USB CABLE TESTER - Sort USB-A/C/B/Lightning Cables with LED Checker Board

It works great except the lightning connector is a little iffy. 5 stars if you ignore the lightning port...4 stars including it...1 star if you're buying it just to test lightning cables (don't)...for the price, it's well worth it just for testing all the USB variants...Also will test thunderbolt 4 cables (every led lights up one side...and if you flip the connector it'll flip to the other side....all pins are connected on a TB4 cable btw)...obviously won't tell you if it's 20 or 40gbps...but at least you know all pins have continuity...very cool.My only reservation is I think they could have used higher quality ports...the PCB and the soldering and construction is all 10/10...but the ports feel a little on the cheap side; time will tell if that's really an issue....

I have a lot of usb cables. I also have no idea what some of my cables are rated for. Are they type c but usb 2.0? Type a to c and usb 3.1? Power only?This device solved all those problems. It was dead easy to read, well built and quickly and accurately gave me all the info I needed. At around £15 this is a bargain. It showed me a type a to c cable with a missing data line (which I thought was a dodgy external SSD enclosure), it showed me a load of my cables were power only and some of my type c to c cables were only usb 2.0.The only cable it couldn't test was a type a to type a cable, but an a to c adapter fixed that and it worked perfectly.Overall it was definitely worth it and it probably saved me some money on buying a new external ssd enclosure when it was just a faulty cable.

This is a nicely made unit but I find it a bit confusing. You get lots of lights up showing connections but it would be better if there were a way to test each wire individually - some USB C cables in particular have lots of connections commoned on one end but you cant see which is which - if there were a tester which could test each wire individually as well as all at once I think that would be something I would like. But this is a decent quality product for the money and what I would like does not seem to be available, though it might be at fancy Fluke prices!!!

The one I ordered from Amazon never turned up, so managed to find one on eBay. Amazon did however give me a refund. Build quality seems great. Easy to use and works well. Particularly useful for cables with a USB-C connector, which can have many configurations depending on their use and orientation.

HiPlease see my photos that accompany this review, they can be informative.The second one in particular shows what appears to be a light brown piece of card. Well that turns out to be the clear acrylic cover with a peelable brown protector that you need to remove..!For the cost the testing unit seems to be very well made and comes with the stand and cover, see photos.In my opinion it is worth paying a little more for those.The board itself has enough printed information on it to be useful.The detailed two sided manual is very well written, one side information about the board and how to power it up etc. The other side about the pin outs for each of the connections, well the LED lights.I have included a photo showing a USB 3 based cable connected and the corresponding lights that the board displays.I am still learning as to the boards full capability, but that can be understood in time.My only very slight concern is the need to be a little cautious when plugging and unplugging your leads. Perhaps a touch of hot melt glue to hold them in place might be useful, so far they seem fine.Overall a very useful board and a very good price.I very much recommend this USB cable tester.I do hope that this review has been useful for you.

Every person should have one.This has to be one of them gadgets many just do not want to be without, You are most certainly at a great disadvantage not having one.There are a number of positives about this unit in what it will do for you, the main one is a "What If"You lost your lead to your phone, needing desperately to download or upload something to or from your phone.There is a spare cable that will fit your phone.However, Is it a Charge lead only, or Data and charge lead?As you may already know if it is a "Charge Only" lead you wont be uploading or downloading data because it won't register on your device as a Drive.So now test all them cables to figure if its a data cable or a charging only cable.You probably have tons of charge only leads, Time for a sort out.The beauty about this unit is it tests for shielding.This on its own was a reason i purchased the unit.I could not find the original cable anywhere for a Peterson Guitar Tuner Unit, so was using this cable i had lying around, anytime this unit was connected it always had a noise, irritating but could never source where the noise was coming from but it was definitely this cable, why?Turned out the cable i was using was not shielded!Immediately I found and tested another cable the sheilding light lit up.I then tried that cable the noise was gone.I am sure many will find this unit useful, but for this purpose also as there are many USB leads out there of the various size that this unit is there to test and many have no shielding.Working in a recording enviroment " Unwanted-Noise" is something you definitely do not need, even low frequency noise.Well designed a lot of thought has gone into this tester, It looks an awesome bit of kit and does the job as intended.Just take care connecting leads to it as not sure how strong the soldered points are to the board, especially if you have a box of leads to test.When inserting or removing keep the socket on the board your plugging or unplugging to between thumb and finger, just to give more support.Overtime these soldered joins might loosen, so USE WITH CARE.It isn't the invention of the "Wheel" but its certainly very close, should be certified with an award for Ingenuity, Design, A product you are at a great disadvantage not having.