[ipad] 3rd Party Lightning Cables

[Hybrid]

Afternoon all,

 

Have any, or many of you had much success with 3rd party lightning cables?

 

I have a primary school that seem to be going through poundshop ones at a rate of knots. The cables are either completely dying, or coming up with the error relating to 'unsupported accessory'.

 

Any recommendations?

 

Cheers

[tmoon-mint]

Look for "MFI certified" cables. They tend to work the best although come with a slightly bigger price tag. MFI certified cables will get rid of the unsupported accessory warning and tend to be more reliable.

[steveg]

We get the unbranded ones from Hills Components, and touch wood haven't had any problems so far, have had about 30 in use for around 3 months now with none coming back to me.

 

Steve

[Brimstone]

We get the unbranded ones from Hills Components, and touch wood haven't had any problems so far, have had about 30 in use for around 3 months now with none coming back to me.

 

Steve

 

In other words how to start a fire in your school.......cheap Chinese made cables will come back and bite you

[XiJ]

At home I use 'yellowknife' mfi certified ones from Amazon. I find them better than the apple ones.

[Iain.Faulkner]

I tend to buy the amazon branded ones now, really pleased with them never had a problem

[Hybrid]

Great stuff. Thanks for the responses. I'll see what I can find out there. I'm particularly interested in the MFI Certified cables too.