The Best USB-C Cables (2025): For iPhones, Android Phones, Tablets, and Laptops

More USB-C Cables We Have Tested

There are truthful galore cables retired there, and plentifulness of coagulated options did not make nan cut. Here are a fewer I’ve tested and liked.

Twelve South PowerCord for $30: While I don’t deliberation we want to spell backmost to permanently attached cables and powerfulness adapters, they connection a simplicity that could beryllium useful for immoderate folks aliases situations. The PowerCord from Twelve South is heavy and durable-feeling, pinch a tangle-resistant woven (4- aliases 10-foot) USB-C cablegram attached to a compact 30-watt (Power Delivery) wall plug.

EcoFlow Rapid Pro for $21: Kept retired of a spot supra by Anker’s cables, this durable charging cablegram from EcoFlow is simply a coagulated prime if you want accelerated charging, since it tin proviso 240 watts. It besides has reliable metallic ends, a beautiful woven finish, and comes pinch a cablegram tie.

Nomad Chargekey for $29 and USB-C Cable for $25: The Chargekey is simply a useful wee summation to your keyring pinch 12 cm of braided cablegram tin of delivering 240 watts and up to 10 Gbps information transfer, though it tin beryllium a small awkward to use. I besides tried Nomad’s caller Kevlar-reinforced USB-C cable, which is besides 240 W but only has 480 Mbps information transfer. It feels durable pinch metallic ends and braided cable, but you tin get much tin cables for less.

QDOS PowerMotion Ultra for £40: This USB 4.0 cablegram is simply a coagulated replacement to our apical picks for folks successful nan UK, combining up to 240-watt charging pinch information transportation speeds up to 40 Gbps. It is comparatively thick, feels durable, and comes pinch a life warranty. I for illustration nan braided nylon decorativeness and color-matched cablegram tie. I besides tried nan QDOS Powerloop (£20), a useful wearable charging cablegram that doubles arsenic a lanyard strap. It’s thick, woven, and durable, pinch screw-off ends that uncover a USB-C cablegram tin of supplying 60 watts of powerfulness and 480 Mbps of data.

Chargeasap Connect Pro for $60: Magnetic extremity cables tin beryllium useful for kids and folks pinch dexterity issues. The thought is you instrumentality nan applicable extremity successful your instrumentality and past connect nan cablegram magnetically erstwhile you request to charge. This 1 besides has an LED show to show real-time powerfulness usage. It useful champion if you time off nan tips successful your devices, but that intends they can’t beryllium charged by regular cables, and nan tips are very easy to suffer if you region them. Performance-wise, it’s a modular 100-watt charging cable.

Krafted Connex for £30: I for illustration nan thought of a Swiss Army Knife–style charging cablegram keyring, but nan execution present is flawed. It does connection USB-A, USB-C, Lightning, and MicroUSB, but nan flip-out plugs don’t person immoderate cablegram attached, truthful they are not very adjustable, making it reliable to plug into immoderate ports. The Rolling Square InCharge X 6-in-1 Cable supra is nan aforesaid value and useful acold better.

Scosche Strikeline Premium USB-C Cable for $25: This braided cablegram comes successful various lengths each nan measurement up to nan 10-foot cablegram I tested, and it’s a bully replacement to our champion agelong cablegram supra if information transportation is much important to you than charging velocity because it offers 5 Gbps information speeds, but only 60 watts for charging.

Ugreen Uno USB-C Cable for $10: I emotion nan smiley-faced Uno statement from UGreen, but I assumed nan show connected this cablegram would show nan charging rate. It does not. It conscionable displays smiley eyes erstwhile charging and changes erstwhile afloat charged. I tested nan 6.6-foot cable, but it besides comes successful 1.6-, 3.3-, aliases 10-foot lengths. It feels durable and is reasonably priced, but it is rated astatine a very mean 100 watts and 480 Mbps.

Native Union Pocket Cable for $30: This wee braided USB-C to USB-C cablegram is cleanable for slipping connected a keyring to guarantee you are ne'er caught without a cable. It’s a bully creation pinch braided cables, but you only get astir 7 inches, and it maxes retired astatine 60 watts. It is built to past from recycled materials, USB-IF certified, and comes pinch a life warranty.

Caudabe ChargeFlex for $25: This was our Lightning recommendation, and it's still good, but nan value has gone up and there's nary request to walk this much. It is simply a heavy braided cablegram reinforced pinch Kevlar for durability. There is simply a leather clip you tin usage for cablegram management, and nan ridged decorativeness connected nan connectors makes them easy to grip erstwhile unplugging.

Cable Matters Gen 2 USB-A to USB-C cablegram for $10: This is simply a bully replacement to our prime supra if you want faster information transportation speeds (it maxes retired astatine 10 Gbps), but it is constricted to 15 watts for charging.

Bluebonnet Eco-Friendly Charging Cable for $25: Bluebonnet (an Austin-based workplace named aft nan Texas authorities flower) made this cablegram from people biodegradable wheat straw. It promises 50,000 positive bends and uses plastic-free packaging. I emotion nan dappled bluish decorativeness and nan pick ends. They make it easy to prime this cablegram retired of nan crowd. It’s thing typical performance-wise, offering up to 60-watt charging and 480 Mbps information transfer.

RUGD Rhino Power USB-C to USB-C for £11: This is simply a coagulated action for folks successful nan UK seeking a reliable cable. It has a braided nylon decorativeness and tin withstand a minimum of 100 kilograms of hostility and 100,000 bends. It tin besides present up to 60 watts.

Casetify Powerthru USB-C to Lightning Cable for $25: This tough, braided cablegram comes successful immoderate nosy colors (most notably fabric candy), but it’s kinda pricey for a 100-watt charging cable.

Iniu Braided USB-C Cable for $6: This is simply a cheap, 6.6-foot USB-C to USB-C charging cablegram that tops retired astatine 100 watts. Data transportation is only 480 Mbps. One extremity lights up greenish erstwhile it’s charging.

Lindy USB 3.2 Type C to C Cable for $23: These progressive cables are suitable for hooking monitors up to your computer, and they support up to 8K astatine 60 Hz and 4K astatine 120 Hz. They besides support DisplayPort 1.4. I tested nan longer 3- and 5-meter variants that max retired astatine 60 watts for Power Delivery and 10 Gbps for information (but they’re retired of stock). The shorter cablegram linked present tin spell up to 20 Gbps. They activity good and consciousness durable, but they’re a spot pricey.

Satechi USB-C to USB-C Charging Cable for $20: Gear from Satechi ever has a prestigious look, and its braided nylon cables are nary exception. This 1 is 6.5 feet, has a Velcro strap, and is tin of 100-watt charging, pinch support for PD and QC. Sadly, information transportation is constricted to 480 Mbps.

Plugable Thunderbolt 4 Transfer Cable for $70: This progressive Thunderbolt 4 USB-C to USB-C cablegram matches our apical prime pinch support for 100-watt charging and information transfers up to 40 Gbps. It is 6.6 feet agelong and comes pinch a two-year warranty.

Belkin Boost Charge USB-C for $10: This cablegram maxes retired astatine 12 watts and 480 Mbps. The basal PVC decorativeness is nan cheapest, but you tin opt for braided nylon too; some travel successful achromatic aliases achromatic astatine 3.3 aliases 6.6 feet. These cables are USB-IF certified and activity arsenic advertised (I've been utilizing 1 successful nan car for nan past fewer months).

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