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Anker cables

5owners with an opinion
40%of verdicts positive
1/1positive/negative since 2024
0happy after 3+ years

Praised for ease of use and reliability; criticized for performance and durability.

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Likes it
This has been my experience, and I've found the price seems to reasonably reflect the quality one can expect. I've had a few Anker power related devices, those pushing £100+ seem to be of better quality, I recently bought a new GAN charger for ~£80 and it's decent, but I also bought a 20000 mAh power bank on sale for ~£15 and it was one of the recalled models. Their cables generally seem to be pretty reliable too, but I draw the line at "accessories" and wouldn't buy anything "intelligent" from them, cameras, other IoT devices etc.
Doesn’t like it
Interestingly (considering how highly I rate their brand overall) I've bought Anker cables that did not work as advertised and could not carry their claimed current to charge my MacBook Pro. Based on the reviews, this seems to affect a minority of customers, so I seem to have been among the unlucky ones. I've gone back to buying the absurdly expensive Apple cables due to this issue.
Likes it
It’s been an irritating problem for me when I travel. I always either have too many cables, or somehow missed the one I need. On the device set I bring, I have 5 different types of cables. Anker makes some nice cables with adapters built in, which helps. They don’t handle high power draw though (laptop, power bank). USB-B (toothbrush) Microusb (garmin GPS tracker) Lightning (AirPods, iPhone) USB-C (power brick, laptop) Garmin watch charge cable And of course, some of these are easy to find USB-C ended cables for, others not and it’s USB-A