USB A to Micro B Colored Phone Charging Cable 3FT-PVC jacket-Yellow

USB A to Micro B Colored Phone Charging Cable 3FT-TPE jacket-OrangeThe Good: Brightly-colored and distinctive from all the generic black or white cables that come as standard equipment with your cellphone or other USB-device. Hard to mistake for someone else’s cable.The Bad: Nothing I can see.The meat of the matter.Without the world-count limit, one would be tempted to just write: “It’s a cable, it’s orange, it works” and call it a day, but there are good reasons to have one of these cables that don’t show up at first glance and those reasons are all cultural and technological.The many companies that make cell phones have run into a technological wall in their designs that has changed culture.The super-competitive cellphone market has made manufacturers have to make ever larger and more powerful phones and “phablets” without being able to wait for battery technology to catch up to provide a full day’s worth of power with full use.The result of this has been a cultural change where many people have learned to carry their chargers and to consider any outlet they find open in any business to be a free, public source of electricity. We are now *stuck* in that culture—one that has upped the ante from just walking into a bar, using the bathroom and zipping out without buying anything to one where the worst of us zip into a bar or a café and think of sitting there for an hour to charge their phones as their royal prerogative.Here’s where the cable comes in.It’s sturdy, its plastic jacket is thicker than usual. It’s decently made and it is distinctive. Its distinctiveness is a good thing because the same people who don’t ask for permission to use an establishment’s current are the same sort of people who could always use an extra cable for their phones and if you notice someone leaving with yours and find yourself having to ask for it back, you get to be the person who doesn’t have to say, “Uh, it was, uh, black.” As the owner of one of these cables, you get to say, “The bright orange one you just took.”That, along with its perfectly competent function, is a very good reason to own one of these.

I needed this USB A to Micro B type cable because one of my same type cables got damaged in some weird way that I know not how. Anyway, I wanted one near the same color as the damaged one and ran across this one. It was one choice in a variety of choices. There were two types of material coverings and various colors for this cable. I choose the cheaper of the two type of material coverings because it said that it was softer than the other material. The other type covering was of a harder type material and was presented to be more durable, but I like my choice. I think that it's probably more flexible, and the feel of it is better than my other cords. The quality is great, and it works just fine as cables go. I like it so much that I plan to buy another cable like it in a different color later. If you have various electronic devices, it's prudent to have spare cables.Yes, I'd recommend this cable.

Works as intended. Nice color.

I received one of these cords for review in another color, thought it was well made, sturdy and colorful, but could not figure out why I would want a 6 foot usb cable...until I needed to charge my cell phone while driving (and prefer to have it on the seat and not dangling at my ankles ;) so I bought another which matched my car (well, loosely... Honda doesn't do Neon) and then, another for the kid with the Nintendo in the back seat. OK, 6 feet is a pretty handy length after all. The cables are well made, work for charging and transferring data. The coverings are high quality, thick and not tacky, and they come in great colors which make them easy to find in the car, your bag, or wherever else you might leave them.

Cable doesn't make reliable contact with charging port in either my phone or tablet. When I plug them in at night, I have to move device and cable around until charging begins. I leave it alone for a minute, and then check back to make sure the position is stable enough that charging will continue while I sleep. I've tried other USB cables, and they make much more reliable connections with my devices. Ironically, the cable reliably charges my tablet when I'm using it in bed, as long as the tablet is in landscape orientation.After a few weeks of use (and a couple mornings with unpleasant surprises), I can get an adequate position quickly. No complaints about the charging itself, when it happens. Just be aware cables might require more patience than you're willing to give.

Nice to get long cable in colors. This one was for my car. If is very long , but does the job. As it is colored if stands out so I'm not looking for it all the time!

I bought 6 of these in 3 different colors. I like the bright colors, making them easy to find in the car, motorcycle, etc. I like the PVC cover, which is smooth, slides easily and doesn't tangle. I like the length - just long enough at 3'.Unfortunately, when we use them in our two cars to charge our phones, they create an unacceptable level of static on our FM radio. I don't understand this at all, because it's not a high-frequency signal going through the wire but a static 5vdc current.Otherwise, I'd give them 5 stars

Positives:[+] Long length is perfect for my needs[+] Sturdy, nearly impossible to tangle (somewhat stiff, but in a good way)Negatives:[-] Connector (small end) eventually did wear out after 6 months of repeated use (charging/removing a phone 2-3x a day, every day)