[ipad] Cheap 3rd party Apple lightening cables - Who's stocking them ?

[mikkydoos]

Hi all,

 

I was buying fairly cheap 2m Xenta flat lightening cables @ about £4 from a couple of vendors.

 

I've run out, come to order some and cannot find any cheap-ish cables anywhere.

 

£5.50 for a 0.25m cable ?? Come on!?!

 

 

Anyone got a supplier I can get some from ? Seems to be a shortage out there.

 

 

 

 

Cheers in advance

[FN-GM]

Are these any good?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wholesale-Job-Lot-x-100-USB-Data-Sync-Charging-Cable-Lead-for-iPhone-6-7-iPad-/172835562450

[newpersn]

https://www.ebuyer.com/461662-dynamode-usb-to-lightning-1m-white-cable-c-usb-lightning

 

these any good?

[mikkydoos]

Are these any good?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wholesale-Job-Lot-x-100-USB-Data-Sync-Charging-Cable-Lead-for-iPhone-6-7-iPad-/172835562450

 

Oooh. I'm trying to avoid ebay but good find @FN-GM

 

 

 

https://www.ebuyer.com/461662-dynamode-usb-to-lightning-1m-white-cable-c-usb-lightning

 

these any good?

 

 

Cheers @newpersn.

 

They might be a bit too cheap lol

[steveg]

I get the cheap ones from hills components, and have had no issues with them, although we only use them for charging, not sure what they are like for data.

 

I'd say they break a little more often than the genuine ones, but seem to last pretty well.

 

Steve

[Katy]

I've used these before:

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MASUMARK-Charging-Lightning-Connector-Certified/dp/B0738RQ651/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1521719033&sr=8-3&keywords=masumark

 

They charge fine and seem to work fine moving files to/from a PC, only thing I found (might have been coincidence as I just tried a single cable) is I couldn't get the ipad to do a content/settings erase when plugged into AC2 on the mac mini and swapping to an "official" cable it worked fine.

[mikkydoos]

Gone for these in the end. Not too bad for a pack of 3

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07B2P61SK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AP00RKLVNNHL0&psc=1

 

 

Will post whether they're any good

Edited March 22, 2018 by mikkydoos

[mukz]

I got here too late! I have ordered the Anker equivalent to those ones @mikkydoos

 

They have served me and 13 friends well and still going no matter how much i bend the hell out of the ends

[Norphy]

Too late now but I’ve found that 7dayshop is a good place to source cables from.