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Recable, USB charging cable, fair & made in Germany (Merseburg) (en.recable.eu)
submitted 17 hours ago by Blaze@feddit.nl to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
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recable is handmade for you in Merseburg. We only produce what is in demand to avoid electrical waste. We source all individual parts from within a 500 km radius - with the exception of the plugs. Our COโ‚‚ footprint is about half that of standard USB cables. You can read more about this here.

https://en.recable.eu/pages/recable-usb-ladekabel-nachhaltigkeit

https://www.recable.it/pages/co2-bilanz

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[โ€“] Tweak@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

We do actually need more of this, non-Chinese cable manufacture. USB cables these days contain microcontrollers (to negotiate charging power, it's not just between the device and charger anymore but a 3-way decision including the cable) and these microcontrollers can have all sorts of dodgy functionality on top - but are still indistinguishable through most inspection methods. Such functionality can include wifi hotpots allowing remote configuration and script injectors to hack devices plugged in.

This problem is so significant that Microsoft changed how Windows handles USB devices and made many existing USB to RS232 serial leads non-functional in Windows 11.

However โ‚ฌ25 for a single 1m USB A to C cable is insane. That would be like โ‚ฌ3 on Amazon or eBay.

[โ€“] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 31 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

We only produce what is in demand to avoid electrical waste.

That doesn't really fit when you realize these are USB 2.0 without e-markers.

In other words: below average specs for way above average prices.
3A charging is bare minimum for USB-C, not "fast".

These are headed for the trash as soon as the user needs anything above bare minimum.

[โ€“] Tweak@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

They do a 60W C to C cable, that should definitely provide other charging modes. Probably 3A at 20V.

3A at 5V would be fairly slow, yes, but you don't get higher power levels by just increasing the current - in fact most charging modes don't go above 3A. I expect the other cables also allow for higher charging voltages.

Heat loss is proportional to current squared, so keeping current down is ideal.

[โ€“] x1gma@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

How is this more repairable than any other cable? Their repair instructions are literally "get a bunch of tools, cut that thing open, resolder and reseal". Is their "repairable" aspect that they are only using shrink tubing on the outside of the plugs saving money on material too? Yeah, I bet I'll need to repair those a lot.

Also, those are some fucking expensive cables.

[โ€“] warm@kbin.earth 12 points 16 hours ago

Love the mission, but they are some very very expensive cables.

[โ€“] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Bummer, I just bought two new USB yesterday.