USB C cable Lexar Cf Express Card Reader
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USB C has a bit of an issue with this.
But all you need to look for is a cable that allows data transmission.
I believe that the cheapest USB-C cables are charging only, and there may even be a halfway for charging and video.
I’m plucking up the courage to test all my USB-C cables with a view to binning all the ‘charging only’ ones, cos I appear to have dozens.
Also need to throw dozens of lightning and micro USB cables.
But all you need to look for is a cable that allows data transmission.
I believe that the cheapest USB-C cables are charging only, and there may even be a halfway for charging and video.
I’m plucking up the courage to test all my USB-C cables with a view to binning all the ‘charging only’ ones, cos I appear to have dozens.
Also need to throw dozens of lightning and micro USB cables.
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USB-C is a mess because there's no proper badging so cables can have vastly different capabilities but there's no way to easily tell looking at them.
Unfortunately USB-C does not mean a minimum of USB3 spec as you'd think and instead it's just a connector so in theory it's possible to have a USB1.1 spec USB-C cable which I hope doesn't exist but there are plenty USB2 cables which are much slower than USB3 which is important for something like an external SSD.
Unfortunately USB-C does not mean a minimum of USB3 spec as you'd think and instead it's just a connector so in theory it's possible to have a USB1.1 spec USB-C cable which I hope doesn't exist but there are plenty USB2 cables which are much slower than USB3 which is important for something like an external SSD.
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As others have mentioned, it's messy. I borrowed a USB-C cable when I forgot the one that came with my card reader one weekend. Data transfer rates were about 5 times slower, so a 5 minute copy/ingest took almost 30 minutes.... I then found a USB-C to USB-A cable, plugged that into my laptop and transfer speeds were only twice as slow.
The messiness get worse as you start looking at cables which are USB3, USB4, Thunderbolt 3, 4 or 5 verifed and with different charging rates. It may cost a few £ more, but I'd opt to buy another one direct from the manufacturer if it's available.
The messiness get worse as you start looking at cables which are USB3, USB4, Thunderbolt 3, 4 or 5 verifed and with different charging rates. It may cost a few £ more, but I'd opt to buy another one direct from the manufacturer if it's available.