro usb 1M-2M (these a close second)
ive ordered varies cables from all over cheapos from ebay kogan cables eta…