Shortest USB?
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Doofus

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Wednesday 7th December 2022
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I want a pocketable USB cable. Input of USB A (the big one) or C, output of B (micro) or C.

Is there some sort of multi adapter that will accomodate this?

ETA: Shortest, not sbortest...

Edited by Doofus on Wednesday 7th December 21:05

egomeister

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293 months

Wednesday 7th December 2022
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This kind of thing? Available at poundland if so...


Doofus

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egomeister said:
This kind of thing? Available at poundland if so...
Possibly. Not clear from picture what it is, exactly.

egomeister

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Wednesday 7th December 2022
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USB A to micro/C/lightning multi cable

Edited to add pic:


Edited by egomeister on Wednesday 7th December 21:13

skilly1

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225 months

Wednesday 7th December 2022
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USB C to USB Adapter, 3 Pack USB C Female to USB A Male Adapter, USB Type C Female to USB OTG Adapter for Phone 13 12 11 Pro Max Mini,AirPods Pad Air,Samsung Galaxy S22 S21 S20,A-pple Watch Series 7 https://amzn.eu/d/55g8KAh

Doofus

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Wednesday 7th December 2022
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skilly1 said:
USB C to USB Adapter, 3 Pack USB C Female to USB A Male Adapter, USB Type C Female to USB OTG Adapter for Phone 13 12 11 Pro Max Mini,AirPods Pad Air,Samsung Galaxy S22 S21 S20,A-pple Watch Series 7 https://amzn.eu/d/55g8KAh
Kind of, but I want to charge from USB A and/or USB C to USB micro and/or USB C

imck

811 posts

137 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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One of these but min length is 1M
How big is your pocket?

https://www.cablesdirect.co.uk/usb-c495/usb-c-c724...

s2kjock

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177 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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Doofus said:
skilly1 said:
USB C to USB Adapter, 3 Pack USB C Female to USB A Male Adapter, USB Type C Female to USB OTG Adapter for Phone 13 12 11 Pro Max Mini,AirPods Pad Air,Samsung Galaxy S22 S21 S20,A-pple Watch Series 7 https://amzn.eu/d/55g8KAh
Kind of, but I want to charge from USB A and/or USB C to USB micro and/or USB C
I have used these mini adaptors before and they seem to work fine - some of them come with small keyring attachments so you could have a few different ones to suit what you need to do in each scenario (probably starting with a decent short USBc to USBc cable) but keep them on a carabiner clip so they don't get lost.

Not sure how they would cope with a high current draw, but likely not going to be used for that if going from USBc to micro USB or A.

vikingaero

13,365 posts

199 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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Plenty of short USB C ones on Amazon at around 20cm.

I like the coiled one for compactness and extra stretch when needed.

Tycho

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Thursday 8th December 2022
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Doofus

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Tycho said:
One of those would be perfect, but I don't want the iphone bit. smile

Doofus

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vikingaero said:
Plenty of short USB C ones on Amazon at around 20cm.

I like the coiled one for compactness and extra stretch when needed.
Yeah, but I was hoping for a shorter (or even no) cable.

I travel with a pack of USBs and adapters, but it's quite a bulky pouch.

craigjm

21,508 posts

230 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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Doofus said:
Yeah, but I was hoping for a shorter (or even no) cable.
This?

https://www.kenable.co.uk/en/usb-cables-adapters/u...

Tycho

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303 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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Doofus said:
Tycho said:
One of those would be perfect, but I don't want the iphone bit. smile
If you search for 2 way rather than 3 way you might get some hits.

Doofus

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Thursday 8th December 2022
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craigjm said:
I need USB C at each end as well.

Doofus

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Tycho said:
If you search for 2 way rather than 3 way you might get some hits.
But I need more than two ends. 2x USB C, 1x micro and 1x USB A. All male.

craigjm

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Thursday 8th December 2022
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Doofus said:
craigjm said:
I need USB C at each end as well.
Ahh ok it’s a very specific requirement you would probably have to buy the four connectors and get your soldering iron out

Doofus

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Thursday 8th December 2022
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I'm beginning to conclude I'll be better off getting something made.

Or just carrying on with my bird's nest of 1m cables.

smile

craigjm

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Thursday 8th December 2022
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Try designacable in Nottingham

Tycho

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Thursday 8th December 2022
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Doofus said:
Tycho said:
If you search for 2 way rather than 3 way you might get some hits.
But I need more than two ends. 2x USB C, 1x micro and 1x USB A. All male.
Add one of these?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/nonda-Adapter-Thunderbolt...