@drmarble@ybmuG One of the reviews mentions only the tip lights up. No idea what is accurate. I was more concerned about other negative comments from 3 stars and below.
These suck. Well the ones from TEMU sucked. Magnet is too weak. I don’t need to hang from it but move your phone an inch and they disconnect. Then you find your phone @10% an hour later. Notta for me uh (Italian slang)
@bugger If only they had magnets that were like twice as strong. And, if they did, then shouldn’t they mention it, even stress it, like maybe multiple times, in the write-up?
Looks like the lightening connector is too thick to leave in my phone without it being a nuisance. I was hoping to leave one of these in each car and just snap the cable to my phone. Hard pass.
I’ll bite. I’m at the tipping point with USB-C devices, but almost all chargers are still USB-A. This has both, a handy keeper strap for the loose bits, and I can pretend my VMP is worth something.
@mike808 Depending on the available selection, I might have picked it, too. So maybe giphy also has the mind of a dirty old man an over-sexed senior citizen (an AI has to be trained on somebody).
[And I admit to staring at it some also.]
@tweezak Buy an Android phone, transfer your iPhone to the new Android phone, and then download the gif. It’s a built-in feature of Android. </sarcasm directed at Apple fanbois that spew this nonsense in reverse>
Realistically, maybe a long-press on the image gives you a menu to save it? I don’t know. I don’t have an iPhone because I still have a tiny shred of self-respect and the money left in my wallet to prove it.
@whomeyesu That was my experience. Granted, I only tested it with my own case, but it wouldn’t fit with an Apple brand case on the largest size iPhone. Your experience may be different, but I feel like my experience will be the case (ha) for a lot of people.
Having to take your case off to use a universal plug is stupid.
@televiper I wrote an eloquent thank you for the heads-up, I checked something on another tab, came back to finish my poetic verbiage, and it had disappeared and posted. I tried to edit several times to no avail.
@televiper There are all sorts of considerations when trying to use magnetic-tip charging and data cables with a phone. Sometimes, yes, the case keeps the chubby-body plug from getting all the way in. Some of the manufacturers supply tips that are extra-long to try to overcome this, but I don’t know if these are designed that way. When the magnetic tip is long enough and the case doesn’t interfere, then you have to be aware that with the tip installed, the socket in the phone is at increased risk of damage if the phone is dropped on that edge.
@PooltoyWolf
I have a similar (maybe the same?) one that does light up. I, too, thought it would be super neat. BUT they never turn off. I thought it would just light up when charging, but nope. If it’s plugged in, it’s lit. And it’s bright. And they don’t change color either which I thought would be a great visible marker from across the room to signify that charging was done
@PooltoyWolf@thechilipepper0 I like them. Just the right amount of blue light to find them in the arm of the couch. Not enough to blind you or trugger seizures like the other model (now on morningsave).
I don’t understand the world of usb c. Apparently it is not directional or orientation dependent but sometimes it is. And apparently not all cables are the same for power and data speeds.
I have a bunch of these. They work great on dumb devices like remotes, earbuds, flashlights, game controllers etc…. They do not work well on anything that adjusts its own charging—tablets, game consoles, phones, laptops.
@grovberg These may be different from what you’ve used. Are any of those also useful for data transfer? Most of the magnetic-tip cables aren’t, but these are, and that has an impact on extra-feature charging capability as well.
@werehatrack That certainly could be possible, though I have this same brand. It seemed to me like what was happening (though obviously just a guess) is that intelligent devices are set to activate charging when the tip is inserted. So it would always work the first time and then never again until you took the tip out and put it back in, defeating the entire purpose of the device.
Ah, I’ve been needing a new set of cables, and it looks like they’re even compatible with the ones I’d picked up a couple years back. Should work just fine with my phone’s case too, hopefully I don’t have to worry about getting another one any time soon since that could actually be a future issue, but that’s unavoidable with this sort of charging cable/plug.
(Actually, looks like I was able to get some others to desire these as well, so a double order for me today.)
13% 1-star reviews (ignoring that some numbnuts think that these should be able to charge a laptop just because it’s USB-C) means no deal (for me). The complaints that were not about laptop charging had far too many mentions of bad connections, wires getting pulled out, etc. It appears that the magnets really are strong, though - strong enough to pull the connector out of your phone, which sort of defeats the purpose of a quick disconnect.
@avante296 Because the warranty from Meh itself is 90 days. If there is a manufacturers warranty applicable, that would be in addition to the one from Meh, but the overall experience here has been that such manufacturer warranties are sometimes vapor.
@akumax Since they support data transfer, they will support PD, but they may not support it at the maximum 100W possible load - which very few do yet. (They are rated for 100W with a “BlitzCharge” adapter, but I have not tried to find out if that uses PD or some other protocol for that output level.) Be aware that it is essential to not let the cable end lie on the floor when not in use; the magnet will attract metallic particles which can short out the connections producing significant heat and/or damaging the charger.
@dab2d When they had these available recently (without the pivoting head) I bought them and found that it worked fine on my husband’s iPhone with a slim case and medium opening (in like 2-3 minutes the charge was up 2%). However, on my Samsung with a slightly thicker case and smaller opening around the charging port, I had some issues…the type C plug went in fine, but the magnet had a hard time seating properly and staying fully connected. My phone didn’t charge even 1% after 6-7 minutes.
So I’d say that as long as the opening around your charging port is decent sized, or your case is slim, these would work great.
@chienfou@dab2d@kewlchick086
My case opening is just fine with them.
You can always take a sharp knife and carve out some room for the adapter in your $20 case if its a problem. Or buy a better case design.
@marcee Is your disappointment high? Like sky high? Maybe…mountainously high?
Hilariously I have a friend who set up a sneakpeak Twitter account to make fun of people who make this mistake and I think it’s because of that that I make this mistake more often.
“…and keeping track of a bunch of different cables will quickly become a nightmare.” I find myself wondering, which is actually easier to misplace/lose, a 6’ cable or these smallish interchangeable magnetic tips? I know in my house, the spare unattached tips would be lost in the abyss vs the pile of cables we have coiled in a drawer. Now untangling and/or sorting said coils of cords is a different discussion. For these reasons [lost tips], I’m out.
@JWhirly I don’t need to convince you but just as a heads up, these come with this cable tie & organizer that I’m hoping (since I bought these myself) will help keep the various tips around longer:
@dave duly noted. I missed that detail. Though seeing now, I usually use my cords sans the appendage. But at least they thought of the disappearing tips.
mediocrebot doesn’t know the difference between “peak” and “peek” either.
It did give me kind of a spooky little figure in front of the curtain, though.
It says they’re 100W cables, but they don’t even seem to support 30W super fast charging. One of the three cables doesn’t work at all. Complete garbage.
Can anyone get these to charge an iphone 15 (usb c) or an iPad with usb c? I’ve tried two cables on both and haven’t had any success (no cases so I know they’re plugged in right). Am I just unlucky?
Sometimes, I need to clean the contacts and magnets several times a day. All it takes to clean them is spinning the magnetic surfaces against a wad of Kleenex. It takes a bit of force to get the ferrous material sufficiently tangled into the Kleenex, so they will come off the magnets. It takes two hands, so I have to set down the angle grinder.
Specs
Product: 3-Pack: Statik 360 Pro 100W Universal Magnetic Charge Cable (6’)
Model: PUP-0486-3QTY
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$74.97 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Nov 13 - Wednesday, Nov 15
Tempting. araT claimed the ones with lights were so bright the light pollution kept her up. Don’t use those for overnight charging any more.
@ybmuG So they would make a good night light?
@phendrick apparently.
Honestly, in a fully dark room, they were almost enough to see by
@phendrick @ybmuG Cover the lighted end with tape?
@ybmuG According to the description:
“Best of all, they don’t light up, at all!”
I am also tempted.
@narfcake @phendrick Yes. Yes she did.
@narfcake @phendrick @ybmuG
The entire length of the cable was lit up.
@drmarble @ybmuG One of the reviews mentions only the tip lights up. No idea what is accurate. I was more concerned about other negative comments from 3 stars and below.
@drmarble @Kidsandliz @ybmuG
The tip has a blue led,but it’s not bright and actually helps find it.
Thumbs up deal, would buy again if they came up.
These suck. Well the ones from TEMU sucked. Magnet is too weak. I don’t need to hang from it but move your phone an inch and they disconnect. Then you find your phone @10% an hour later. Notta for me uh (Italian slang)
@bugger If only they had magnets that were like twice as strong. And, if they did, then shouldn’t they mention it, even stress it, like maybe multiple times, in the write-up?
I get to use my VMP. This is becoming a very rare event.
/giphy mortifying occult web
@hchavers As long as it’s 12 times a year or more…
Looks like the lightening connector is too thick to leave in my phone without it being a nuisance. I was hoping to leave one of these in each car and just snap the cable to my phone. Hard pass.
I’ll bite. I’m at the tipping point with USB-C devices, but almost all chargers are still USB-A. This has both, a handy keeper strap for the loose bits, and I can pretend my VMP is worth something.
/giphy carving-dirty-ritual
I have been staring at this for an hour and can’t figure out how giphy picked that image from the cue words.
@mike808 Depending on the available selection, I might have picked it, too. So maybe giphy also has the mind of
a dirty old manan over-sexed senior citizen (an AI has to be trained on somebody).[And I admit to staring at it some also.]
@mike808 I am trying to figure out how she is running with a smile on her face with the pain she must have the way she is bouncing around.
@Kidsandliz @mike808 she’s thinking of the check
@mike808 @phendrick @kidzandliz
WHAT?
Could you repeat that, please?
@mike808 im not mad about it
@DonWhiteside @Kidsandliz @mike808 More like she’s been numb since the surgery.
@DonWhiteside @ircon96 @Kidsandliz @mike808
There’s nothing saying she has run more than a few paces, y’know.
@DonWhiteside @ircon96 @Kidsandliz @werehatrack
I think you might be right. I stared at it again for at least another two hours and I didn’t see any sweat.
@mike808 Nice hair
@mike808 On a totally unrelated topic, can someone explain how to save a gif to an iPhone? Asking for a friend.
@tweezak Buy an Android phone, transfer your iPhone to the new Android phone, and then download the gif. It’s a built-in feature of Android. </sarcasm directed at Apple fanbois that spew this nonsense in reverse>
Realistically, maybe a long-press on the image gives you a menu to save it? I don’t know. I don’t have an iPhone because I still have a tiny shred of self-respect and the money left in my wallet to prove it.
@mike808 I’m going to assume you knew I was being sarcastic.
The big chubby bases of the charging tips don’t fit well with phone cases. Probably worth mentioning in the copy.
@televiper So [IF] we decide to purchase in order to use as intended the device cannot be within a protector case?
@televiper
@whomeyesu That was my experience. Granted, I only tested it with my own case, but it wouldn’t fit with an Apple brand case on the largest size iPhone. Your experience may be different, but I feel like my experience will be the case (ha) for a lot of people.
Having to take your case off to use a universal plug is stupid.
https://imgur.com/a/0WmDVpK
@G1 ?
@televiper I wrote an eloquent thank you for the heads-up, I checked something on another tab, came back to finish my poetic verbiage, and it had disappeared and posted. I tried to edit several times to no avail.
So I thought, fuck it, and gave you a star.
@televiper There are all sorts of considerations when trying to use magnetic-tip charging and data cables with a phone. Sometimes, yes, the case keeps the chubby-body plug from getting all the way in. Some of the manufacturers supply tips that are extra-long to try to overcome this, but I don’t know if these are designed that way. When the magnetic tip is long enough and the case doesn’t interfere, then you have to be aware that with the tip installed, the socket in the phone is at increased risk of damage if the phone is dropped on that edge.
Nothing is perfect. YMMV is always the watchword.
@televiper Thanks for sharing. It would be that very same situation for me and needing to remove the full body case in order to use is not happening.
@televiper
I’m slow.
Is this a euphemistic way to say that the cables would perform better if @mike808 's giphy would take off that bulky tank top?
“The big chubby bases of the charging tips don’t fit well with phone cases”.
I just wanna see the charging tips.
Reaching too far??
Might need a cure. “Oh, wifey?!? Where you at?”
I’ve been looking for these! Woo!
/giphy weird-creeping-phantasm
Good write up, Meh, I am in for one now that you have righted your wrong.
Now just bring back the tri-blend T’s and I’ll buy your shirts too.
Here to be the (probably) one person who is disappointed these ones don’t glow, too.
@PooltoyWolf One reviewer on amazon did say only the top lights up. No idea if that is true that anything lights up though.
@PooltoyWolf You are not alone. I have one plugged in right next to my desk and I’m watching it right now. It’s cool.
@Kidsandliz That makes sense, as a way to tell at a glance if the cable is plugged in and has power.
@Trinityscrew Aren’t they, though?
@PooltoyWolf
I have a similar (maybe the same?) one that does light up. I, too, thought it would be super neat. BUT they never turn off. I thought it would just light up when charging, but nope. If it’s plugged in, it’s lit. And it’s bright. And they don’t change color either which I thought would be a great visible marker from across the room to signify that charging was done
All in all I regret burning the like $6
@thechilipepper0 Maybe I really am the only person who likes them exactly as they are!
@PooltoyWolf @thechilipepper0 I like them. Just the right amount of blue light to find them in the arm of the couch. Not enough to blind you or trugger seizures like the other model (now on morningsave).
If they come up again, I’m grabbing some more.
I don’t understand the world of usb c. Apparently it is not directional or orientation dependent but sometimes it is. And apparently not all cables are the same for power and data speeds.
That said, are these fast high quality cables?
I have a bunch of these. They work great on dumb devices like remotes, earbuds, flashlights, game controllers etc…. They do not work well on anything that adjusts its own charging—tablets, game consoles, phones, laptops.
@grovberg These may be different from what you’ve used. Are any of those also useful for data transfer? Most of the magnetic-tip cables aren’t, but these are, and that has an impact on extra-feature charging capability as well.
@werehatrack That certainly could be possible, though I have this same brand. It seemed to me like what was happening (though obviously just a guess) is that intelligent devices are set to activate charging when the tip is inserted. So it would always work the first time and then never again until you took the tip out and put it back in, defeating the entire purpose of the device.
/giphy mourning-troubling-demon
Now guests can stop complaining that I don’t have a lightning charger.
/giphy decaying-spooked-geek
@arysta I’m just glad to see you spelled “lightning” correctly (unlike some others). Kudos.
Okay, I suppose it’s possible they actually meant “lightening” but, given the context, …
Ah, I’ve been needing a new set of cables, and it looks like they’re even compatible with the ones I’d picked up a couple years back. Should work just fine with my phone’s case too, hopefully I don’t have to worry about getting another one any time soon since that could actually be a future issue, but that’s unavoidable with this sort of charging cable/plug.
(Actually, looks like I was able to get some others to desire these as well, so a double order for me today.)
/giphy biting-otherworldly-hocus
13% 1-star reviews (ignoring that some numbnuts think that these should be able to charge a laptop just because it’s USB-C) means no deal (for me). The complaints that were not about laptop charging had far too many mentions of bad connections, wires getting pulled out, etc. It appears that the magnets really are strong, though - strong enough to pull the connector out of your phone, which sort of defeats the purpose of a quick disconnect.
Amazon video states 1 year warranty and Meh 3 months. Why?
@avante296 Could be because those are $25 and these are $10. You accept the risk. They pass on the savings to you.
@avante296 Because the warranty from Meh itself is 90 days. If there is a manufacturers warranty applicable, that would be in addition to the one from Meh, but the overall experience here has been that such manufacturer warranties are sometimes vapor.
Do these support USB-PD?
@akumax Since they support data transfer, they will support PD, but they may not support it at the maximum 100W possible load - which very few do yet. (They are rated for 100W with a “BlitzCharge” adapter, but I have not tried to find out if that uses PD or some other protocol for that output level.) Be aware that it is essential to not let the cable end lie on the floor when not in use; the magnet will attract metallic particles which can short out the connections producing significant heat and/or damaging the charger.
/buy
@Aryk It worked! Your order number is: laughing-frightened-astronaut
/image laughing frightened astronaut
Does anyone know how this works if you have a case?
@dab2d When they had these available recently (without the pivoting head) I bought them and found that it worked fine on my husband’s iPhone with a slim case and medium opening (in like 2-3 minutes the charge was up 2%). However, on my Samsung with a slightly thicker case and smaller opening around the charging port, I had some issues…the type C plug went in fine, but the magnet had a hard time seating properly and staying fully connected. My phone didn’t charge even 1% after 6-7 minutes.
So I’d say that as long as the opening around your charging port is decent sized, or your case is slim, these would work great.
@dab2d @kewlchick086
I opted out for that very reason. I can’t even get an OTG drive to connect with my case in place.
@chienfou @dab2d @kewlchick086
My case opening is just fine with them.
You can always take a sharp knife and carve out some room for the adapter in your $20 case if its a problem. Or buy a better case design.
/giphy boolicious-jaundiced-poltergeist
A peak behind the curtain? A PEAK?
@marcee I was really hoping to come here and find that was a clever pun, but no such luck today
@geekahedron I read the email twice looking for the hidden meaning. My disappointment runs deep.
@marcee Is your disappointment high? Like sky high? Maybe…mountainously high?
Hilariously I have a friend who set up a sneakpeak Twitter account to make fun of people who make this mistake and I think it’s because of that that I make this mistake more often.
And then of course I notice it after I hit send.
@dave Deep dave. Not high. Deap.
@dave @marcee When his high peaks, he makes edible miss takes.
@geekahedron @marcee I have reached peek disappointment.
Ill pass on this reviews are not very favorable.
/buy
@dave It worked! Your order number is: frigid-gaunt-magic
/image frigid gaunt magic
/giphy frigid gaunt magic
“…and keeping track of a bunch of different cables will quickly become a nightmare.” I find myself wondering, which is actually easier to misplace/lose, a 6’ cable or these smallish interchangeable magnetic tips? I know in my house, the spare unattached tips would be lost in the abyss vs the pile of cables we have coiled in a drawer. Now untangling and/or sorting said coils of cords is a different discussion. For these reasons [lost tips], I’m out.
@JWhirly I don’t need to convince you but just as a heads up, these come with this cable tie & organizer that I’m hoping (since I bought these myself) will help keep the various tips around longer:
@dave duly noted. I missed that detail. Though seeing now, I usually use my cords sans the appendage. But at least they thought of the disappearing tips.
/showme A peak behind the curtain
mediocrebot doesn’t know the difference between “peak” and “peek” either.
It did give me kind of a spooky little figure in front of the curtain, though.
/buy
@mchamden1 It worked! Your order number is: mean-drab-october
/image mean drab october
These do have lights…
@travestyofme But not all the way down the whole length of the cable, the way the other ones were.
@werehatrack that is true. However some light is way more than none at all. The description says “Best of all, they don’t light up, at all!”.
It says they’re 100W cables, but they don’t even seem to support 30W super fast charging. One of the three cables doesn’t work at all. Complete garbage.
@bx2a5z For this, meh.com/support is your next stop
@bx2a5z Mine are fast charging. Work great.
Contact Meh support for replacement.
Can anyone get these to charge an iphone 15 (usb c) or an iPad with usb c? I’ve tried two cables on both and haven’t had any success (no cases so I know they’re plugged in right). Am I just unlucky?
@Cyathus What about the other end? Is it plugged into a charger?
@Cyathus Is the other end plugged into a USB-C port on the charger?
@Cyathus Possibly relevant?
Yeah, the lightning and micro usb tips are working just fine!
A couple issue.
Sometimes, I need to clean the contacts and magnets several times a day. All it takes to clean them is spinning the magnetic surfaces against a wad of Kleenex. It takes a bit of force to get the ferrous material sufficiently tangled into the Kleenex, so they will come off the magnets. It takes two hands, so I have to set down the angle grinder.
The tip holder arrays do not stay on the cables.