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by dataflow13 hours ago |
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upvoteby booty13 hours ago|
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It's not for everybody (what ever is, rite?) and since you "hardly have any pairs of cables that are similar enough to be interchangeable" then congrats, you're winning at life and don't need anything like this.

    The sounds hard
Doesn't feel hard to me. I have a bag for USB A, a bag for USB C, and a bag for USB A<->C.

My USB-C charging cables are all 3' or longer, so they're visually distinct from the crappy little cables that come for free inside the package for various budget-priced gizmos.

My Thunderbolt/USB4 cables are labeled as such, and I am very confused that you are talking about Thunderbolt/USB4 cables so stiff that they cannot bend to fit into a container or bag.... I mean, mine are stiff but not that stiff. Plus these are expensive cables. Not sure I have any spares. Those are bought for purpose.

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upvoteby JMiao12 hours ago|
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I would consider tossing the usb-a to usb-c cables that do not have a confirmed 56k ohm resistor.
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upvoteby wredcoll4 hours ago|
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How do you test that?
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upvoteby ThatPlayer10 hours ago|
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Similarly USB cables that do not carry data lines
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upvoteby dataflow9 hours ago|
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I think I disagree. I just (re-)discovered a couple of my cables don't have data lines a few hours ago, prompted by the earlier discussion. My initial instinct was also to throw them away like you said. But then I realized they're actually quite useful for any case where you want to prevent data transmission, whether due to security or other reasons.
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upvoteby JMiao8 hours ago|
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agree. i have no issue with charging only cables, they’re often lighter and more flexible, but i do require the 56k ohm resistor to wrangle misbehaving devices that could start a fire.
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upvoteby aranaur9 hours ago|
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Though these should be cut in half before discarding so that no one "helpfully" retrieves them.
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upvoteby dataflow12 hours ago|
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Definitely not winning at life with this lol, it's actually frustrating because the cables are so similar. One has a higher speed, one has a higher power, one is shorter, one is longer, one is more flexible, one has a display showing when it's connected, etc... and in many cases it's hard to tell which at a glance so it's always a pain trying to figure out if I'm using a cable unnecessarily somewhere and unnecessarily buying another one because of that.

Charging is an interesting case, I actually deliberately use crappy cables for that too, depending on the charging time I need!

Re: stiffness: I mean I guess it depends, how big is your bag. I'm thinking like a freezer bag not a grocery bag. I could bend them to fit but then I'd probably mess them up.

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upvoteby Dylan168079 hours ago|
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When I look up thick thunderbolt 4 cables I see a bend radius of 2 inches at most. And my very thick 15 foot 4K displayport/HDMI cables came packed in a box with a 3 inch bend radius. You can manage a 3 inch bend radius with a quart bag, let alone the 1 gallon or 2 gallon bags that I'd expect to act as reasonable cable storage.
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upvoteby juliie13 hours ago|
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My solution is a big drawer block with lots of spots for different cables. USB c cables with video go in the video cable drawer, high power goes in the power drawer, etc. Can't mistake USB c with HDMI (and mini HDMI can burn in hell). And only buy USB C cables that state their capabilities on the housing, if they don't I'll permanently attach them to a place where they can be most useful.
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upvoteby yerald13 hours ago|
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Have an A bin, and a C bin, and stretch the A-to-C cords between them. Simple!
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upvoteby pampas9 hours ago|
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Easy. One end in each box.
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