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IKEA SITTBRUNN 1m USB-C to USB-C Cable (Blue) $4.50 + Delivery ($5 C&C/ $0 in-Store) @ IKEA

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IKEA SITTBRUNN 1m USB-C to USB-C Cable (Blue) $4.50 + Delivery ($5 C&C/ $0 in-Store) @ IKEA
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harshbdmmaster718 on 24/03/2024 - 14:22 ikea.com (896 clicks)
Last edited 25/03/2024 - 15:40 by 4 other users

these are quality cables. I would rate them above Ugreen and even Anker and at $4.50 each it makes them similarly priced.

$5 shipping is reasonable.

cable spec only says 3A but can confirm this is standard 3A USB-C spec which means 20V/60w max. data is 480mbps/USB2.0.

if anything to be critical about, I find the plastic surrounding the USB-C plug is like 1mm thicker than average. so it might have problems fitting through some phone/tablet cases. an easy way to tell is plug the stock included (apple/samsung whatever) cable into your current phone with case, if there is zero gap between the plug and case then you might have issues. if there is a gap then should be fine.

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Comments

  • Yaren24 on 24/03/2024 - 14:34

    Do they have any HDMI splitters for sale?

  • ozbargain2019 on 24/03/2024 - 14:56
    +10

    What makes these rank higher than Anker/Ugreen for you?

  • Fappy Bunny on 24/03/2024 - 14:56
    +1

    does it work for fast charging?

    • harshbdmmaster718 on 24/03/2024 - 20:33
      +1

      yeah up to 60w and it does it. unlike many cables on aliexpress that claim 100w 200w and dont even do it.

  • Ozzster on 24/03/2024 - 14:59
    +6

    —I would rate them above Ugreen and even Anker

    Basing on nothing

    —-1mm thicker than average. so it might have problems

    Here you are confirming that this one is worse. From ptactical perspective, it usually means that cable is more fragile and where fle cable will bent this one will break.

    And I don't see how the minimal 1m cable's delivery for $5 is reasonable. Have you heard of Aliexpress?

    • Larsson on 24/03/2024 - 15:42
      +2

      Don’t even need to read, I concur. Every singlenikea cable I bought has been terrible.

    • Onion845 on 24/03/2024 - 15:58
      +2

      I agree as well. There's no basis for it being better than the other cables and even makes a point about it being worse

    • harshbdmmaster718 on 24/03/2024 - 20:34
      -1

      "did you win today son?" 😂

    • backupper1 on 24/03/2024 - 21:48
      +1

      aliexpress and alike shipments to AU are subsidised by taxpayers.

  • twdjlzl on 24/03/2024 - 15:20
    -2

    I think even heymix typec cable is better than these, base on the 100w and usb2.0 with the same price plus the free delivery if u have amazon membership

  • Mitch889 on 24/03/2024 - 16:22
    +4

    Better cables available with higher PD and data speeds for similar or less money.

    • RtN on 24/03/2024 - 16:37
      -7

      From Chinese brands tho

      • KnifeEnthusiastBoi on 24/03/2024 - 16:46
        +6

        As opposed to a Swedish brand that's sourcing the cables from china?

  • altomic on 24/03/2024 - 16:41

    Just buy a bunch of cables via this aliexpress deal

    • dasher86 on 24/03/2024 - 19:01

      Every single one of the cables I got from choice has broken 😔

      • altomic on 24/03/2024 - 23:34

        Weird , which brand did you buy? ive been using the Toocki usb C cables in my car and at home for 3 months and they are fine. Fast charging and solid.

        • dasher86 on 25/03/2024 - 12:46

          Toocki.
          Couple came DOA, another failed in my car after 5 months

          • altomic on 25/03/2024 - 13:48

            @dasher86: I haven't tested each of the 10 or so that I bought, but the 3 that I've opened and do use all work well.

        • JXXY1337 on 25/03/2024 - 16:02

          Same I always get toocki. I got a cool usbc one with a display (transparent) the connection was bad after I dropped a device with it plugged in but It was cheap. I still have toocki cables around

    • harshbdmmaster718 on 24/03/2024 - 20:37

      had a look at deal. all those buy 3 $2 item deal products are literal junk that doesnt sell.
      not joking have a browse of the items. I came across that "buy 3" banner before. cant find the example now but tonnes of random crap that doesnt even have any use. it was something like a suggestive shaped rgb light items like that.
      e-junk.

      • JXXY1337 on 25/03/2024 - 16:04

        Some aren’t. HHD case to usbc, usbc to hdmi etc you just need to look

  • tempestswitch on 24/03/2024 - 19:50
    +1

    How is this different to any other junk USB-C cable for a few dollars. I will HAPPILY spend another $5 on a UGREEN, Anker or Belkin.

  • Averell on 24/03/2024 - 20:10

    Any good Thunderbolt cable would OzBargainers recommend.
    Thanks

    • Mitch889 on 25/03/2024 - 09:15

      Plugable have been working great for me

  • Ezekiel2320 on 24/03/2024 - 20:29

    For $3/$4.50 these are a good deal if you find yourself in store some time. Also can confirm they do PD up to 60W no problem

  • harshbdmmaster718 on 24/03/2024 - 20:32

    did people really have bad experiences with these?

    because I have had bad experiences with others that didnt last. ikea ones still going after 2 years.

    whats next after what I say and what you say, pics or it didn't happen?

    • Larsson on 24/03/2024 - 21:03

      Yes, pretty much all their cables either stop charging, car play or android auto doesn’t work or keep dropping off. And I pretty much baby all my devices and never abuse cables. Not visible imperfections outside at all.

      I think ikea makes these with the lowest spec they can get away with.

      • harshbdmmaster718 on 24/03/2024 - 21:04

        Not visible imperfections outside at all.

        this is exactly how my anker failed. no visible damage.

        I think ikea makes these with the lowest spec they can get away with.

        they work fine for me. and still achieve claimed 60w spec.

        also I always think 2/3's of "it stopped working" reviews are because they dont understand USB PD by the way, you will find those reviews on usb-c cables on amazon as well it's just the total number of reviews on ikea is much less. I have plenty of devices that have usb-c plugs but the usb-c socket is only wired to accept standard USB 5V only. if you plug a usb-c to c PD cable they dont charge (no power so you could think its a broken cable). you can only use a usb-a to c cable to charge them.

        • Larsson on 24/03/2024 - 22:58

          I can speak for the lightning cables, it’s MFI so must meet all standards of that. And it’s my only cable including cables from Kmart that consistently drops off mid use.

      • harshbdmmaster718 on 24/03/2024 - 22:08

        I think you are being honest there is a failure rate for any cable.
        but weird thing is when searching awhile ago I remember reading a post that said the opposite about AndroidAuto that an ikea cable fixed their connection issue. 🤔

        tbh out of the ikea cables I use the ones I said that made it passed 2 years are lightning ones. they look identical though in quality and design to the c to c. one stays in the car and always gets sat on in the passenger seat and still works fine for this long so I thought that was pretty good.

    • twocsies on 24/03/2024 - 23:08

      I’ve had good experience with IKEA cables. IKEA subjects all its products to rigorous testing. They tested the above cable to survive 20,000 bends. I’ve never tried Sittbrunn specifically but I really liked IKEA braided cables. Tried to find any negative gossip about this type of cable on the Internet and the main result is this page on OzBargain. Quite a number of positive feedback, such as someone who said that they tried a lot of cables up to $40 but Sittbrunn was the only one that did what they needed. This cable isn’t good for data transfer but it can handle up to 60 watts so if you need a charging cable and are at IKEA, you can pick one up.

      You can return products to IKEA, particularly a cable that stops charging within a year. You can’t return products bought from AliExpress.

      • Russ on 25/03/2024 - 11:53

        IKEA subjects all its products to rigorous testing.

        They claim that, and maybe they do for some furniture. But they were also claiming their Storhagen battery charger (no longer available) was a smart charger, while admitting in the manual that it took 10 hours to charge batteries. For electronics, it seems they just reprint whatever the manufacturer told them.

        • harshbdmmaster718 on 27/03/2024 - 17:44

          they were also claiming their Storhagen battery charger (no longer available) was a smart charger, while admitting in the manual that it took 10 hours to charge batteries.

          I read your comment again and noticed I think you mixed up "smart charger" and "fast charger".

          if it's claimed as a smart charger then it doesn't actually have to charge fast. a smart charger just auto reduces the charging current to almost nothing (a trickle) after the batteries are fully charged so it doesn't damage them (it says it does this in the storhagen manual I found). a fast charger will charge batteries fast which it isnt claiming to be?

          • Russ on 27/03/2024 - 20:54

            @harshbdmmaster718: This particular charger claimed to use the -dV/dT effect to detect full charge, and that was how it qualified as a smart charger.

            The longer the charge cycle takes, the smaller the -dV/dT effect becomes, to a point where it becomes unusably small. This is about the four-hour mark.

            So putting -dV/dT detection circuitry into a charger with a ten-hour charging cycle is a deception, as the circuit will never work.

            • harshbdmmaster718 on 27/03/2024 - 20:58

              @Russ:

              The longer the charge cycle takes, the smaller the -dV/dT effect becomes, to a point where it becomes unusable small. This is about the four-hour mark.

              well I don't understand exactly how -dV/dT works. but I charge my eneloop pro's with a nitecore smart charger, but I use the lower current mode so I get more full cycles out of the batteries. so charges at 300mA and takes roughly 6 to 8 hours to charge depending on how much charge was left. sometimes I take them out straight after 8 hours, sometimes I forget and leave them.

              but in this example the batteries are cool to touch when finished and there doesn't seem to be any failure with the smart charge function because they should be warm to hot if they are continuing to be charged if they were not being detected or in a dumb charger?

              edit: I just found this in the manual pdf for my charger. "depending on battery uses (CC, CV and dV/dt)". but I assume if I'm charging AA eneloop pros then it uses dV/dt??

              • Russ on 27/03/2024 - 21:11

                @harshbdmmaster718: Nitecore chargers (D4 confirmed, I4 probably, others unknown) are known to time-share two charging circuits/channels between the installed batteries. This is why charging only two batteries in the above chargers halves the charge duration, as time-sharing isn't used in that situation.

                So although your duration appears to be eight hours, each battery only experiences charging current for half that time. Also, the D4 and I4 came out before batteries with a true capacity above 2000mAh were commonly available, so these would have charged in less than 7 hours total, in which each batteries "sees" 3.5 hours of actual charging. This is under the four-hour limit I mentioned previously.

                The Storhagen didn't use the same technique as Nitecore, the charge current was the same irrespective of the number of batteries installed, taking ten hours for a full charge.

                Re your edit: CC and CV are the two ways of charging a battery, they don't have anything to do with full-battery detection.

                • harshbdmmaster718 on 27/03/2024 - 21:53

                  @Russ:

                  Nitecore chargers (D4 confirmed, I4 probably, others unknown) are known to time-share two charging circuits/channels between the installed batteries. This is why charging only two batteries in the above chargers halves the charge duration, as time-sharing isn't used in that situation.

                  I think get what you mean. didnt know about the two charging circuits but when I insert two batteries then insert a 3rd one in fast mode current for each slot drops from 750mA to 375mA (300mA to 150mA in slow mode).

                  after taking a second look at the storhogen pdf I see it now says the charging times change for different battery capacities but the charging times are the same for any number of 1 to 12 batteries inserted. tbh that’s weird as heck. never heard of a charger that works like that.

                  also took me a second but CC constant current and CV is constant voltage? I am able to understand that much because of knowing a bit about USB charging standards. (mostly everything including USB PD is CV, PPS is CC)

                  • Russ on 28/03/2024 - 00:28

                    @harshbdmmaster718:

                    never heard of a charger that works like that.

                    Chargers that change the current when the number of batteries change, do that because the plugpack has a limited power output, or because they have a reduced number of charging channels to save money. The best chargers (e.g. Maha MH-C9000 and Liitokala Lii-500/550/600) don't drop the current when more batteries are installed.

                    I'm not saying that the Storhagen charger is a good charger though, it doesn't need to drop the current because its current is so low to start with.

                    CC constant current and CV is constant voltage?

                    That's correct.

                    Nimh batteries are always charged CC, and use the -dV/dT effect to know when they're fully charged. Alternatively, it is possible to monitor the temperature of the batteries and use that to determine when the batteries reach full charge, but it's difficult to accurately measure battery temperature, and it can be affected by airflow over the charger from a ceiling fan, so -dV/dT is almost always used.

                    Lithium rechargeables and lead-acid batteries (e.g. 12V car batteries) are charged CV, except that those chargers also have a CC limit, because a flat battery will initially try to draw huge currents that could cause too much heating of the battery, and could also burn out the charger.

                    Once lithium batteries and lead-acid batteries get a bit of charge in them, their voltage rises to the voltage of CV mode, and the charger continues in CV mode from there. In CV mode, the charging current will reduce as the battery charges, and the battery is considered "fully charged" when the charging current drops to a low value, even though it's still charging a tiny bit.

      • Russ on 27/03/2024 - 03:47

        They tested the above cable to survive 20,000 bends.

        I've looked again, and they don't say that. Here's what they do say:

        which is made of a flexible plastic material that is proven to withstand bending at least 25,000 times.

        So the PLASTIC of the cable is rated for bend life. That's fine if you want to use it as a skipping rope, but the rest of us want the METAL WIRES to last a long time.

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